Bird-watching in Okhla Bird Sanctuary 13th October, Sunday
The Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a small but unique sanctuary for its rich avi-faunal diversity and one among the fifteen bird sanctuaries in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the river Yamuna includes adjacent wetlands and small deltaic islands
sandwiched between Delhi Metro and Noida city in the heart of NCT-Delhi. Only 4 sq. km area was notified and declared as Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the year 1990. This mini bird sanctuary is a habitat of more than 320 bird species recorded till date.
There will be special efforts put towards making every participant to identify common birds at least this is done keeping in mind the Annual Waterfowl Census.
About 50% of the birds here are residents and the rainy season attracts a lot of interesting birds like Pelicans from neighbouring areas. Lets do a bird walk in Okhla on 13th Sunday.
Venue - Okhla Bird Sanctuary,
Date –13th October 2013
Time - 7.00 – 10.30am
Meeting point - at the gate of OBS from NOIDA side.
Meeting time between 6.45. to 7am
Walk from 7-10.30am
Refreshments at 10.30am
Come with a small note book and pen, binoculars to make a list of birds seen. We will have spotting-scopes and a few binoculars with us in case if you don’t have one you are welcome to use these common shared resources.
Registration fee for Indian nationals Rs500/- (includes entry fee, resource person and refreshments, the vehicle should be parked outside. The vehicle entry fee & foreign nationals’ entry fee are not in the reg. fee.)
Registration either through SMS or Email to isajeev@yahoo.com
Contact number 9899155856 the last date for registration is 12th afternoon.
Photography Work Shop, Chennai
Jayanth Sharma will be mentoring a weekend workshop in Chennai on 19-20 October.
"Friends from Chennai and around, will be grateful if you can let your contacts know about this. Will be helpful to us filling the last 5-6 seats and also helping interested folks who might be unaware of this.
http://www.toehold.in/photography-workshop-chennai.php
Also - my colleagues will be mentoring similar batches in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Hyderabad in the coming weeks. "
Have a look: http://www.toehold.in/workshops.php
Register in October for future events
November
The Gerry Martin Project is starting it’s first Research and conservation Field Station on a beautiful plot of forested land, located in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, just a
stone throw from the Tilari Dam. We are planning to start our surveys of wildlife and vegetation in November and in true TGMP fashion, we’re opening our doors to like-minded and interested folks. This gets us manpower and resources while you get the experience,
learning and skill building opportunities and incredible photo ops!
This survey expedition will run from the 1st to the 5th of November 2013. You will need to be at Mapusa, Goa on the morning of the 1st and we will drop you back there in the early afternoon on the 5th.
We’d like to make it clear that this is a non-luxury trip. At the field site, we will be living off the land apart from basic food supplies and be staying in tents. We’ll prepare our own food and run the camp ourselves. Our only criteria is that you have
a positive attitude, be healthy and share our passion for conservation and the outdoors.
There are limited spaces on the trip so contact gerry@gerrymartin.in to book your spot as soon as possible!
November
Hi friends ,
We have few slots opened up for the bird count in Pakke. Pl let us know if you or any of your friends are interested in joining. Kindly also note that the date falls on a Diwali Day. Interested? mail me at itnatureclub@gmail.com
You can check on more details about the count at
http://www.itnatureclub.in/birdcountinpakke
December
Bird-watching for the beginners in Okhla Bird Sanctuary December 2013
The Okhla Bird Sanctuary is a small but unique sanctuary for its rich avi-faunal diversity and one among the fifteen bird sanctuaries in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the river Yamuna includes adjacent wetlands and small deltaic islands
sandwiched between Delhi Metro and Noida city in the heart of NCT-Delhi. Only 4 sq. km area was notified and declared as Okhla Bird Sanctuary in the year 1990. This mini bird sanctuary is a habitat of more than 320 bird species recorded till date.
There will be special efforts put towards making every participant to identify common birds at least this is done keeping in mind the Annual Waterfowl Census.
About 50% of the birds here are residents and the rainy season attracts a lot of interesting birds like Pelicans from neighbouring areas. Lets do a bird walk in Okhla on 2nd Wednesday.
Venue - Okhla Bird Sanctuary,
Date –2nd December 2013
Time - 7.00 – 10.30am
Meeting point - at the gate of OBS from NOIDA side.
Meeting time between 6.45. to 7am
Walk from 7-10.30am
Refreshments at 10.30am
Come with a small note book and pen, binoculars to make a list of birds seen. We will have spotting-scopes and a few binoculars with us in case if you don’t have one you are welcome to use these common shared resources.
Registration fee for Indian nationals Rs500/- (includes entry fee, resource person and refreshments, the vehicle should be parked outside. The vehicle entry fee & foreign nationals’ entry fee are not in the reg. fee.)
Registration either through SMS or Email to isajeev@yahoo.com
Contact number 9899155856 the last date for registration is 1st afternoon.