Backyard Bird Count

Celebrating Biological Diversity - The Great Backyard Bird Count

A total of 36 Birds were spotted and documented at the Amchang WLS, Guwahati, Assam by the students of Sanskriti the Gurukul School. The Birding hike from the side of Brahmaputra Jungle Resort was both fun-filled and exciting as our 'junior explorers' did a fine job in noting down the scientific names and coordinates to mark their spottings. A small session was organized with the students explaining them about EBirds and creation of checklists, where their observation was recorded and posted Online. Students also got a chance to use ICT - Information & Communication Technology Tools in the form of Mobile Phone Applications and Apps on Apple Tabs which helped them identify the different Bird species that were spotted at Amchang.

Photo Documentation of the Programme

The team started their survey at Amchang at around 7 AM and was almost immediately greeted by regular species of Birds like the Spotted Dove, Asian Pied Starling, Chestnut tailed Starling, etc. The team was delighted to find the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker and the Green-billed Malkoha when they explored the hillocks. The cacophony of the Racket-Tailed Drongos and the Hill Mynas left them awestruck at the plethora of Avian species that were 'lifers' for most of the students who participated in the Bird Count. Thanks to Ruchi Rai Sharma, teacher, Environmental Science & Biology of Sanskiti the Gurukul and Member/Content Developer of WildRoots-India for facilitating the event and Migom Sarma, proprietor, Brahmaputra Jungle Resort to arrange for the Guide, necessary permissions and refreshments for the participants.
We strongly believe that our little efforts will be carried forward in future by the enthusiastic student participants who will constitute the organized task force to combat global issues like Climate Change and Habitat Loss. Our job is only to inspire and induce the love for nature in these young minds. So far we have experienced success...for the sparkle in the eyes of the students when they spot a bird...is actually the spark of our success.

Through the Lens!!

Checklist of Birds spotted during the Survey can be found at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S34493168