Hi all: I don't have any qualifications to comment here, but my friends from diverse parts of Goa report sighting a surprisingly growing number of birds and animals in the vicinity of their homes, villages and even urban areas! What is surprising is the fact that this is happening even when Goa is in the throes of another push towards speedy (market-driven, real-estate-fuelled) urbanisation.
My friend in Madkai (Ponda) talks about unusual birds near their homes. Agri officer Miguel Braganza told me that he had seen peacocks on the Saligao hill (I've seen them at Aguada). There was even a wild cat (some called it a leopard) seen at Miramar, and everyone was puzzled where it came from. The potential bad news is that this could be happening just because we, as humans, have been invading the natural habitat of these animals. When an industrial estate comes up along Pilerne-Saligao, where do the foxes or jackals go? Madkai, mentioned above, is the home to another industrial estate. I'm not blaming industrial estates alone, because the hill areas, which were once informally reserved for the wilderness, today accomodate homes and flats and buildings, thanks to piped water making these areas "hospitable" for humans. So I'm not sure whether it's a good sign that we're seen birds and animal life closer to us. Maybe someone better aware of this issue could give us some insights. FN Yvonne wrote: > But right now what I'm really enjoying is the various colourful birds that > come to visit my garden, cute yellow honeysuckle,charcoal grey and mustard > yellow bird I've never seen before.,2 bulbuls(I'm trying to figure which > type they are ,acc. to Harvey there are 3 types of bulbul.),some black and > white long tailed birds that chirp alot.Once in a while a kingfisher comes > to sit on the guava tree in the back compound even though there is no water > or fish around. Beautiful. > I was thrilled to see a woodpecker ,quite a large one , the other day. and a > brown bird which i think is a heron. Most of them must be migratory birds > because we don't see them throughout the year...-- ---------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Ym/Gmailtalk: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9970157402 ---------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
