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  7 best places in India for bird watching

  Fashion & Lifestyle | April 16, 2025 22:24 IST

  Bird watching is a peaceful hobby that connects people with nature. It improves your observation skills and patience and also gives you an insight into the diverse bird species and their behaviours. There are several places in India where you can go for bird watching, here are some of those places.

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  5 best lakes in India to see stunning flamingos

  Fashion & Lifestyle | March 08, 2025 17:33 IST

  Flamingos are beautiful birds that are known for their long necks, large wings, slender legs and short tails. These birds tend to stay in large groups and are visually pleasing to the eyes due to their pink colour. You can spot them at various lakes in India. Here are some lakes to spot these birds.

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  NASA shares photo of a 'large, brown-eyed' sandhill crane, know why this bird is special

  Trending | January 16, 2025 11:40 IST

  The 'large, brown-eyed' sandhill crane is one of the remarkable birds that has several unique features. However, NASA got the chance to capture its 'larger brown-eyes'.

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  In first, Great Indian bustard chick born through artificial insemination, CM reacts | WATCH

  Rajasthan | October 24, 2024 8:46 IST

  The Great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is a large bird with a horizontal body found in the Indian subcontinent. The birth of rare bird by using the latest technology in Rajasthan will pave the way for conservating other birds which are on the verge of extinction.

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  Emirates flight hit kills 40 flamingos in Mumbai, aircraft suffers damage

  Maharashtra | May 21, 2024 13:58 IST

  The forest officials found 36 bodies of flamingos in an area near Mumbai's Ghatkopar after the locals alerted a wildlife group about the dead birds.

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  US: Second human-infected bird flu case found after Texas man comes in contact with sick cows

  World | April 03, 2024 9:54 IST

  According to federal health officials, the human case in Texas marks the first known instance globally of a person catching this version of bird flu from a mammal.

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  Viral video of Hummingbird changing colour leaves netizens amazed l Watch

  Trending | June 20, 2022 12:56 IST

  A viral video of the hummingbird is doing rounds on the internet. You can’t miss the amazing reactions that the video is getting from netizens, where it keeps changing its colour from dark green to pink. Watch the video here.

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  Viral Video: Endangered Great Indian Hornbill bird brutally beaten to death, netizens are fuming

  Trending | June 15, 2022 17:44 IST

  Three accused of killing the endangered Great Indian Hornbill bird have been arrested in Nagaland on Monday, according to official sources after a video of them brutally torturing the bird went viral on the social media platform.

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  Owl found dead in Delhi zoo tests positive for bird flu

  India | January 16, 2021 17:39 IST

  A dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday. "The zoo witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity.Its cloacal, tracheal and ocular swabs were sent to the animal husbandry unit of the Delhi government for serological examination," zoo Director Ramesh Pandey said.

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  Fossil of 50-million-year-old giant bird with 21-foot wingspan identified

  World | October 28, 2020 15:52 IST

  Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant bird that lived about 50 million years ago, with wingspans of up to 21 feet that would dwarf today's largest bird, the wandering albatross.

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  Huge bird flies over US beach with 'shark' gripped in its claws. Video leaves netizens stunned

  July 06, 2020 13:39 IST

  Twitter account 'Tracking Sharks' shared the video asking for help in identifying the bird and the fish. "Anyone know what type of bird this is and is it holding a shark? #myrtlebeach Kelly Burbage," the caption read.

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  This bird has got fastest vision speed with 130 frames per sec

  Science | December 21, 2019 12:12 IST

  The peregrine falcon, one of the world's most common predatory birds, has the fastest vision in the animal kingdom, and can register nearly 130 frames per second, according to a study.

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  Rajasthan bird death case: Kashmir wildlife authorities on alert

  India | November 19, 2019 10:52 IST

  Deaths of 10,000 migratory birds reported in wetlands of Rajasthan have obviously put Kashmir Valley authorities on alert.

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  Environmental DNA test may reveal where birds flock together: Study

  Science | November 17, 2019 12:43 IST

    The researchers, including those from the Charles Darwin University in Australia, developed a genetic probe that targets and identifies the eDNA of the endangered Gouldian finch -- a rainbow-coloured bird found in northern Australia.  

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  'One of world's oldest bird species discovered'

  Science | September 18, 2019 13:51 IST

  Bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithids), an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, were thought to have evolved in the Northern Hemisphere -- but that theory has been upended by the discovery of the family's oldest, but smallest member in North Canterbury, New Zealand.

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  Large, flightless bird attacks and kills its fallen owner in Florida

  World | April 14, 2019 17:11 IST

  A large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea attacked and killed its owner when the man fell on his farm in Florida, authorities said Saturday.  

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  Scientists discover first-ever hybrid bird species from Amazon rainforest

  Science | December 27, 2017 18:41 IST

  A hybrid species forms when two parental species mate to produce a hybrid population, which then stops being able to freely interbreed with the parental species.

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  ‘Every child ready to fight against India’: Pigeon, apparently from Pakistan, carries ‘message’ for PM Modi

  India | October 03, 2016 7:51 IST

  A pigeon, which seems to be from across the border, was taken into custody on Sunday after a letter written in Urdu and address to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was found with it by BSF personnel at Simbal post in Bamial sector Pathankot.

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  Scientists reveal plan to bring back flightless extinct bird species

  World | August 21, 2016 17:21 IST

  Scientists are planning to bring the extinct great auk back from the dead, almost 200 years after the penguin-sized, flightless birds disappeared. A team of researchers met at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle

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  Vistara’s Bhubaneswar-bound plane hit by bird, grounded

  India | May 05, 2016 16:18 IST

  New Delhi: A Bhubaneswar-bound aircraft of Vistara with 50 passengers and seven crew on board was hit by a bird today shortly before landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport. The Airbus A320 aircraft, however,