Chennai, Feb 26 (BPNS) The Vulture census conducted jointly in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka will give an exact number of the Vultures in South India. The census is being conducted by 30 teams with five members in each team consisting of two from the forest department, two students pursuing wildlife biology, and one volunteer. […]
Chennai, Feb 13 (BPNS) With a huge presence of migratory birds reaching Vaigai river in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, environmentalists and bird watchers have urged the Madurai district administration and Tamil Nadu government to prevent people from polluting the river by throwing sewage waste and plastic waste into the river. Sankaran Suryanarayanan, an […]
Chennai, Feb 11 (BPNS) Bird watchers in Tamil Nadu are worried over the fall in the arrival of migratory birds in Kunthankulam bird sanctuary in Nanguneri taluk of Tirunelveli district of the state. R. Saravanan, an avid bird watcher and photographer from Coimbatore, who visited the Kunthankulam bird sanctuary said that the number of migratory […]
Chennai, Feb 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has sought the support of Kerala and Karnataka forest departments for a synchronized vulture survey to be held in March. The forest department of Tamil Nadu has planned a survey of vultures after a few numbers were spotted at Madhumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Nilgiris which […]
Chennai, Dec 15( BPNS) With migratory birds arriving in large numbers in Tiruchi district, with a majority arriving at Killiyur pond, the bird enthusiasts of Tamil Nadu have reiterated their demand for declaring the pond as a bird sanctuary. The migratory birds arrive in large.numbers in the months of December and January. Migratory birds, according […]
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) One of the oldest bird sanctuary in the country Vedathangal bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is now buzz with the humming sound of migratory birds. According to bird watchers around 5000 migratory birds have arrived in Vedathangal sanctuary. Suralirajan. M.R., an avid birdwatcher while speaking to BPNS said, “It’s a treat […]
Chennai, Sept 16 ( BPNS) A vulture that was rescued from the street in Kanniyakumari a few months ago will be transported to the Machia Biological park in Jodhpur in a specially designed vehicle. The specially designed vehicle will have a spacious plywood cage for the Cinereous vulture (Aegipius monachus) which was rescued from the […]
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 […]
