Nashik: With the decrease in temperature, the process of arrival of birds in Nandur Madhyameshwar has increased. Rare Siberian Leucistic Birds tweet has increased on the east side tower near Chapadgaon. Crowds of bird lovers have started gathering to see them.
One bird in 30 thousand birds is leucistic and its sighting is considered rare. Fairy ducks are country-changing ducks in the cold season and they come from Siberia.
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Mouth and head are bright green
The mouth and head of this bird are bright green, while its chest is white in colour. These birds are found in the islands of India, Sri Lanka and Maldives in the cold season. Insects, soil, shellfish, small fish and all kinds of seeds are their food. Their beak is longer and tapered forward. This long and sticky beak is up to two and a half inches. There are about 110 very small holes in it. Food and water are filtered through this. Their head is shiny, beautiful, green in color. The belly and wings are bright yellow and copper in colour. The plumage has shiny stripes near the shoulder. They build their house with the help of soil near the water. Its female lays about 9 eggs. After coming out of the egg, their babies grow and grow under the tree living near the water here.
I was keeping a watch on the birds since last month at Nandur Madhyameshwar Bird Sanctuary. In the beginning they were not completely white in colour. As the winter progressed, the female birds became white in color. Now they are completely white in colour.
– Shankar Lokhande, guide