Raptor-150 ... World Wetlands Day (Haliaeetus albicilla, Aquila nipalensis, Aquila heliaca, Circus aeruginosus, Pandion haliaetus, Hieraaetus pennatus, Clanga hastata)

On ...
World Wetland Day
2nd February ...

How important even
smallish wetlands, such
as Sultanpur National Park
can be and are ... may be
gauged by this
collage ...

All thes top predator
species of birds
were captured by us
at the National Park, now a
Ramsar Site ... within a
space of 2 hours only ...
... these Raptors
being at the apex of
the pyramid ... can
sustain only if the middle
and base is intact and
thriving ... showing
the health of the
ecosystem ...

Apart from
Indian Spotted Eagle
all other species seen
in the composite
are migratory ...

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World Wetland Day

Sultanpur National Park
Gurugram : Haryan
India
2 February 2023