kolkata perched in the dense foliage on the grounds surrounding the sarobar lake serious employ the kind of equipment of experience of patience and a stroke luck to capture the birds on camera they share their prized photographs within the just a few beyond to see amazing variety of birds visit lake or live in it that s set to change birders have joined with lion s safari park to exhibit some of the best photographs of birds shot the over the past six years opened on saturday the exhibit of 50 photographs in three categories rare birds migratory birds and resident will be on display till day thousands that visit rabindra sarobar the mornings and evenings are unaware of diversity the lake some of us who take delight in photographing the birds felt it was necessary to share joy with others apart from being a pure to the eyes hope also sensitize people on the need to the lake environment said dhrubajyoti chakraborty who along with fellow birders sudip ghosh sourav de and joydeep das the exhibition the lion s park management did nt too much persuasion to on board subhas murarka eagerly agreed to the idea with vice president ss rajput chharia and past chairman mohan agarwal many people visit lake and safari park but are unaware of the rich that the place harbours the approached us with the idea we agreed as we also wanted those lion s safari park appreciate what the environment rabindra sarobar why must preserve it said murarka in birders 104 species some of them but a large of the variety from as far as siberia among were the eye browed thrush rare ferruginous flycatcher recorded here the first time brown hawk owl blue capped rock bird crow billed drongo rare and migrant and blue throated blue flycatcher migrant the photographs shortlisted have been clicked by 19 birders birding in rabindra sarobar 2012 the ban on was lifted a workshop was organized and an exhibition was held in association with kolkata metropolitan development authority that gave birding photography a huge boost in the open exhibition titled birds of rabindra sarobar was organized recounted birder sudip ghosh who hopes this exhibition will more youngsters to take up birding as a hobby