Vadodara: There are some good news for bird lovers in the city.
A scavenger who is rarely seen in this region has been seen camping near Lake Timbi on the outskirts of the city.
A group of bird lovers have photographed Egypt’s hering next to the lake located about 10 km from the city.
Almost after 30 years after the hering bird species was seen on the Lake Timbi.
“We came out to see birds migrating on the lake on December 19.
After walking for almost two hours, we rested on the back side of the lake when we saw a dark bird that flew above us.
It went down in a few distance and we Thinking that maybe it was Harrier, “Tanisha Dagur said, one of the bird observers who saw hering along with Dhaval Devaliya, Aniket Soni and Vivek Nariya.
“But when we looked closer to binoculars, we would be surprised.
It was an Egyptian herry .
“It is possible that the bird might explore the new location in the region.
Or maybe it was taking a break before further migrating,” he added.
According to the Environment Center Information Center (Envis Center) of the Gujarat Ecology Commission, in 2016, Gujarat is home to more than 133 Egyptian birds and their main population concentrated in Banothetha and Ahmedabad districts.
“C seeing Egypt HERING here is a good sign because this bird usually prefers to stay in places where it can find food to scavenge,” said Raju Vyas who had conducted a study of Nasar birds in Vadodara.