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Forest Owlet Conservation Day
24th October 2020
On the occasion of Forest Owlet Conservation Day, 24th October 2020, The Owl Conservation Foundation, Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest Department of Shahapur and Environmental Information System on Avian Ecology at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS-ENVIS) Mumbai organised the online essay writing and drawing competition for the school children of Maharashtra. Total 59 responses were received.
Forest Owlet, endemic to central India, was first collected as a specimen in 1872 by William Turnbull Blewitt near Phooljhar in eastern Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh). By 1884, this species was considered extinct, until its rediscovery in 1997 at Nandurbar in Maharashtra by American ornithologists Ben King and Pamela Rasmussen. In 2014, BNHS recorded the very first presence of this species in the Western Ghats, at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in Thane district of Maharashtra. At present, this species is considered ‘Endangered’ as per the IUCN Red List category.
The following drawing have been selected as the winners.
Topic for drawing competition and education qualification
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Class
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Topic
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Class 1-4
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My favourite bird an Owl
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Owl a friend of farmer
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Drawing Competition Result
First Prize:-
Vibhas Vinay Joshi
Std : 3, Mumbai
Second Prize:-
Apeksha Narendra Khartade
Std : 4, Nanded
Third Prize:-
Abhinav Kumar Shinde
Std : 4, Ratnagiri
Topic for essay competition and education qualification
| Class |
Topic |
| Group A - (Class 5-7) & Group B - (Class 8-10) |
Role of Owls in nature |
| Owl a true friend of farmer |
| Owl in Indian culture |
| Owl & tribal coexistance |
| Owl conservation a need of an hour |
Essay Competition Result
| Essay writing Competition Result (5th to 7th Std) |
Essay writing Competition Result (8th to 10th Std) |
| Position |
Name |
Position |
Name |
| First |
Nehali Motiram Chaudhari |
First |
Samyak Avinash Wadwinde |
| Second |
Maitreya Kishor Naitam |
Second |
Sanchita Nitin Matte |
| Third |
Sreejani Sanjoy Mondal |
Third |
Sakshi Nandu Nawale |
| Third |
Kshitij Ajit Raskar |