Menar, May 19 -- In Rajasthan, a small village, less than 50km off Udaipur, has emerged as a biodiversity hot spot with sightings of several threatened and near-threatened bird species over the last few years. These sightings and community-driven conservation efforts have bestowed Menar with the moniker of "bird village". Two wetlands - large and deep Brahma and small and shallow Dhandh - along with a host of ponds constitute the Menar wetland complex, providing habitat to nearly 200 species of birds every winter. A bird census earlier this year, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society and the state's forest department, revealed presence of several species of vultures and a large number of resident and migratory wetland birds around...