Gurugram: Flooding 26 Derek Demoiselle – Usually seen in this part of the country at the beginning of winter – has arrived in the city for pit stops.
Birders of the Delhi Bird Society on Sunday morning saw winged visitors near Sultanpur National Park.
This crane species was found in the middle Euro-Siberia.
Before the cold months, every year, these birds travel thousands of kilometers to the flow of water and water bodies in this part of the world who are looking for a pleasant stay.
Demoiselle Crane (Grus Virgo) is the smallest of 15 species cranes in the world.
Most of the gray and the height is around 90 cm.
It has orange red eyes, long legs and long half.
It spends winter in Iran, India and sub-Saharan Africa.
Demoiselle cranes are equally adapted to wet grasslands, plant fields, sabana, steppes, and flow.
Even found in the desert and semi-desert areas, where water is available, experts said.
“At present, these birds have just passed the area for their trip in front.
They will travel to Gujarat and Rajasthan.
These birds will be here for a week.
This is the usual time when they are seen in this region, “Nikhil Devasar said from Delhi’s Society.
“It was a bird running on Sunday and I decided to visit the Jhanjraula area around Sultanpur National Park.
I saw 26 cranes demoiselle and took their photos.
They only passed for further travel.
This is a regular route for this species,” he added.
Other birders, Pankaj Gupta, said: “Demoiselle Crane is one of the species of Avian migrant, which flew above thousands of kilometers, to find the best ecological and habitat conditions.
These birds do not travel to the south.” Demoiselle Crane was found in 47 countries Worldwide, and even though they are not threatened with extinction, they face the threat of losing habitat.
In addition, the use of intensive pesticides and hunting for sports along the migration route is also a great concern for these birds.
They eat plants, insects, seeds and small mammals.
Sultanpur is an ideal habitat for this crane because of the wetlands matrix, land cultivated, ponds and food supply food.
The conservation status of demoiselle crane is “at least a concern” according to the IUCN red list category.
According to experts, this species prepares to migrate from August to September.
Usually, they gather in 400 flocks and then migrate during the winter months.
During March and April, they flew north to their nesting places.
Birds, after returning, flying in a flock of only five to 10 birds.
Throughout the wedding season, they feed up to seven other birds.
During the non-breeding season, they socialized in their group.
Crane gets independence at 10 months and can usually breed when they are four to eight years old.
They are known for dancing to dating and also as part of their social behavior.