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BIRDS |
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ACTIVITIES OF THE
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ENVIS Centre
conducted workshop on
'Conservation of Great Indian Bustard through public
participation' |
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Sujit Narwade, Scientist-in-charge,
ENVIS Centre, introduced Shri A.K. Adkar, ACF, Wildlife (Pune)
division and Dr. Jagdish Patil, District Collector, Solapur to the participants of
the workshop |
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Dr. Jagdish Patil explained the
importance of conservation of wildlife and how local people can
contribute to the same |
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The participants of the workshop
were a mixture of forest personnel, researchers, lawyers, farmers,
media professionals and bird enthusiasts |
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Villagers from adjoining villages
Nannaj and Mardi shared their views on bustard conservation |
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ENVIS staff
attended the Bird Banding Training workshop at Pune |
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Dr. Balachandran, Assistant
Director, BNHS, also a bird ringing expert, demonstrates how to
free trapped birds from mist nets |
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Expert bird trappers, Ali Hussain
and M. Sivamani, fixing nails onto bamboo poles for holding up
mistnets |
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Long-tailed Shrike and Red-breasted
Flycatcher were some of the species ringed during the workshop |
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Ali Hussain, an expert bird
trapper, demonstrating setting up of noose traps for large-sized
birds |
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Rings used for banding birds vary
according to the size of the bird |
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ENVIS In-charge
visited Rajaji National Park (May
2010) |
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Three vulture species on a tree at Rajaji National
Park (Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis, Red-headed
Vulture Aegypius calvus and White-rumped Vulture Gyps
bengalensis) |
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Painted Storks Mycteria
leucocephala near Haridwar |
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Black-necked Storks Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus at
Rajaji National Park |
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ENVIS In-Charge visited some Important Bird Areas (IBAs) of
Sikkim |
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The dense vegetation of Fambong Loh Wildlife
sanctuary made sighting of birds challenging |
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Flock of Snow Pigeons Columba leuconota in
Yumthang - Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary |
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Blue Whistling-thrush
Myophonus caeruleus - one of the common
birds of Sikkim |
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Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax searching food under dried dung at
Yumthang - Shingba Rhododendron Wildlife Sanctuary |
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ENVIS Incharge participated in the GBIF Workshop on Biodiversity
Data Discovery and Publishing,
4 – 7 May 2010, held at Dehradun |
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Black Stork Survey with Czeck Republican scientists |
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Satellite transmitter fitted on a Black Stork
- Scientists of Czeck Republic and ENVIS Incharge |
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ENVIS Incharge during Field
survey of Black Stork |
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International conference organized by BNHS in February 2009 at
Bengaluru |
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Dr. Asad R. Rahmani addressing an International
conference organized by BNHS at Bengaluru |
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Dr. Nigel Collar of BirdLife International
honoured with Salim Ali award |
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DVD of 100 volumes of the 'Journal
of Bombay Natural History Society' released |
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BNHS Publications displayed at
the Conference |
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