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“MANGLAJODI” – The “BIRDs paradise” is a heaven for bird watchers and is an annexure of Chilka Where you can learn any thing what you have not learnt earlier. “Madhu” – a very rich man can share his richness to teach you a lesson what you have not learnt earlier. I am very proud of “Madhu”-who is really a “ratna” in terms of humanity and will power. If any body says any thing about Conservation we can easily put an example of – “Madhu” An ideal model, an ideal teacher. |
Madhu never gone to a school, even he had never read a book in early age. This is a story of convertion of an illeterate Potcher to a conservation practioner. Madhu can’t read even he can’t write his name comfortably but he can uttered 1000 scientific name 1000 species’ 1000 habitat 1000 neck name at a glance.
He is not having a Swater or a Chappal, he is not having any money for Milk & Butter but he is having - “a book of Indian Birds” and a “binox’.
A Very very poor man ignored his profession (Poaching) and sacrificed his bread only to save …………. “Bird” - “Nature” – even to “us”.
“How to Reach” – Howrah to Balugaon by train.
| Balugaon to manglajodi via Tangi 50K.M. | Manglajodi village to Birds Heaven 3-4 Km | Bird watching in Manglajodi Lake & field (marshi land) by Small Boat | Bird watching to chilka via manglajodi marshiland by motor boat |
| Bar-headed goose | Large whistling teal |
| Ruddy shelduck | Cotton teal |
| Gadwall | Spot-billed duck |
| Pintail | Shoveler |
| Common king fisher | White throated King fisher |
| Pied King fisher | Green bee eater |
| Blue-tailed bee eater | Grater coucal |
| Spotted owlet | Spotted dove |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Ruddy breasted crake |
| Purple Swamphen | Common coot |
| Common moorhen | Common snipe |
| Black-tailed godwit | Spotted Redshank |
| Commen redshank | Marsh sandpiper |
| Little stint | Sharpend tailed sandpiper |
| Ruff | Bronze winged jacana |
| Golden plover | Commen ring plover |
| Long tailed ring plover | Redwattled lapwing |
| Grey headed lapwing | Brown headed gull |
| Whiskered tern | Little tern |
| Euracian marsh harrier | White bellied sea eagle |
| Little greeb | Little tern |
| Indian cormorant | Purple heron |
| Yellow bittern | Black headed ibis |
| Great reed wabller | Indian bush lark |
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| Whiskered tern | Godwit | |
* The photos are contributed by Mr. Sukumar Jana. Copyright reserved. |
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