With the arrival of monsoon, thousands of residential birds have started arriving at Matha-adiha and Laxmiprasad-dia heronry within the Bhitarkanika National Park under Kendrapada district for breeding and nesting, stated, Rajnagar Mangrove (Forest) and Wildlife Division Bikash Ranjan Dash.
According to DFO Dash, while Matha-adiha heronry seems to be the favourite nesting and breeding place for these monsoon birds since last half decade whereas the monsoon birds on last year chose Laxmiprasad-dia as favourite place for nesting and breeding.
But ironically, the monsoon birds had skipped Bagagahan heronry, that was proved over the years to be a favourite nesting place for these residential birds for last some years, the DFO maintained.
With the congregation of thousands of residential birds at Matha-adia and Laxmiprasad-dia heronry, the dense mangrove vegetation and its serene pollution free atmosphere have turned attractive and noisy. Basically, 11 types of residential birds which throng Bhitarknaika every year for nesting and breeding during the monsoon are open bill stork, little cormorant, intermediate egret, large egret, little egret, purple heron, grey heron, night heron, darter, white ibis and cattle egret ,informed the DFO.
This time four types of residential birds of more than 5,000 of them have arrived at Bhitarknika.
