Noida: To surprise Birders, the Sarus pair has given birth to a baby crane on Dhanauri’s wetland a few days ago, which experts are claimed to be at least two months before the nesting time scheduled at Dhanauri Wetlands.
Birders claim their efforts to keep wetland hydrated with the help of water pumped artificially through summer has helped advance the time of breeding.
Over the past six years, Birders only recorded nesting in Dhanauri in August with eggs hatched only in September-October.
Once the egg is placed, they take 30 days to incubate.
“This is the first time we have seen early nesting in Dhanauri.
Six couples have built a nest, where two nests have been destroyed by feral and crows.
From the third, one Sarus girl has hatched.
Three more nests are still left,” Shyam Bagra, A filmmaker who made a documentary about Dhanauri and filmed wetlands twice a week, said.
Bagra has fired more than 50 hours of recording in Habitat Sarus Dhanauri.
Jaswinder Warach, another birder who regularly shot at Dhanauri, said, “We were surprised to see the girl because we did not expect one at this time.
It was more than a month earlier.
Globally changed climate, and this is a sign of shift in circumstances that might have improved The birth of these chickens.
“Anand Arya, who has campaigned for a protection status for Dhanauri, said that the incidence of the breeding season might be caused by the availability of water until the summer.
“For more than six years I have regularly visited Dhanauri, I have never seen chicks come out before September.
This time is different, maybe because wetlands have water during the summer.
It has been noticed in various resellful habitats that if there is food and water that is Enough, they roam early.
This year, wetlands have dried up and we have attracted shared resources to water the pool artificially and maybe fish are also available, “he said.
According to the Ministry of Forestry, the Population of the Sarus Crane in Dhanauri is 80 while Birders claimed the count of at least 140.
Birders claimed that there might be as many as 200 crane Sarus in the district even though the official count showed around 166.
Besides Dhanauri, cranes were found in various small fields and district swamps – Like Khodna Khurd, Ishapur, Dhanauri, Hairy, Parsaul and Nagla Bhatona.
“Dhanauri is the biggest habitat for the Sarus Crane in this district, and it has shown a stable increase in the bird population,” said PK Srivastava, Forest Officer Regency (DFO), said.