Winged guests start arriving at KNP

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

GOLAGHAT, Dec 20 - With the onset of winter, migratory birds have started arriving at Kaziranga National Park. The birds of central Asian origin have begun arriving at the marshy and swampy wetland spots of the KNP mainly in Agartoli and Mihirmukh ranges of the KNP much to the delight of bird watchers.

The DFO of Kaziranga National Park said that the birds started arriving since the past one week. �Roughly around 50,000 birds have so far been sighted. Their number will rise in the coming days�, he said.

There is ample food security for them as the place is crisscrossed by innumerable water inlets.

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