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'Winged Envoys of India House Muscat'

India House hosts many envoys, but none more captivating than the winged ones.

On #GlobalBigDay of #birding, a 🧵on the 15 resident and visiting birds on the little piece of India in Oman.

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‘Indian Roller’

The mascot of India House.

This majestically colorful bird is a delight to watch. A mid air acrobat with fifty shades of blue.

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‘Green Bee Eater’

The technicolor bird with the characteristic band of black over the eyes.

Feasts on bees, caught on the fly.

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Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay. When we read about them, we realise how least migratory humans are. Here is Himalayan griffon vultures, as sub adult they are migratory. We found many in sick condition & were able to revive 21. Here few stories about migration with Indian touch.
The real global tourist !! A Demoiselle crane tagged in Russia's Transbaikalia was spotted in Khinchan village in Jodhpur district in Feb. She traveled about 4,368 kms, the longest distance covered by the tagged migratory birds reported so far. While we were under lockdown.
While #Covid19 appeared. A female Common Crane was satellite tagged in March'20 near Nal Sarovar in India.

Named Vadla, migrated to breeding site in northern Kazakhstan and then returned exactly at site of her tagging on Migratory Bird Day, 10 Oct. By WII team.
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Hoy celebramos a las viajeras, en el #DiaAvesMigratorias, con un pequeño homenaje a una especie que desde los tiempos antiguos ha servido a las diferentes culturas como calendario. Hablamos de las golondrinas.
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Porque cada año llega un día en que las vemos. Y al verlas, dando vueltas sobre sí mismas, entre los tejados o alzándose hacia las nubes, sabemos que ha llegado la primavera. Durante siglos se ha celebrado su regreso.
En otros tiempos el paso de las estaciones no lo marcaba un calendario, sino la naturaleza. Entonces, las grullas que migraban marcaban a la gente el momento de la siembra, y el regreso de las golondrinas les decía que había llegado la primavera.
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Thread on popular Migratory birds that visit India. May 9 - #WorldMigratoryBirdDay don't miss to read this.
#SiberianCrane migrate during winter to India from Russia and Siberia. They are omnivorous & are critically endangered species of migratory birds. Known to visit Bharatpur until 2002

Unique behavioural gesture of display via @nijhuism
#Amurfalcon - read this thread where I have mentioned all that you need to know about them.
This is how the whole place looks when these birds visit Nagaland Manipur area during the season. Video Via SM
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You know #Nagaland is 'Falcon capital of the world'. Yearly around 1 million Amur falcons visit #Nagaland for roosting, from Mongolia en route to final destination­­­­ South Africa. They Travel up to 22,000 km; one of longest distance migration of birds.
Recently a study was conducted. Where a male Amur Falcon named ”Naga”, flew from Nagaland in India to Somalia in eastern Africa, crossing the entire Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea, for five days and 10 hours non-stop and covering a distance of some 5,600km.
In one study three Amur falcons were radio tagged named as Naga, Pangati & Wokha. By 13 November they left Nagaland & by 25th December all three were in Southern Africa. With some halts in India. They took longest over water jounrey. The idea was to study their behaviour.
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