Birds

Thiruvananthapuram, September 2 (BPNS) The inhuman act of some as part of a road widening project in Kerala’s Malappuram district left many with a heavy heart. The video of the incident, in which an operator of an earth mover felled a tree that was home to scores of birds, resulting in the killing of birds, […]

Chennai, Sept 2 (BPNS) Even as the Tamil Nadu government restricted the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and flunixin considering the adverse impact it causes to predatory birds, the Egyptian vulture population in the state is on the decline. Arulgam, an organization that works in the field of vulture conservation said that there is no […]

Chennai, Aug 24 (BPNS) Environmentalists and bird watchers are enthused at the presence of migratory birds flocking to Point Calimere before the monsoon season. The arrival of birds in large numbers at the Point Calimere is, according to environmentalists the abundance of water. It is to be noted that Point Calimere in Nagapattinam is spread […]

Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department is planning to conduct a census of critically endangered vultures along with the third phase of synchronized bird census to be held in the state on March 26-27. According to Tamil Nadu forest department sources, the Moyar forest areas in The Nilgiris house around 180 oriental […]

Chennai. Feb 15 (BPNS) The recent bird surveys done in Tamil Nadu have thrown up the presence of several nearly threatened bird species as also birds that are categorized as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These were the findings in the inland wetland survey conducted by the state wildlife department […]

Chennai, Jan 30 (BPNS) The first phase of the Tamil Nadu Bird census that was carried out on January 28 and 29 have revealed the presence of about one million birds from 80 species. The census carried out at Point Calimere, Valinokkam, Dhanushkodi, Thoothukudi, and Kanniyakumari revealed a large number of several species of birds […]

Chennai, Jan 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department is to conduct a bird census on January 28 and 29 in coordination with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and technical support from Universal Eco Foundation and Indigenous Biodiversity Foundation (IBF), a non–profit organization. The census will be carried out by a 50 member team of volunteers […]