00:30Yes, I have.
00:52What is this, sir?
00:54I don't know.
00:56Who?
00:58I don't know.
01:18Gadag district.
01:20Magadi pond.
01:22It is 138 acres.
01:24A big pond.
01:26It is famous for
01:28migratory birds.
01:30The migratory birds
01:32come from the Himalayan
01:34regions and also
01:36different states
01:38and different parts
01:40of the world.
01:42Middle Asia, Tibet,
01:44China, and
01:46some part, northern
01:48state of Europe.
01:50The birds are migrating to the
01:52Magadi pond. Because of this
01:54reason,
01:56at the season of winter,
01:58all the lakes of Himalayan
02:00are becoming ice.
02:02There is no food and
02:04shelter. Therefore,
02:06the thousands of birds,
02:08more than 10,000 of birds
02:10crosses the Himalaya
02:12to reach the Magadi
02:14pond for food purpose
02:16and the shelter, not for reproduction.
02:18The bar-headed geese,
02:20the more than 10,000
02:22birds of bar-headed geese
02:24come from different parts of
02:26the world and also
02:28the Mongolian birds
02:30and some part of the
02:32northern Europe birds also
02:34come to the Magadi pond.
02:36The Magadi pond is situated
02:38in the middle area
02:40between the Shiratti and Magadi
02:42at the road side.
02:44138 acres
02:46of the land is covered by
02:48that wetland.
02:50It is already,
02:52because of this reason,
02:54it is identified
02:56in the world as a
02:58Ramsar site. Because of this reason,
03:00the migratory
03:02birds are heavily
03:04identified in Magadi pond.
03:06The different parts of the world,
03:08the migratory birds come
03:10from the South Asia
03:12and Middle Asia,
03:14Tibet, Pakistan, Ladakh,
03:16Indian areas of Kashmir,
03:18the more
03:20number of different types of, more than
03:2220 types of birds
03:24come to that same
03:26pond.
03:28It is one of the
03:30biggest and famous
03:32wetland
03:34in Karnataka.
03:36One main important
03:38is food is available
03:40to that birds.
03:42More than 3,000
03:44acres of red
03:46land is present at the
03:48area of groundnut area.
03:50It is very
03:52useful food to that birds.
03:54Therefore, some farmers are,
03:56some birds are
03:58disturbing to that
04:00farmers. Farmers are taking
04:02some allegations to the district
04:04officers. But
04:06the government takes
04:08any
04:10one of the
04:12recovery, how
04:14to recovery to the farmers.
04:16It is one compensation
04:18gives from the district
04:20administration. It is useful.
04:22Another one is the number
04:24of bar-headed geese.
04:26The numbers are decreasing
04:28in the world. The
04:30winter season, all the Himalayan
04:32rivers are becoming ice.
04:34There is no
04:36shelter for the
04:38birds. Therefore, it is migrate to the
04:40Magadi pond. So, I came
04:42to know this place called Magadi
04:44Kere bird sanctuary.
04:46It was very beautiful place to visit
04:48and look for the bird called
04:50bar-headed goose which migrates from Mongolia, China
04:52to India. We can't
04:54even imagine how this bird fly
04:56over the Himalayas and reach to the
04:58India. This is the only
05:00bird in the world which fly over the Himalayas.
05:02That is the special of this bird.
05:04How it flies and comes to India.
05:06Especially in the winter migratory
05:08season.
05:10This is very
05:12blessed place to be here. Because I have seen
05:14the bar-headed goose in various places and various
05:16states. But I have never seen such kind of huge
05:18count of bar-headed goose ever in
05:20my Andhra Pradesh or else
05:22in Karnataka. But this is the only place which in
05:24Karnataka. The name is called Magadi
05:26Kere. Right now I am seeing
05:286000 to 7000 bar-headed goose.
05:30It was last year like 16000 to
05:3220000 bar-headed goose. But still
05:34I feel that count will be increasing.
05:36I feel this is the
05:38best place for the photographers and wildlife
05:40professional photographers who loves
05:42to do photography for birding.
05:44I suggest this place very much because
05:46they can learn and they can witness this
05:48bar-headed goose and they enjoy it a lot.
05:50Even they can spread the awareness of this bird
05:52and how we need to protect this kind of
05:54bird.
05:56I feel this place is little
05:58contaminated with the pollution and the
06:00drainage water. But that is the reason
06:02which the bird count is very
06:04less. But we have to think about it and we have to
06:06respect our nature as well and we need to
06:08feel responsible to our guest as well.
06:10There are 5000 to 6000 bar-headed goose
06:12coming here. It is declared as
06:14conservation reserve and
06:16Ramsar site.
06:20There
06:22we are doing
06:24different activities. But we are
06:26trying to protect it in a better way.
06:28Now there are
06:30binoculars, spotting scope
06:32and a watcher. There is a system
06:34to watch the birds.
06:36But it is available
06:38only in the existing place.
06:42In the coming days,
06:44we will create
06:46a better system.
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