The Campus Bird Count is a coordinated effort to document the birdlife in multiple campuses across India as part of the world programme. This is an important exercise for documenting birds in places that can be overlooked but often provide valuable habitats to a variety of birds. It is also a great way of introducing many newcomers to birdwatching and monitoring – it is fun, rewarding and easy!
Campus Bird Count, IIMB, Picture courtesy: Deepa Mohan
Students from IIMB’s Environment and Sustainability Club, interested faculty and staff participated in the Saturday count.IIMB joined the bird count program two years back and the birders had sighted 42 species of birds on our campus during Feb 2016 as part of WCBC 2016 https://birdcount.in/events/gbbc/campus-bird-count-2016-results/The IIM Bangalore campus was open to birders on February 16 (Saturday) during the Global Bird Count programme, led by Deepa Mohan, coordinator.
Most of these species have been photographed and documented on campus.
White-throated Kingfisher at IIMB campus, Picture courtesy: Deepa Mohan
Black-naped Oriole at IIMB campus, Picture courtesy: Deepa Mohan
Also read what Deepa has to say on the translocated trees at the IIMB campus at
http://blogs.citizenmatters.
http://blogs.citizenmatters.
