Month-long vulture count to take wings from Sept 7: WWF
Hindustan TimesThe World Wildlife Fund, India, on Friday announced a month-long vulture count across the country from next week to track the bird’s population. “Thanks to proactive birdwatching groups and citizen science tools such as eBird, enthusiasts are now travelling to areas such as Asola to catch a glimpse of the species such as red-headed vulture and cinereous vulture, which were seen last December after three decades. However, the focus will be particularly on key vulture species, including white-rumped vulture, red-headed vulture, Indian vulture, bearded vulture, slender-billed vulture, Himalayan griffon, Eurasian griffon, Egyptian vulture and cinereous vulture, he added. As part of a survey on raptors in 2022, researchers from the Bombay Natural History Society found the presence of the critically endangered red-headed vulture and the endangered Egyptian Vulture at Asola.
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