Very Sad news Rajesh Ji, Authorities should take immediate step in this regard
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote: > Friends, > There is healthy population of CHE (Changeable Hawk Eagles) at Matheran. > In my last 6 months of continuous field trips in this hill station I could > locate at least 3 pairs of them in stretch of *C*. 10 kms. and one nest , > probably other nests are not located by me or by my team. But yesterday our > team had to cancel our field trip due to heavy forest fire which was > spreading rapidly. I am afraid that this fire may take toll of nest ( I > don`t know when is the breeding time for these raptors) and the other > wildlife. All the recent (post monsoon) plantation (of Bombax cieba and > Butea monosprma), by FD, could get wiped out by this forest fire. > > > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > http://project-matheran.webs.com/ > http://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
