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Photograph submitted !! A color-flagged, satellite tagged Whimbrel !! 18th May, Berla, Bemetara District, Chhattisgarh! Geo tagged birds are seen previously in India but this is the first for Chhattisgarh and also probably first photographic record of this bird after being tagged in La Reunion ! First sighting in India after it is being Tagged! Keep watching for this bird ! Bird Name Given - Merlene by Professor Mathieu Lecorre , University de La Reunion ! The finding agency is the French Office for Biodiversity, Reunion Islands, Madagascar. The name of the project is LIMOIO. This is a French acronym for "ecology and conservation of migrating waders of the western Indian Ocean. So this bird was captured first on 16 november at Réunion island, its wintering place. The bird was ringed and yellow flagged on this day. It was recapured on 7 March and GPS tagging was done . The bird remained at Réunion up to 22 March, then it flew to Mauritius which is at only 200 km. It left Mauritius on 13 April and crossed the Indian ocean northward. It arrived at Socotra island Near Yemen , the 16 April. It then flew again on 2 May, again to the north. It arrived to Pakistan on 4 May. It stood to the Indus delta for 10 days and then flew again, eastward. It arrived to the Balaghat , Madhya and was recorded there till 17th May ! It then moved to Chhattisgarh in lake where it is now ! This bird is on his way to its breeding place, which should be somewhere in northern Siberia ! Will wait and watch where this bird goes for breeding! Hope it comes back again ! Suggesting Chhattisgarh being a potential Migrant route for Waders ! Also An Urgent reminder and need to Keep these water bodies safe and Under protection!
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7500
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/5.6
- Shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1107 pixels x 738 pixels
- Original file size
- 384.13 KB