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Swine
flu Reports Siberian
cranes flock to Bihar’s Danapur catonment area Danapur:
The bird sanctuary in the Danapur cantonment area of Bihar state has some welcome
visitors - Siberian cranes – who have flown in from far off regions. Informed
sources and regular bird watchers claim that the arrival of the Siberian crane
signals the advent of the monsoon season. The cranes choose the cantonment specifically
every year, as it is a safe haven. The birds also find a doting host in the Indian
army authorities stationed in the cantonment area. "They (Siberian cranes) arrive
from Australia at the end of May. They come in the cantonment area and start nesting.
After nesting Siberian cranes leave in the months of October-November-December.
These birds are very safe in army cantonment area where as in civilian areas they
are killed," said Mahender Singh, a soldier stationed at Danapur. The cantonment's
officials have marked out certain areas favoured by the cranes as an ecological
park, and have restricted human activity and movement of vehicles. Apart from
the hospitality, what also attracts the birds is the logged rainwater in the area,
which results in the breeding of small fish. For food, they also find plenty of
fish in the nearby Ganges River . The birds usually finish raising their young
ones by the end of summer (around June end) and leave by mid-September. The urge
to play good hosts has caught up with the residents of the area as well, who cooperate
with the army in its conservation efforts. They believe that the cranes bring
good luck and good rains for the farmers and that more the number of birds, more
the rainfall and prosperity. The Siberians cranes are sensitive but disciplined
birds, which fly in groups in search of food. They travel long distances to inhabit
amenable environments on a seasonal basis. -May
24, 2009 Go
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