The Live Ahmedabad
  • Home
  • Ahd City
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Featured

The Live Ahmedabad

  • Home
  • Ahd City
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Featured
Ahmedabad City

Rare winged visitor spotted

by TLAteam September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
written by TLAteam September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
Rare winged visitor spotted

Bird watchers and ornithologists in Ahmedabad are enthused by an American guest of the avian sort. In fact, if Dr. Aneet Patel hadn’t managed to photograph the unusually cunning visitor from North America with his camera, it would have gone unreported.

Dr Patel, 35, a wildlife photographer and bird watcher managed to photograph the migratory bird that is so rare in the country that it has only been spotted less than ten times to date.

Dr Patel has now helped document the sighting of the Pectoral Sandpiper for the first time in Gujarat. He photographed the avian visitor on  December 27, 2020, at Pariej wetland in Kheda. The wetland attracts a host of migratory birds.

Like a lottery winner who did not realise he had hit the jackpot, Dr Patel did not realise that the bird he photographed was a rare one. He decided to go through the photographs of the bird two years later after reports of the Pectoral Sandpiper being sighted in another state came to light.

Dr Patel said he had gone to Pariej wetland in Kheda, about 60 km from Ahmedabad for bird watching and photography in December 2020.

Dr Patel said,“When I realised that I may have sighted and photographed a rare migratory visitor, I approached my friend Sejal Shah, a birder, who put me in touch with the Bird Conservation Society, Gujarat (BCSG),”.

BCSG confirmed that it was indeed a Pectoral Sandpiper and that it was the first recorded photographic evidence of the bird’s presence in Gujarat.

Bird watchers and experts said that the Pectoral Sandpiper is a Native North American bird that breeds on the US East coast and the Siberian Arctic. Prasad Ganpule, an Ornithologist, said the Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is a medium-sized sandpiper, breeding in the Tundra of eastern Russia and wintering in small numbers in Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

“It is a vagrant to India, with previous records from Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. There are less than 10 records of this species from India and it is a genuine vagrant here,” said Ganpule, who is also an executive member of the BCSG. “Dr Aneet Patel’s photograph of the Pectoral Sandpiper in December 2020 at Pariej is the first sighting of this bird in the state.”

AhmedabadAhmedabad cityAhmedabad newsGujaratGujarat governmentGujarat newslatest news
0 comment
previous post
Gujarat Government Hospital Makes History by Performing Two Uterus Transplants in a Single Day
next post
IRCTC wants a sleek rake like Vande Bharat tejas express

You may also like

India will exhibit traditional water management techniques at...

March 25, 2023

String Art Workshop at Palette Food and Art...

March 22, 2023

Annual Filipino meet-up will be held at ahmedabad...

March 22, 2023

LD college of Engineering organizing Sahitya Sarita 2023...

March 21, 2023

Hailstorms damaged an Ahmedabad-Hyderabad flight while landing at Hyderabad...

March 21, 2023

Arpit Silk India in the city is offering...

March 20, 2023

City Police to soon introduce QR codes in...

March 20, 2023

Cat Show Championship by Feline Club of India...

March 20, 2023

Registration for dance contest Nrityarambh starts, last date...

March 18, 2023

Cast and Creators of Happy Family: Conditions Apply...

March 18, 2023

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Recent Posts

  • India will exhibit traditional water management techniques at the G20 meeting in Ahmedabad

    March 25, 2023
  • Earth Hour today: its timing in India, history, and significance

    March 25, 2023
  • DGFT joint director commits suicide in Rajkot just hours after being detained by the CBI in a graft case

    March 25, 2023
  • Son of a martyred PM called ‘Mir Jafar’, hurled insults but Rahul won’t bow down: Priyanka Gandhi attackes BJP

    March 25, 2023
  • ‘Put on a BJP badge…’ Rahul Gandhi responds to a journalist’s question

    March 25, 2023
September 2022
M T W T F S S
« Aug   Oct »
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
Footer Logo
  • Home
  • Ahd City
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Featured
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise with Us
  • Work With Us
  • Contact Us

© 2021 - The Live Ahmedabad. All Rights Reserved.