Picture of the ringed/tagged curlew sandpiper migratory bird at Kharghar by nature lover Nareshchandra Singh.
NAVI MUMBAI: Kharghar nature lovers have a reason to be excited, as it was confirmed by BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society) that a photograph of a ringed/tagged Curlew Sandpiper bird recently taken by a local bird watcher was in fact its first official sighting since the tagging.
``Last winter, the BNHS scientists had ringed this particular wetland migratory bird at Navi Mumbai. Curlew sandpipers are known to migrate from Arctic Tundra near Siberia, where they breed, to India to escape the harsh cold there during winters. I am happy to be the first to be the first to have photographed this wader in sector 25 now,'' said Kharghar based nature lover, Nareshchandra Singh.