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| All set to receive winged guests | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu|Sep 26
As the summer recedes slowly and a pleasant whethersets in, Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up to receive the unique"international guests" drawn from different parts of the world to dotwith their beauty the skylines and the wetlands. Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as a hub of rare migratory birds which
different parts of the world for their seasonal stay. The annual
migration of rare and exotic birds from the high altitudes of Siberia,
Afghanistan, China, Central Asia and Northern Europe begins around
September, with most birds nestling in different parts of the state
till March every year.
A.K. Srivastava, chief wildlife warden says, "in Jammu and Kashmir, we
receive about 358 varieties of birds and about 28 (varieties) in
Kashmir alone. We receive six lakh migratory birds annually. Our staff
conducts census but we want it to be scientific".
On study the bird migration trends and patterns, the department of
wildlife had organized a workshop to train experts in monitoring
bird's population and understanding their migration. The workshop
ended today.
The three-day workshop aimed at training its ornithologists and bird
lovers in modern techniques that would help keep a check on the number
of birds coming into the state, and will also enable researchers to
keep a track of bird casualties.
It was organised by the state's Department of Wildlife in
collaboration with the Bombay (Mumbai) Natural History Society in
Srinagar.
"Both birds and aircraft use the same path. We need to segregate them
and in order to segregate them; we should know they are going. So, for
all these reasons we need bird ringing and also bird monitoring," said
Asad Reehmani, Director of Bombay (Mumbai) natural history society.
He added that this could not be done by an individual or an
organisation, but has to be done on a large-scale.
The state wildlife authority, which conducts the annual bird census,
believes the workshop will make their study more scientific.
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