Rajesh Kalra

Saturday 18 January 2014

The Greater White-fronted Goose that has never come down south makes its appearance in Koothankulam

It was amazing, recalls birder Mansur Ahamed. He was at Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary, often referred to as birder’s paradise, and he spotted thousands of bar-headed goose, the highest flying migratory bird. “We have seen them in 50s or 100s in Tirupur. Seeing them in such huge flocks was a sight in itself,” he says.
As he furiously clicked photographs, he noticed one bird that looked like the odd one out. It was slightly bigger in size than the rest of the birds. “We initially mistook it to be Greylag Goose,” he says.

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