Hello *|MMERGE10|*,
MigrantWatch reports in May were dominated by our much-awaited summer migrant - the Pied Cuckoo, which was seen in several parts of India. In spite of summer being a lean season MigrantWatchers logged in 50 species of migratory birds in 15 states. Migrants such as the Asian Paradise Flycatcher and Indian Pitta have arrived in the north as summer visitors. Blyth's Reed Warblers seem to have made an exit from peninsular India but their northernly passage was observed in Uttarakhand. However, some winter migrants seem to be still around: for example, Common Sandpipers and Yellow Wagtails were sighted in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. We hope there will be lots more in store this summer.
As always, we have some new and interesting articles on the MigrantWatch blog.
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Happy migrantwatching!
Raman, Suhel and Anushree
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May 2013 at a glance
Top contributors in May 2013
Nil N. Mohite, Prathamesh Desai, A Shivaprakash, Bhalchandra Pujari, Arun M. K. Bharos
First time contributors
Several people made their debut at MigrantWatch: Bhalchandra Pujari, Binu Balakrishnan, Chayant Gonsalves, Humayun Taher, Krishna Murthy, Lloyd Nehemiah, Pronoy Baidya, Pushkar, Ravi Meghani, Somen Sarkar, Suvrat Sehgal, Vinod Kumar. Welcome to the MigrantWatch community!
Most reported species
Pied Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Western Yellow Wagtail, Blyth's Reed-warbler, Wood Sandpiper
Top States
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat
Total records in May 2013: 175
Total records in May 2012: 119
Total sightings for the season (beginning July 2012): 8,869
Total sightings in the MW database: 22,670
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Pied Cuckoon Campaign begins!
This year's Pied Cuckoo Campaign has kicked off and already reports are pouring in from various parts of the country. Please keep an eye (and ear) open for your first sighting of the season, and upload this to the MigrantWatch database. |
First Sightings of the Season
First sightings of Pied Cuckoo for this season were reported from Maharashtra (Thane, Pune and Nagpur), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Orissa (Paralakhemundi and Bhubaneswar), West Bengal (Jalpaiguri and Ranaghat), Uttarakhand (Dehradun), and Punjab (Jainti Devi).
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Are MigrantWatchers more active on weekends?
Enthusiast V Nagarjun downloaded the MigrantWatch dataset and did some interesting analyses. He found that about half of all MigrantWatch observations are from weekends! Please check out this article and another related post on his blog. As MigrantWatch dataset is open-access, we encourage you to download and explore the data. Who knows what exciting discoveries are in store! |
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