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The 10th Indian edition of the global Great Backyard Bird Count starts on Friday! The #GBBC is a 4-day event (18-21 Feb) to celebrate our birds by documenting them across the country. Just look for birds as often as you can, and upload your lists to eBird.
birdcount.in/event/gbbc/
birdcount.in/event/gbbc/
Last year (2021), 2954 birders in India uploaded 31,355 lists during the GBBC, clocking nearly 17,000 hours of birding & recording 965 species – 72 % of the total number of species known to occur in the country!
birdcount.in/gbbc2021result…
Can we cross 1,000 species this year?
birdcount.in/gbbc2021result…
Can we cross 1,000 species this year?
Great Backyard Bird Count and Campus Bird Count in #Meghalaya 
Let me be the devil's advocate here & ask - why does the IN need four uber expensive LPDs ? India does not have a dedicated expeditionary capability like the @USMC or even the PLA marines?
Spending ~$3Bn on LPDs without expeditionary goals ? Why?
Spending ~$3Bn on LPDs without expeditionary goals ? Why?
As far as HADR & lighter Sealift capability is concerned the vessel pictures is the UMS Moattama of the #Myanmar Navy ; 12500Tonnes with the capability to carry 520 troops & 10 Tanks . Cost some $50-100Mn each .
Why not get 4 or 10 of these smaller vessels instead ?
Why not get 4 or 10 of these smaller vessels instead ?
Sir, my submission here is that we should acquire 4-6 smaller LPDs & use that capability to build up a proper Marine Corps that will do justice to expeditionary capabilities alongwith the doctrinal changes required for expeditionary intervention.
