With the onset of winter, avian guests have descended to decrease areas, searching for refuge from the harsher climates within the higher reaches.
Wading birds, generally often called waders, notably favour marshes and have turn out to be considerable within the seasonal streams of the Inter State Chandigarh Region (ISCR). Notable species noticed in these flocks embody Ruff, Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, and numerous sandpipers.
These winter guests, who like to remain in flocks, are categorised as quite common, widespread, or pretty widespread relying on their sightings. Waders arrive in ISCR on the outset of winter in October and keep till April.
Visit any of the water our bodies anyplace, you will see these birds in flocks flying and wandering round their shores. Sukhna Lake, Dhanas Lake in Chandigarh, and River Ghaggar crossing by way of trans-Ghaggar sectors in Panchkula, and so on are just a few websites amongst many the place these birds might be simply noticed.
The degree of water within the water our bodies can be an element on which the arrival of waders relies upon. Wading birds favor to remain in shallow water our bodies as a result of it’s simple for them to seek out their weight-reduction plan in shallow water as a substitute of deep.
The most typical similarity amongst these wading birds is the lengthy beaks that assist them decide their meals within the form of fish, amphibians, invertebrates, and vegetation present in shallow wetlands. Waders and shorebirds breed in marshes.
Except for Ruff, it isn’t simple to inform the female and male birds aside within the Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank, and Common Greenshank. Male and feminine wader Ruffs are totally different from one another of their appearances.
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First printed on: 26-12-2023 at 11:08 IST
