In Frames | Adjutant loses territory
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Frames | Adjutant loses territory

The Hindu  

The greater adjutant stork is one of the most endangered bird species. Foraging flock: Greater Adjutant storks wait for food in a garbage dumping site in Guwahati. Scavenging hunter: A Greater Adjutant Stork arrives to feed on a garbage dumping site near Deepor Beel wildlife sanctuary in Guwahati. At risk: Hungry Greater Adjutant storks wait at a garbage dumping site in Guwahati. Shrinking space: Edged out: a group of Greater Adjutant Storks waiting on a boundary wall since morning for garbage carrying vehicles to arrive at a dumping site near Deepor Beel wildlife sanctuary in Guwahati.

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Saving the Greater adjutant from garbage
8 months ago

Saving the Greater adjutant from garbage

Live Mint  

On a windy April day, we were at Baragaon in the languorous city of Guwahati, Assam. And Greater adjutant storks moved ponderously through, their baby-pink neck pouches swinging like pendulums. Greater adjutant storks were once the symbol of the municipality of Kolkata because they scavenged in garbage dumps. What we urgently need is garbage segregation, and a study to see …

Saving the greater adjutant stork from extinction
2 years, 11 months ago

Saving the greater adjutant stork from extinction

The Hindu  

Five feet tall, stiff-legged and bald-headed with a massive bill, the greater adjutant stork is an endangered bird. Wildlife biologists Purnima Devi Burman in Guwahati and Arvind Mishra in Bhagalpur successfully spearheaded a campaign to change the public’s mindset about the adjutant stork. Dr Salim Ali, the “birdman of India”, described the greater adjutant stork in The Book of Indian …

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