Mangaluru: A school teacher from Kasaragod district in Kerala, rushed to save the birds, after a rain tree so they built their nests, beside the highway in the Kunjathoo near Talapady, accessed for road expansion.
Raju Kidoor, a teacher from the holy family of school assistance in Kumbala, about 50 km from here, told Tii, “Nhai has taken trees for the results of the expansion of the highway from Talapady to Cherkala.
On August 31, rain trees that are about 8m, accessible .
According to our estimates, there are at least 80 bird nests, including Pond Heron, Night Heron and a little Cormorant in the tree.
“The destruction of the nest was first noticed by Ajesh, an animal lover, and former cadet of Kadet Kerala students.
When he saw the fate of the bird, he immediately called the police department.
When he did not receive a response, he called an officer of the student police cadet, who asked him to call a driver from the Ministry of Forestry.
The driver asked him to reach Raju Kidoor.
“When he reached the place, we were surprised.
We found at least 45 dead birds.
There are 25 other birds that have injured on the wings, head and legs.
We talked to DCF in Ajith K Raman, and because the district did not have a rehabilitation center, I took responsibility for caring for birds.
Unfortunately, 12 birds died.
After a week, four birds were released, and there were nine more healthy birds, and the possibility would be released within a week.
They were fed around 1.2 kg Fish every day, “said Raju.
He has identified six more trees on stretching, that the birds have lodged, and asked the NHAI site engineer to avoid trees until the birds complete nesting.
“We found several nests and asked for Nhai for 15 days, so the decision about this could be taken after the review.
We visited the place on Wednesday.
Officials have worked together,” he said.