Golden bush robins, chestnut-headed tesias, scaly-breasted cupwings, long-legged buzzards, Indian noticed eagles and collared scops owls had been a few of head turners on the 14th HSBC Chandigarh Bird Race, which was held on Monday.
Armed with binoculars,15 groups of 4 participated within the race, which is yearly organised by the Chandigarh Bird Club CBC, within the Inner State Chandigarh Region (ISRC), which incorporates locations like Timber Trail, Morni Hills, Kansal Hills and Sukhna Lake. The race goes on from daybreak to nightfall and the group that information the utmost variety of chicken species throughout this wins.
This yr, the birders managed to record 254 species in a 12-hour interval, which is barely greater than final yr’s tally of 236 species. There are 436 species on the Inter State Chandigarh Region chicken record. The golden bush robin was declared because the chicken of the day.
Most groups managed to establish over 100 species. Team Black Baza, comprising Gurjit Virk (group lead), Shruti, Aseem and Jaspreet, managed to establish 195 species, the very best. This yr, a group of 4 from the Air Force station, all newcomers, additionally participated within the race.
