clipped from: travellady.com This is one wonderful scene I will never forget. The sun is just about to set. The trees are dotted with birds. At a rough estimate, there are about 75,000 birds.
Archival records show that towards the end of the 18th century, local villagers complained to the then Collector Lionel Place about indiscriminate shooting of the birds by British soldiers. The Collector issued a ‘firman’ (order) - prohibiting any shooting of the birds in the entire village.
115 species of birds have been recorded in this sanctuary. I have compiled a list of the birds I could see and identify:
Garganey Teals Canada
Glossy Ibis Sri Lanka
Grey Heron Bangladesh
Grey Pelican Australia
Open-billed Stork Bangladesh
Painted Stork Siberia
Snake Bird Sri Lanka
Spoonbill Burma
Spot Bill Duck Canada
Painted Stork in flight
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
