Gurgaon: Twitchers in NCR will have busy Saturdays because they will document birds.
The day was marked as a day of wild bird, an initiative taken by Bird Count India in 2018.
During the day, bird supervisors would distribute forests, rural areas, semi-urban and urban to record bird appearances.
With binoculars in their hands and cameras hanging from their necks, the birders on Saturday will roam to wetlands, forests, water bodies, and parks throughout the NCR.
This is a daily birding event that is celebrated throughout the country to observe as many birds as possible and their list in ebird.org/india today also coincides with the global event – October Big Day – where Birders in many countries document birds.
“By participating in Wild Bird Day, and uploading your list to Ebird, your observations will be automatically added to the big day of October.
Wild Bird Day (October Big Day) is part of a global bird weekend, a global event that aims to be a weekend The biggest burezing, “said Pankaj Gupta, a birdder of the Society of Delhi birds.
Details of bird sightings will be recorded during the day so they can be documented and used to study their habitat.
In February, this year, the region organized large bird days – national training.
The event was first held on February 22, 2004, when 236 bird species were recorded in all regions.
In 2020, 253 species of birds were seen today compared to 2019 when 247 species were seen.
In 2018, 251 species were seen in NCR.
In 2017, a total of 268 species were seen in the NCR on a large bird day.