The Nandankanan Zoological Park near here on Sunday welcomed 10 rare birds, six red-billed parrots and four Meyer’s parrots, bought from a private farm in Bhubaneswar at Rs 2 lakh.
The red-billed parrots were put in the enclosure No 6 while the Meyer’s in the enclosure No 3. One Meyer’s has laid eggs after coming to the Nandankanan.
In another development, the zoo authorities afre planning to hatch an egg of an ostrich putting it in a hatchery, informed a Nandankanan official. Notably, the ostrich was brought to the zoo three years back from Bengaluru, but her eggs used to fail to hatch.