That is wonderful, Moloy. Keep up the good work. I read the reports in the English dailies from Assam but never get a true picture. Yours was down to earth and practical. Please send us more reports like this.
With the invasion of industrialization, beels and birds will be hard to come by. But there must be a voice against all this to slow the process. Send us some pictures if you can. Dilip Deka Houston, Texas, USA moloy baruah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BIRD CENSUS AT JENGDIA BEEL , AN IBA SITE On 6th of January a team consist of Moloy Baruah, Mayur Plaban Barua and Pulakesh Talukdar counted bird species at Jangdia beel near Lenga village at North Guwahati which was declared an Important Bird Area in Assam out of 48 such places in the state. 26 varities of bird species covering around 2500 bird in total were counted while two important species Grey Headed Eagle and Grey Heron were recorded. It is worth mentioning that the whole area is owned by a cooperative farm established in 1958 and due to ongoing plaguing activity with diesel pumps on to displace water logging , disturbances had driven away most of the birds to other areas. It is also worth mentioning here that Early Birds has been doing water fowl census since 1992 in four areas of the state namely, Khamranga(Thakurkuchi) Amchang W/L sanctuary, Jangdia and Chanddubi near Loharghat. VETERINARY CMP AT BURHA MAYANG ( POBITORA) O 12th of January The Early Birds , in continuation in its drive to protect the wild life areas of the state and to make them disease free from the infectious disease borne by the domesticated cattle groups had organized a free vaccination cum treatment camp at the forest office of Pobitora wild life division at Burha Mayang . One hundred eighty four cattle including buffalos were vaccinated . A good number of medicines were also distributed. Those who participated were Moloy Baruah, Pulakesh Talukdar and two veterinarians Joy Prakash Sharma and Dannis Gogoi. The Early Bird team feels that the number of sentry camps have to be increase as the improved road condition from Guwahati via Chandrapur to Mayang had also open the gate to the smugglers ,miscreants and poachers as well.
