In partnership with BirdLife International, Bird
Conservation Nepal (BCN) has started celebrating Welcome to the Birds event
since January 2014 in Nepal in order to do advocacy and awareness raising at a
key sites or for key species by reaching out to various audiences like school
students,birders, general public, government officials, etc.
Bird Conervation Nepal, BCN Pokhara Branch and Pokhara Bird
Society coordinately organized "Welcome to Birds" Program to welcome
Winter Migratory Birds in Nepal at Fewa Lake Pokhara on 2072/07/12. During the
program Bird watching was performed and all together 58 species of Birds were
noted in around the fewa lake.In the program altogether 40 participants were
involved from BCN, Lekhnath Bird Society, Avenews TV, Kantipur Press as well as
few tourists and local people around the birding area.
Listed Birds:
1. Ruddy Shelduck
2. Gadwall
3. Eurasian Wigeon
4. Mallard
5. Northern Pintail
6. Common Pochard
7. Ferruginous Pochard
8. Coppersmith Barbet
9. Common Kingfisher
10. White-throated Kingfisher
11. Rose-ringed Parakeet
12. Spotted Owlet
13. Rock Pigeon
14. White-breasted Waterhen
15. Common Coot
16. Bronze-Winged Jacana
17. Black kite
18. Osprey
19. Booted Eagle
20. Cattle Egret
21. Intermediate Egret
22. Little Egret
23. Indian Pond Heron
24. Grey Heron
25. Grey-backed Shrike
26. House Crow
27. Large-billed Crow
28. Large cuckooshrike
29. Black Drongo
30. Blue Whistling Thrush
31. Oriental Magpie Robin
32. Common Mayna
33. Jungle Mayna
34. Great Tit
35. Barn Swallow
36. Red—vented Bulbul
37. Himalyan Bulbul
38. Common tailor bird
39. Greenish Wabler
40. House Sparrow
41. Eurasian tree sparrow
42. White-browed wagtail
43. Paddy Field Pipit
44. Rosy Pipit
45. Yellow brested green finch
46. Common stone chat
47. Pied Bush chat
48. Plumbeous Water Redstart
49. Grey Wagtail
50. Common Sandpiper
51. Northen Shoveler
52. Long-tailed Shrike
53. Purple Swamp Hen
54. Lesser Whistling Duck
55. White-caped Water Redstart
56. Common Morhen
57. White Wagtail
58. Spotted Dove
