Tag: #migratory birds
Articles tagged with #migratory birds
Nepal's vanishing wetlands
On World Wetlands Day, a call to protect migratory birds and their habitat along the Narayani River
Pokhara’s shrinking Phewa Lake
Pokhara on a clear autumn day. All photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALThe once pristine Phewa Lake that used to reflect the majestic Annapurnas and…
Spotting a Brown-headed Gull at Taudaha
Brown-headed gull. Photo: DASARATH SHRESTHA BIJUKCHHEIt was one of those brilliantly clear autumn mornings at Taudaha on the southern outskirts…
Decline in wintering water fowl
Photo: HEM RAJ BARALExperts have called for urgent protection of wetlands following another winter with a sharp decline in the number of…
Rare wild pigeon sighted in Nepal
A Green Imperial Pigeon spotted for the first in Nepal by wildlife photographer Devendra Kharel in Jhapa last week. Photos: DEVENDRA KHARELOn 24…
Saving Nepal’s flyway for migrating cranes
Demoiselle Cranes flying south in autumn along the Kali Gandaki at Kagbeni with Mt Dhaulagiri looming in the background. Photos: RAJENDRA…
Cranes, nature and godliness
Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation George Archibald with Vice Chair of of the Lumbini Development Trust Awadhesh Tripathi. Photo:…
Kathmandu's silent spring
The publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring drew public attention to how pesticides had killed much of North America’s…
Nepal bird census
Photo: Kamal Rimal The census of birds in various nature sanctuaries around Nepal last month showed that the number of indigenous and migratory…