Ahmedabad: Crane from the Ahmedabad district flew to a dangerous AF-Pak area and since April, the collar has stopped transmitting its location data.
The crane was named ‘Vadla’, after the area in the Ahmedabad district where he was marked in March 2020.
Vadla and five Flamingo were equipped with a radio collar by the Wildlife Institute of India (Wii) experts.
The Wii has now decided to mark five more common cranes in Nalsarovar, near Vadla, when the birds arrived in the winter this year.
A senior official of the Gujarat Forestry Department said: “Good Vadla radio collar has stopped working or the bird is far from reach for the collar to send a signal.” The official added: “Or can be boiled on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.” Suresh Kumar, a senior scientist in the Wii, who is a key member of a marking project, said: “We have good data from Vadla and therefore have decided to mark five more common cranes when they come to Nalsarovar.” He continued by saying: “Tagging will help us understand the pattern of bird migration and their habitat.
Marking will be made after the Gujarat Forest Department permission is accepted.” The Vadla flight line showed that he traveled to Kazakhstan where he lived until the wedding season (March to October ) And back in October to Vadla.
The bird covers 4,300 km in 12 days to return to the Ahmedabad district, Kumar said.
If the bird lives and returns in the range of signaling, the wealth of flight data will be available for researchers who study bird behavior.
Flamingo trail officials from the Gujarat Forestry Department said that five Flamingos were marked together with Derek.
Three Flamingos were in Gujarat and one in Rajasthan.
Officials said that two lower Flamingos had been traced to the small Rann Kutch, where they lodged.
Officials said that when the signal was received from one area, the staff sent at the reception and the birds were found nesting.
Other flamingos nested in Mithi.
Flamingo Rajasthan near Ajmer, said the officials.