Location : Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
Best time to visit : October to February
The Bharatpur Bird
Sanctuary lies between two of India's most historic cities, Agra and
Jaipur.
Fauna :- Migratory birds at Keoladeo include, as large a bird
as Dalmatian pelican, which is slightly less than two meters, and as small a
bird as Siberian disky leaf warbler, which is the size of a finger. Other
migrants include several species of cranes, pelicans, geese, ducks, eagles,
hawks, shanks, stints, wagtails, warblers, wheatears, flycatchers, buntings,
larks and pipits, etc. But of all
the migrants, the most sought after is the Siberian Crane or the great
white
crane, which migrates to this site every year, covering a distance of more
than half the globe. |