Nature
It is past October and the season for the migratory birds in India has begun. Lakhs of migratory birds fly thousands of miles to reach various parts of South Asia and make it their home for the winter months. The Indian coasts are already teaming with migratory waders, plovers, gulls and terns.
"The usual month of the arrivals of the coastal birds is October and the coasts are already teaming with our migratory waders, plovers, gulls and terns. The migrants arrive in waves and each species arrives at a slightly different date. These waves continue up to January. The approximate numbers of these migratory birds are about 24 % of our bird species and the number of species recorded from India is between1200 to 1300" Pune-based ornithologist Satish Pande said.
