Skip to content

migratory birds

Greater Cormorants: Fishing Experts

During the winter months, a number of migratory birds visit India from the countries where winter is very severe and food availability becomes low. These annual visitors add colour to the season. Many of the migratory birds are water waders and land in the lakes , big pools and other water bodies. Amongst these are greater Cormorants. They are huge birds and expert fishers. They hunt in groups and there is great jostling and fighting for the catch snatching. In older days the trained Cormorants were used for river fishing in Japan and China. A snare was tied at the… Read More »Greater Cormorants: Fishing Experts

Some Winter Visitors

During the winter season in North India, many migratory birds come here from even intensely cold areas Eurasia and Europe. Most of these birds come here to avoid intense cold and lesser availability of food in the intense cold areas. Some raise chicks here and by the time temperatures become high here they go back. They come and go with clock like consistency. Even the chicks who are born here make it successfully next season. Many ponds in Punjab present beautiful scene with the arrival of these visitors. Some birds pictures from one such huge pond.

%d bloggers like this: