Bird census in Tuticorin and Nellai

TIRUNELVELI: Here is good news for students and others, particularly those who are very much interested in watching the birds, as a bird census in large scale is going to be conducted in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts for the first time during the third week of January.
The Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in association with the Department of Forest's Tirunelveli Division made extensive arrangements for launching a waterfowl count in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts on January 21 and 22. The districts of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin lie in a semi-arid landscape. However, the perennial river of Tamirabharani and its tributaries flowing from the Agasthyamalai Hills and traverses for about 175 km made these two districts the ‘Rice Bowl' of southern Tamil Nadu and being an important shelter for birds, especially waterfowls, in the entire country. The perpetual river not only supports human population and culture but also a large number of wetland birds as its water is being diverted to hundreds of systemised irrigation tanks in both the districts. The popular Koonthankulam birds' sanctuary too gets water from the Tamirabharani.

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