newfangled delhi the okhla dame refuge which used to echo with the honk and murmurvowel of flamingo goose spoonbill and other migrant bird at this time of the year seem desert so far this season delhi region s only bird refuge locate between delhi and noida so far is host to only a handful of species when there were more than thirty coinage at this time last yearwhile the warm winter could be a reason why the chancel is even to have shuttlecock fly in the very reason could be the dry condition at the venue at the bill arrival meter of the migrant shuttlecock the waterbody was dry till recently when water was last exhaust from the hathnikund damaccording to naturalist and author ananda banerjee migration originate in september and the wading coinage arrive late in october the duck begin to fly in from eurasia upon their arrival the cluster do nt settle right aside but keep move around wish people do in a promenade for the beginning calendarmonth say banerjee some cluster die further south at novemberend or early december they finalize down and late in december and january derive the topout bird season by februaryend and border the shuttlecock getdown fly back banerjee add if okhla fail to provide the ideal habitat then the shuttlecock will settle down elsewhere for the winter there was some concern among birdwatcher and forester about the water at okhla birdwatcher jaswinder singh waraich state the irrigation department had predict to handout water by october but it was only publish by november twentyone and reach okhla by november 2223 what the forest department and the irrigation department do nt understand is that there is correlation between the urine handiness and the arrival of the migratory dame between october twenty and november twentytwo there was no water so no dame down in the sanctuary this is an crucial shuttlecock area second it s a dame sanctuary which have it the province of the state to take caution of all introduce species some birdwatcher point out that in contrast to okhla impressive numbers of respective coinage have been experience at other wetland in the ncr admit surajpur in gautam budh nagar there are very few water boo at okhla and all i could spot were a few birdofprey such as the hobby and peregrine falcon it look there was a gap in the coordination between the afforest department and irrigation department at surajpur however the spy was good pronounce birdwatcher nikhil devasaraccording to the forest staff okhla presently has migrant coinage that include the common coot pochard lesser flamingo and greylag goose during