Asifabad: Vultures’ comeback brings cheer to foresters

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: The second edition of Bird Walk brought relief to the foresters who were eagerly waiting for the arrival of long-billed vultures (Gyps indicus) at Palarapu cliff on the outskirts of Nandigaon village in Penchikalpet mandal for quite a long time. Participants of the event spotted a vulture in the colony of the […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: The second edition of Bird Walk brought relief to the foresters who were eagerly waiting for the arrival of long-billed vultures (Gyps indicus) at Palarapu cliff on the outskirts of Nandigaon village in Penchikalpet mandal for quite a long time.

Participants of the event spotted a vulture in the colony of the scavenger bird cheering the foresters. About 20 adults and 10 chicks inhabiting the colony were forced to leave the spot when their nests were damaged following heavy rains in 2020. They, however, migrated to Dechili in Sironcha in neighboring Maharashtra.

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Around 60 nature lovers, wildlife photographers, birders, and students of forest college research institute of Mulugu attended the event. A majority of them, allotted to Penchikalpet forest range, made a beeline to Nandigaon to take a glimpse of the vultures and the confluence of Pranahita river and Peddavagu rivulet. They were provided with transportation, food and accommodation facilities for nominal charge.

A colony of vultures was created at the cliff created among locals over the role of this scavenger bird in ecology. A vulture conservation project, funded by the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), was begun in January of 2015. Similarly, a field biologist and five bird trackers were appointed.

In the meantime, Rajesh Kanny, a wildlife photographer of the forest department spotted migratory ultramarine fly-catcher, painted stork, spoonbill stark and brown fish owl in the forests of Darigaon village in Kaghaznagar forest range. He captured an image of White eyed buzzard at the vulture conservation project. Other participants also clicked photographs of rare and migratory birds.

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