Sign adult for an engaging route to Karnala Bird Sanctuary where we competence mark a fugitive Indian pitta, as good as other avian species
Indian pitta. Pic courtesy/Asif Khan
How mostly do we arise adult to a sound of chirping birds by your windowsill? Spotting birds, let alone singular species, is a enchanting steer in a petrify jungles that humans have built. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has organized a bird-watching route in Karnala Bird Sanctuary to lane a Indian pitta and a few other species.
The Indian pitta breeds in a Himalayas and executive India during a monsoon and in a winter heads towards southern India. On a approach to a tact ground, a bird passes by areas around Mumbai. It is customarily seen between May 10 and Jun 12. “We start by exploring a bottom of Karnala and looking out for a Indian pitta,” shares Asif Khan, BNHS associate officer of programs.
A prior bird-watching trail
Pitta is subsequent from a Telugu tenure that means “little bird.” The bird is locally called naurang, that means “nine colours” in Marathi, given of a colourful plumage. Khan explains, “Among a several feathered visitors to a city, a Indian pitta is one of a prettiest. It hardly stays here for a fortnight, nonetheless a sly inlet creates this bird a visible delight. We customarily hear a bird before we see it given it has a particular two-note loud, recognizable alarm that sounds like “wheeet-tieu”.”
Asif Khan
During this time, a bird refuge is also home to proprietor birds such as Tickell’s blue flycatcher, Black-naped monarch, Small sunbird, Nilgiri flowerpecker, Rufous and Heart-spotted woodpecker, Greater racquet-tailed and Bronzed drongo, Crested serpent-eagle, and Golden-fronted leafbird.
On: Jun 5; 6 am to 1 pm
Meeting Point: Dadar TT Circle
Log on to: @bnhs.naturecamps on Instagram
Call: 9969798447
Cost: Rs 1,500 (BNHS members), Rs 1,700 (others)
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