Bird-watching for the beginners in Okhla Bird Sanctuary The Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a small but unique sanctuary for its rich avi-faunal diversity and one among the fifteen bird sanctuaries in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the river Yamuna includes adjacent wetlands and small deltaic islands sandwiched between Delhi Metro and Noida city in the heart of NCT-Delhi. Only 4 sq. km area was notified and declared as Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the year 1990. This mini bird sanctuary is a habitat of more than 320 bird species recorded till date. There will be special efforts put towards making every participant to identify common birds at least this is done keeping in mind the Annual Waterfowl Census. About 50% of the birds here are residents and the rainy season attracts a lot of interesting birds like Pelicans from neighbouring areas. Lets do a bird walk in Okhla on 2nd Wednesday. Venue - Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Date –2nd December 2013 Time - 7.00 – 10.30am Meeting point - at the gate of OBS from NOIDA side. Meeting time between 6.45. to 7am Walk from 7-10.30am Refreshments at 10.30am Come with a small note book and pen, binoculars to make a list of birds seen. We will have spotting-scopes and a few binoculars with us in case if you don’t have one you are welcome to use these common shared resources. Registration fee for Indian nationals Rs500/- (includes entry fee, resource person and refreshments, the vehicle should be parked outside. The vehicle entry fee & foreign nationals’ entry fee are not in the reg. fee.) Registration either through SMS or Email to isajeev@yahoo Contact number 9899155856 the last date for registration is 1st afternoon. This event is supported by Carl Zeiss India/ Sports Optics and Camera Lens To truly experience nature, you need to take inspiration from it. This is a concept which has been reflected in every single idea of Carl Zeiss’ products and services for over 165 years. Just as nature never comes to a standstill and constantly changes, Carl Zeiss is always striving with a tireless curiosity and relentless passion to question the status quo and set new standards with technical innovations. We also remain committed to this philosophy for the future, as our goal is to give you and all avid hobbyists, bird watchers and nature lovers, new insights into nature, time and time again. So that you can experience the excitement of being closer to nature than ever before – even more closely, even more precisely and even more intensely.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:37:46 +0000
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