AHMEDABAD: Birders from Gujarat enthusiastically participated within the Nice Yard Chook Depend 2022 (GBBC), an annual international hen watching occasion. They submitted 3,011 checklists on the fourday marathon this 12 months towards simply 699 final 12 months. The occasion, organized by Chook Depend India in collaboration with eBird, was held from February 18 to 21. GBBC is an effort to doc hen populations in residential backyards, instructional campuses, premises of huge public institutes, hen sanctuaries and main avian habitats throughout the nation.
Based on the ultimate outcomes declared on April 14, 226 individuals uploaded 3,011 checklists from 723 places throughout the state. Gujarat birders noticed a complete of 361 species of birds this 12 months.

AMDAVADI BIRDER TOPS STATE WITH 159 CHECKLISTS:
Dhaval Shukal, a zoologist from the town, submitted most checklists from the state — 159. Aside from Shukal, Ahmedabad’s father-daughter duo Kunan and Anaya Naik additionally secured positions within the all-India prime 30 checklist. Kunan, a lawyer, uploaded 136 checklists whereas his 12-year-old daughter uploaded 108 checklists. “I began hen watching round 15 years in the past. It's my interest and in addition associated to my career,” mentioned Shukal, who has a doctorate in zoology, and had been educating at Gujarat College. Shukal is shortly going to Nebraska within the US for additional analysis. GBBC individuals are required to depend birds from any location on a number of days of the four-day occasion. They then add the pictures, movies, location, and different particulars of their sightings on www.ebird.org/india or on the app.

361 BIRD SPECIES SPOTTED IN STATE:
Throughout the four-day occasion this 12 months, a complete of 361 species of birds had been noticed throughout Gujarat. Birdwatchers mentioned that, this 12 months, the occasion noticed the best participation from Gujarat ever because it was launched. They mentioned that it is a vital follow that would offer a complete understanding of how hen populations are altering with time. Amongst different species, two black-bellied terns and a rock-eagle owl had been additionally noticed within the state this 12 months. In GBBC, these two species are thought of ‘delicate’ as a result of they get simply upset and have a tendency to shift if their habitats are disturbed. GBBC doesn't reveal the places of those species.