Hi All,

Thats really true about the Pong Dam i stay 10 km from
that place.............
Its nice place to seeeee

Thanks & Regards
Sandeep Vaid

--- Rajesh Chandwani <chandwani01@...> wrote:
>
>
> Shimla, January 16
> A favourite winter destination for migratory birds
> from Central Asia,
> Pong Dam Wetland in Kangra district, is gradually
> becoming a
> permanent home for the winged visitors.
>
> On an average about 1.20 lakh birds descend on the
> sprawling water
> body, the only one to be accorded the status of a
> Ramsar site in the
> state, for the winter sojourn. The bird count during
> the current
> season revealed the presence of 1,35,958 birds in
> the lake.
>
> They start arriving around the last week of November
> and return by
> the first week of April. However, over the past few
> years a new
> phenomenon has come to notice . Some of the birds
> stay put at the
> lake even during the summer, an indication that it
> is becoming a
> permanent home for some seasonal visitors.
>
> Last year about 1,500 birds preferred to stay back.
> They included
> common pochards, coots, cormorants, bar-headed
> geese, grey herons,
> pintails and common teals. It was the result of the
> efforts made by
> the government to develop the wetland as an ideal
> habitat for birds.
> Over the past decade a variety of trees, shrubs,
> climbers and grasses
> have been planted to provide food and nesting sites
> for a wide range
> of birds.
>
> The lake supports more than 220 species of birds
> from as many as 54
> families of the total 77 families found in India.
>
> The first sighting of red-necked grebe in India was
> also reported
> from the Pong Dam lake. This year demoiselle cranes
> have been sighted
> for the first time and that too in the off season.
>
> The wetland abounds in fish such as mahseer, catla,
> mirror carp, rohu
> and singhara. In all 27 species are found and as
> many as 1,500
> fishermen earn their livelihood from the lake.
>
> A bird-watchers' paradise, the water body has also
> started attracting
> tourists of late. Over 5,000 tourists thronged the
> lake over the past
> year.
>
>
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