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By Our Special Correspondent
BANGALORE, JAN. 25. The State-owned eco-tourism organisation, Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), is all set to conduct the country's first ever Republic Day Bird Count at Bandipur National Park. Many avid bird-watches from Bangalore are expected to head out there. This will be along the lines of the well-known Christmas Bird Count, which is organised in the U.S., Canada and South America. On Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank Chapman, an officer in the then budding Audubon Society proposed a new holiday tradition: a bird census that will count them rather than hunt them. It began as one of the biggest such events in the world and a holiday tradition for over 50,000 persons each year.
Informal census
Bird counting is an informally structured census of birds spotted along marked trails in the wild. A dawn-to-dusk activity, it will start at 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday at JLR's Bandipur Safari Lodge. "This year we plan to use the skills of 8 `birders' and 12 volunteers who will go on four well-marked trails in Bandipur. However, this is the first time and we wish to create awareness and interest among the public towards bird watching. We also want people to know that bird watching and bird counting have a direct relation to conservation," says Vinay Luthra, Managing Director, JLR. "We are very hopeful that the R-Day Bird Count will become as popular as the events in the U.S. and Canada in the years to come. This is just a small step in the right direction. Bird counting helps us understand, appreciate and conserve birds and their habitats. With the enthusiasm and support of volunteers, JLR staff and the interested public, we are sure that Indian birds will have a strong support group" says C.R. Sarath, Chief Naturalist of JLR.
Inspiration
It was Sarath's idea of conducting an organised event that was inspired by books such as that of the legendary American birder, Kenn Kauffman's "The Kingbird Highway".
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