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Grey Birds

Grey Birds

You can see a variety of beautiful exotic birds in the bird sanctuaries of Kerala. Bird sanctuaries of Kerala have excellent moist teak forests, deciduous and marshes dominated by bamboo and other grasses, the most favorable for aerial population in India. These forests are also said to be among the bands extensive forests in the peninsula of India housing some of the most desirable homes of migratory birds in Kerala. On vacation trips to Kerala Life Sanctuary Wayanad Wild, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary and Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary offers some of the excellent photography options.

Kerala Bird Sanctuaries

The Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (also known as the Sanctuary Thattekad) is located in the Kothamangalam Taluk of Ernakulam district on the north bank of the river Periyar. The sanctuary was notified in 1983 based on a recommendation made by Dr. Salim Ali many years previously. Ali describes Thattekad in the 1930s as the richest bird habitat in peninsular India, comparable only to the eastern Himalayas. The reserve has a variety of species of migratory and resident birds, including rare and Ceylon Frogmouth Peak pink rollers.

The Bird Sanctuary is 12 km from Kottayam Kumarakom bordering Lake Vembanad, and spread over 14 acres of land. This famous shrine is a refuge for migratory birds like darters, egrets, herons, teal, waterfowl, cuckoo and wild ducks, among others. You can even take a look at the storks migrating from Siberia to this place almost every year.

The bird sanctuary, Kumarakom, a paradise for ornithologists, is a favorite haunt of migratory birds as the Siberian stork, egret, dart, heron and Teal. Other common varieties like the woodpecker, skylark, crane, water hen and Parrots can also be seen here. A cruise on Lake Vembabad is the best way to experience the sanctuary. Pathiramanal, a lovely island in the lake can be accessed at boat from here.

People who seek the thrill of exploring the natural beauty and its people in India will have the lovely pleasure and excitement of the sanctuaries Kerala's birds.

While touring the bird sanctuaries of Kerala finds rare bird species. Birds are everywhere-a paradise of birds. The bird they are endowed by Mother Nature, with different colors of bird species are doing the bird sanctuary, a multi-tone sky, next door, the shrill voices of birds are adding more vibrancy to the atmosphere of the park.

Acrobatic skills of the birds, the eye of the trapping of migratory birds and after all the euphony of the birds every morning and evening in the green patch of Kerala is gay.

The Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary

The sanctuary is home to most species of birds. Some of these live permanently inhabit it, whereas there are other species of birds that migrate here from far away continents. Migratory birds that visit the sanctuary every year are the Siberian Cranes, Indian Peafowl, egrets, Darts, herons, parrots, orioles, flycatchers, wood beetle and teals. Resident bird species are water birds, cuckoos, owls, herons, egrets and ducks to water.

The Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary

Rare birds like the Crimson-throated Barbet, Bee-eater, Sunbird, Shrike, Black winged Kite, the heron and night heron are also commonly sighted. Roller India, cuckoo, common snipe, pheasant, crow, jungle nightjar, kite, Gray Drongo, Malabar Trogon, woodpecker, large pied laundress, sparrow Baya, gray jungle birds, Indian Hill Myna bird robin, talkative and darts of the forest are some of the common birds found here. There are some rare birds, including: Accessories, Shrike, Fairy Blue-bird, gray-headed fishing eagle, etc. comet Blackwinged

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