St Aloysius Institutions participate in Campus Bird Count 2023
Mangaluru: The Campus Bird Count is a coordinated effort to doc the birdlife on a number of campuses throughout India. It’s a part of the bigger Great Backyard Bird Count hosted by Bird Count India in collaboration with eBIRD the place a number of campuses of academic and coaching establishments, authorities establishments, analysis stations, and company campuses take part in documenting the avian fauna from seventeenth February to twentieth February 2023.
St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru participated on this occasion from 2018 onwards. The 37-acre campus, which is 143 years previous, is located on the coronary heart of Mangaluru. The campus chook rely was additionally carried out on the 17-acre St Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT) close to Kotekar Beeri along with the principle campus. Campus Bird Count 2023 was organised by the Department of Zoology within the lively presence of Rev Dr Praveen Martis SJ (Principal), Rev Dr Melwin Pinto SJ (Director of AIMIT Campus), and the workers of the division of Zoology.
The campus chook rely crew was led by Mr Glavin Thomas Rodrigues (Assistant Professor), Mr Kiran Vati Okay (Lecturer) and Dr Hemachandra ( Associate Prof. and HOD) within the lively presence of Mr Hariprasad Shetty ( Assistant Professor ), Ms Savia D’Souza ( Assistant Professor) and Ms Michelle Rodrigues ( Assistant Professor ). The survey was accomplished by 36 college students from each campuses making the occasion an enormous success.
The four-day birding occasion, which befell from February seventeenth to twentieth, led to the identification of 32 species of birds on the campus of St Aloysius College in Mangaluru and 60 species of birds on the campus of AIMIT. It was widespread to witness Greater Racket-tailed Drongos, Jungle Mynas, Common Mynas, Rock Pigeons, Purple Rumped Sunbirds, Pale Billed Flowerpecker, Asian Koels, Oriental Magpie Robins, and Red Whiskered Bulbuls on each the campus. Large predatory birds such because the Black Kite and Brahminy Kite which frequently perch on campus buildings might be seen in giant numbers.
Migratory species together with the Indian Paradise Flycatcher, Indian Golden Oriole, Baya Weaver chook, Blue Tailed Bee Eater, and Chestnut Tailed Starlings have been additionally noticed in the course of the campus chook rely. In addition, birds together with the Nilgiri Flowerpecker, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Brown Breasted Flycatcher, Oriental Honey Buzzard, Red Wattled Lapwing, Golden Fronted Leafbird, Eurasian Hoopoe, and Orange-headed Thrush have been noticed on the AIMIT Campus.
In this age of urbanisation, a whole lot of birds name St Aloysius College home due to its lovely inexperienced campus and inexperienced initiatives. The motive for such an enormous inhabitants could be attributed to the big selection of fruiting vegetation and timber that may be discovered right here. These vegetation and timber supply a number of chook species refuge, meals, and nesting areas. The AIMIT Campus was listed as an eBird Hotspot in 2022 with a rely of 35 species and this 12 months’s Campus chook rely reveals the presence of 63 species in AIMIT, Beeri Campus, and as of now, the St Aloysius College, Mangaluru Campus has a listing of 58 species with the addition of 1 new species that was recorded for the primary time in the course of the campus chook rely ( Barn Swallow).
Several totally different chook species had their nesting areas seen in the course of the chook census. This illustrates that the campus supplies a balanced surroundings that promotes the survival of a wide range of chook species. Long-term chook counts like these will present how chook populations change and assist take obligatory measures to preserve them.
