Umatyo ajanpo ane pandana re pranano unexpected karyo manorath doora prayanano

- The harsh winter 'cage' of the Northern Hemisphere has begun to arrive with 350 species of seasonal birds without proof.

- Take a look at this - Herschel Pushkarna

An expected, but extraordinary phenomenon is now being witnessed in the Kodikkarai coastal region of Tamil Nadu. Kodikkarai, with its perennial forests, Tavariya type trees, hundreds of reservoirs and grassy plains, is visited by hundreds of winged guests every day. In the Northern Hemisphere, when the winter is severe and the snow is all around, the native birds cannot be found to be full. So they set out for the warmer lands to the south. About 250 species of birds from the Northern Hemisphere come to India to spend the winter. Therefore, the arrival of migratory birds in Kodikkarai from the end of October is expected.

Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person. It has flown at least 4,000 kilometers from Russia's cold storage Siberia. If you look at a small swamp with a length of only ten centimeters and a body weight of 20 to 25 grams, you would not believe that such a small life and yet such a big flight?

In Kodikkarai, the bird currently lands in groups of hundreds on an almost daily basis. By the end of November, their population will cross 1.5 lakh. For three months of winter, they will feed the healthy earthworms and insects roaming in the mud (swamp) here and then embark on a long journey to Siberia. Apart from Kodikkarai in Tamil Nadu, a small swampy winter vacation comes to several other places in India, including the Kutch-Saurashtra province of Gujarat.

The Blue Throat, which is only 2-3 cm larger than this Bacholiya bird, is also the lord of the air. The blue, black, white, and brown feathers, from the neck to the chest, are native to the ice-cold region of Alaska. There is a folktale about why the Blue Throat got the name Nilkanthi, according to which Bhima was bitten by a snake while the Pandavas were having lunch and resting during the ajnatvas. As the blood mixed with the poison began to turn into sweat, the limbs began to fall. A bird like a cockroach came and sat near Bhim. He pierced Bhima's blood vessel with a sharp beak and pulled all the poison into his mouth. In a short time, Bhim recovered, but so did the bird. Under the influence of the poison, he fainted and collapsed - and then some bulbuls appeared with the sweetness of the flowers. The fainted bird became interested and soon the effect of the poison began to diminish. After a while the bird sat up again. Bhima took it in his hand and saw that some feathers (due to poison) had turned brown on the neck. So Bhima named the bird Nilkanthi in honor of Mahadev, who had swallowed a bowl of poison while churning the sea.

There is no evidence of myth or scope for rational arguments. So let's break his discussion here and talk about my Nilakanthi. The bird embarks on its aerial marathon across the Indian subcontinent just days before the onset of a harsh winter in Alaska. He travels from Alaska for 4-5 thousand kilometers on a weekly basis and arrives as a four-month guest in Gujarat, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) and some of the seven states of Northeast India. After leaving the North Pole, while traveling on solid ground, Nilkanthi gets a chance to eat poro and food. But many sapphires have migrated across the Indian mainland to the Maldives. He has to cross the vast Indian Ocean in one leap, for which he has to fly for hours at a time. The gentle breeze that blows over the ocean often blows a 15-gram light-blue sapphire over and over again - and yet nature's marvelous flying machine swims across the ocean.

When it comes to non-stop flying, no one can reach a bird called a bar-tailed godwit. The journey from Siberia in Russia to Kodikkarai in Tamil Nadu is unstoppable. (The record of fluent flight recorded by a Pattaponch Gadera in March, 2000 was 11,000 kms.) Day or night, Pattaponch Gadera is always a skyscraper, during which the wings are continuously moving at a maximum speed of 30 kmph.

The mystery of the uninterrupted flight of Pattaponch Gadera from the Northern Hemisphere to the south to Rajasthan, Saurashtra-Kutch, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu is still a mystery to many ornithologists. Has nature given him a reserve tank of calorie fuel to make such a long journey without stopping for food fuel on the way? If so, where is it placed in the body? Understand the day, how could the bird be guiding in the dead of night? Also, why doesn't his brain die out without getting any sleep for 3 to 4 days? Research continues to be conducted for answers to such questions. As such, a scientific finding suggests that during a long-distance journey, the cobra's cochlear implants a sleep-depriving biological 'switch'. But science does not have a definite answer as to which gesture it turns on and off.

At the forefront of the long-tailed deer, the record for the highest flight is held by a bar-headed goose. Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Tibet are his motherland. But with the arrival of winter, Patayat-headed swans say to their homeland, "Goodbye, I'll meet you again!" Kahi gets out on a trip to India. On a long journey, you can reach the peaks of the Himalayas at a height of 30,000 to 5,000 feet, which are surpassed by a swan with a head. At such a high altitude the air is extremely thin. The essential element of the lift is weakened by not creating enough pressure under the wings. In addition, due to the small amount of oxygen in the thin air, the oxygen pull makes you tired during flight. However, the body of a swan with a patty head bypasses all the problems. Surprisingly, at a height of 25-30 thousand feet below zero, there is no freezing cold air of forty degrees.

It is also worth mentioning here some members of the duck class in long distance trekking. Leaving cold regions like Russia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Canada and Alaska in winter, the pin-tail duck (singpar) coming to Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal covers a distance of eight to eleven thousand kilometers depending on the destination.

Years ago, flocks of falconed ducks came to India from Mongolia, western Siberia and northern China. Today their population has become so sparse that a voluntary organization called the International Union for Conservation of Nature / IUCN has had to count the top mulberry as a 'rare' bird. Two consecutive years have passed in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab when that foreign guest arrived. Anayase appeared in December, 2011. An ornithologist who took a motorboat to Pong Sarovar in the Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh has identified Chotili Murghabi among a group of thousands of migratory birds. The bird is characterized by bright brown and green feathers on the head, a distinctive black-and-white pattern on the body, and a tail curved like the edge of a fountain. For several more years after December 2011, Chotili Murghabi either did not visit Himachal Pradesh or, if he did, played Santacock with ornithologists. Finally, in February 2016, some peaks were found in an artificial lake called Sundar Nagar in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. If it is seen today, it has to be considered as a coincidence in millions.

We have a bird there called Indian Golden Oriel. The bird-sized feature of the bird is its yellow-gold feathers. In the monsoon, Pilak embarks on a short season trip. For example, Pilak, who lives in the vicinity of Mumbai, moves to the southern highlands (Western Ghats) and returns to his original address at the end of September when the monsoon ends. His cousins ​​living in Europe (Eurasian Golden Oriel) set out on a trip to India only after the end of Pilak's journey to India.

Much can be said about many other migratory birds, but it is the subject of a larger book than the article. One thing to keep in mind in the present discussion is that the winged foreign travelers should not miss the opportunity to see and understand them when they are traveling thousands of kilometers and waiting in our yard. Fortunately, in Gujarat, exotic and local bird fairs are held at many places like Thol, Khijadia, Nal Sarovar, Pariyaj, Little Rann of Kutch, Wadhwana, Velavadar, Bunny, Gir, Barda, Lakhota Lake (Jamnagar), Gosabara etc.

If you want to enjoy this fair, you need a good (like 10:20) binoculars, if you are fond of photography, a camera with a minimum zoom lens of 500 rabbits, a book introducing a bird, a diary-pen to keep a note of which birds you saw, some peace of mind Take off at one of the above places. Stay in the company of birds from morning till evening. An innocent, enlightened hobby called Bird-Watching will not survive without being bound.