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According to experts, the death of the flamingos can be attributed to a scientific phenomenon called 'light pollution', which partially impairs the vision of the birds due to their fragile eyes.
Last year, on January 17, Bhavesh Trivedi, assistant programme coordinator of Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar, was guiding a batch of participants at a nature education camp organised by Sky Forest Youth Club in Batheshwar area in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (GNPWLS) when a bird sighting piqued his curiosity.
Birdwatchers in Gujarat are excited after an orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina citrina), usually spotted in the Himalayas, Eastern Ghats, and Sri Lanka, was seen in Ahmedabad early this year. With this, the number of species of birds recorded in the state has gone up to 117. The petite forest-dwelling bird was sighted by Ishaan Lalbhai, […]
The vulture census conducted last year by the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, an autonomous body functioning under the forest department, had recorded 713 vultures, more than a third of the 2,143 vultures found across the state.