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Migratory birds keep away due to warm weather 

TNN | Oct 11, 2015, 11.4 !M "#T

 New $e%hi& $espite the birdi'g seaso' setti'g i', (ery )ew migratory birds ha(e arri(ed i' N*+.

irders a'd scie'tists say it is sti%% too hot, particu%ar%y duri'g the day, )or them here.

The -ra(a%%i iodi(ersity !ark, )or i'sta'ce, has't recorded a'y migratory birds yet, whi%e the

/amu'a iodi(ersity !ark has started getti'g some reat cormora'ts a'd *oots )rom huta' a'd

*hi'a. $ucks ha(e sti%% 'ot bee' spotted.

e hope they wi%% start arri(i'g by mid3October as the weather is sti%% too warm. The coo%

'orther%y wi'ds ha(e't started b%owi'g yet. e get a %ot o) terrestria% migratory birds %ike %ack

+edstart, a (ariety o) )%ycatchers, thrushes a'd warb%ers )rom the ima%aya' )oothi%%s a'd se(era%

water birds as we%%. The arga'ey is most o)te' the )irst to reach the city. The terrestria% o'es are

i'secti(ores who )i'd a %ot o) )ood here i' wi'ter, said M #hah ussai', a scie'tist at -ra(a%%i

 park.

The maimum temperature i' $e%hi is i'deed higher tha' 'orma%. O' #u'day, it was about 6.7

degrees *e%sius, about three degrees abo(e 'orma%.

-t /amu'a iodi(ersity !ark, the sta)) is sti%% epecti'g sho(e%ers, +ed3crested pochards, Tea%s,

igeo's. e get about 1318 migratory bird species. Most importa't amo'g them is the +ed3

crested pochard which comes )rom #iberia a'd *e'tra% -sia. They stay here the %o'gest.

!hotographers a'd (isitors ha(e started i'9uiri'g about their arri(a%. *oots a'd some reat

*ormora'ts ha(e bee' spotted, ep%ai'ed :aiya; - oo%ogica% !ark, about 700 !ai'ted storks ha(e a%ready arri(ed. There are a%so

some *ormora'ts, ?grets a'd hite ibis that usua%%y come )rom the 'orther', coo%er parts o) the

cou'try. These come i' October a'd stay ti%% March.