Kendrapara, July 12 -- With monsoon active in Odisha, thousands of residential birds have arrived at the Matha-Adia, Durgaprasad Dia, and Laxmiprasad Dia heronries within Bhitarkanika National Park for the annual monsoon breeding and nesting season.
According to Manas Kumar Das, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Kanika Forest Division, around 70,000 residential birds have recently been spotted at these heronries.
Prominent species among the arrivals include Open-billed Storks, Black-headed White Ibises, Purple Herons, Grey Herons, Pond Herons, and Little Cormorants. The birds are drawn to the region's dense mangrove forests and its serene, pollution-free environment, which continue to serve as an ideal habitat for nesting.
Each yea...