Bird watchers in Raigad district recorded Pied Whittier flock for the first time

Uran, 4 January (Vitthal Mamtabade) : As soon as winter begins, migratory birds start arriving in Maharashtra in large numbers. Hence, bird watchers and wildlife photographers are extremely excited. Raigad district bird watchers Vaibhav Patil, Harish Patil and Surendra Patil were in Satara when they saw a group of ‘Pied Wheatear’ in a field near Shirwal village in Satara.

Interestingly, as this bird has not been seen in Maharashtra before, a new bird has been added to the bird glory of Maharashtra. Bird watchers have reported the possibility that this bird of the Old World flycatcher family migrates from Europe to Africa and South East Asia and has wandered to Maharashtra.

The Pied Whittier party has few records in India like Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Karnataka. Vaibhav Patil, Harish Patil and Surendra Patil are bird watchers of Raigad district who have been doing environmental work for the last few years through ‘Bahrai Foundation’.