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IBCN-WildRoots Asian Water Bird Count at IIT Guwahati, Assam

Asian Water Bird Count 2016 at IIT, Guwahati yielded less species of Birds than last year. Good sighting ofthe ‘Tufted Duck’ (Aythya fuligula) and some other water bird species. WildRoots members, with the support of officials from IIT Guwahati had conducted a 3 hour survey within the campus, concentrating on the smalland large water bodies. 

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Related Links:

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/tufted-duck 

https://www.orientalbirdclub.org/oriental-bird-images 

https://www.facebook.com/Birds.IITG/ 

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Observation:

Most of the smaller and medium water bodies of IIT Campus have now been filled up and most of the hills within the campus have been cut for the construction of academic and administrative buildings. Even interaction with the officials has revealed habitat loss within the campus. Can this be the reason of lesser number of Birds this year? Requests have been made to the officials of IIT Guwahati to give a thought on this.

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Birdwatchers of IIT Guwahati – A Documentary by Avinash Hindupur (Biotech graduate from Indian Instituteof Technology, Guwahati, Assam)

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