Winged guests give cold shoulder to Hakaluki

Winged guests seem to have shown little interest about Hakaluki Haor, one of the country’s biggest haors and a protected Ramsar site, as fewer of them have visited it this year compared to previous years due to local disturbances, loss of habitats and food crisis. According to a joint survey conducted by the Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods project of the Department of Environment and IUCN Red List Unit, the number of water birds has dropped almost to one-third this winter compared to that of the same season three years back. Despite a significant fall of the winged visitors, some rare species of birds were found in the Hakaluki Haor this year. Those are Oriental Darter, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cinnamon Bittern, Painted Stork, Glossy Ibis, Bar-headed Goose, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Red-crested Pochard, Baer’s Pochard, Ruddy breasted crake, Black-winged Stilt, Wood Sandpiper, Pintail Snipe, Barn Swallow, White-throated kingfisher and Peregrine falcon, according to a news agency.