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Bird Watching Tour at Himachal
About Bird
Watching
 Wildlife
is not just about animals, but birds too. Usually when people visit
the wildlife sanctuaries, they miss out the avifauna of that wild
hub, because the major scene stealers of any wildlife are predators
like Tigers and Leopards. Still, if you ever get a chance to visit
the bird sanctuaries of India, make sure to pay more attention on
bird watching and you'll know why this sport is catching up as the
best wildlife leisure activity in India.
The first question that pops in any person's head is that what's so
exciting about birding? Well, first of all if you are looking for
that bit of a fun in the lap of nature, this is the activity is the
right one for you. Its kind of a natural sport that our forefathers
use to indulge in and even if you are not exactly killing any bird,
bird watching delivers all the satisfaction of the hunt. Bird
Watching connects you to nature. You go outside, even hike a little,
but whatever little birding you do, the ground coverage of bird
watching is quite big.
Bird watching is a family sport, which you can enjoy with your whole
family and introduce the small children also about the surprise that
nature has instored. Bird Watching can easily be called a community
activity, a social activity. Join any birding club of some sort and
get a chance to share with other birders your knowledge about this
sport. Still, if you like to explore the nature alone then be it.
its a pleasure in going out alone for bird watching too, it brings
out a feeling of solitude. So how about giving a shot of starting a
friendship with the nature.
Facts About Bird Watching
Bird watching is quite a good adventure sport for those who like to
explore the world of birds for other bird watching is the very best
kind of fun sport activity as its easy, inexpensive, healthful and
satisfying. Bird Watching is also known as birding and means the
activity of observing wild birds, except for the birds held captive.
The best option to observe birds is in their natural habitat, where
you can learn to identify the birds and understand what they are
doing.
 Bird
watchers have to a natural habitat, which the birds usually take in
as their refuge as well as a dwelling place. Whether its a local
park or any bird sanctuary or any other place you travel to. You can
also take in specific bird watching vacation too to see birds that
live in a certain environment, such as the Konkan coast. There isn't
any age limit as far as this activity is concerned. Birding is an
activity that you can indulge in at any point of time and in any
part of the world.
Even if bird watching is a new activity on the Indian adventure
sports circuit still the popularity rate of this activity is
catching up with the sports enthusiast of almost every age
group.
Major Bird Watching Regions In India
Of course there isn't any thing unique or new about the sport of
bird watching in India. And if you crave to explore the nature
this is your chance to do it. Check out some of the popular bird
sanctuaries in India such as Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National
Park that is blessed with some of the most exquisite avifauna and
a delightful sight for any bird watcher. Some of the major
residents of Bharatpur sanctuary include 375 species of birds,
numerous mammals and reptiles. With the arrival of winters this
bird sanctuary becomes a major attraction among bird watchers
because of the migratory birds, especially the Siberian Cranes.
Corbett National park is another bird hideout, especially when it
comes to the avian treasures of the Himalayan region.Out of the
2,060 species and subspecies of birds recorded in the Indian
subcontinent, over 600 species/subspecies of birds have been
recorded from Corbett at one time or another. Among the migrants
that may be seen at the river banks of Ramganga or along the
streams are the Great Crested Grebe, White-Fronted and Greylag
Geese, Bar-headed Geese and variety of Ducks, occasionally White
Stork and the common Black Stork, variety of Plovers, Sandpipers
and Snipe.
The Thattekad Bird Sanctuary is locate 20-km away from
Kathamangalam, on the Kochi-Munnar road and is considered to be
one of the most important bird sanctuaries in Kerala. The most
notable of the indigenous birds found in this bird sanctuary are
Malabar Grey-Horn Bill, Wood Pecker, rose winged And blue winged
Parakeer etc. Rare birds like Ceylon Frog-Moth, Rose billed
Parakeer etc are also seen over here. A boat cruise from
Boothathenkeru to Thattekad is an unforgettable bird watching
experience through the evergreen forests nesting migratory and
indigenous birds.
Famous Bird Watching
Places:
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Bharatpur National
Park, Rajasthan
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Gir National Park,
Gujarat
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Thattekad Bird
Sanctuary, Kerela
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Nandankanan, Orissa
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Jim Corbett
National Park, Uttaranchal
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Rajaji National
Park, Uttaranchal
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Sultanpur National
Park
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Kolleru Bird
Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
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Manjira Bird
Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
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Nelapattu Bird
Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
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