A total of 46 participants joined the event.
President of BCN, Mr. Shree Ram Subedi delivered welcome speech and highlighted
on the journey of BCN till date since its establishment and importance of
celebrating BCN Day. Joint Secretary of BCN, Mr. Vimal Thapa gave short
briefing about the birds and habitat of phulchoki forest. Chief executive
officer of BCN, Dr. Hum Gurung, focused on the future plans along with the
progress activities of BCN.
Soon after the speech, the participants
dispersed inside forest creating four groups each accompanied by the team
leaders Mr. Yub Raj Basnet, Mr. Jyotendra Jyu Thakuri, Mr. Hathan Chaudhary and
Mr. Vimal Thapa for bird-watching. The event started at 8:00 am and lasted till
11:30 am. Twenty four bird species were recorded by the groups in total.
Finally, president briefed about the status of
birds in Nepal and climate change impacts on them to the journalists. Mr.
Gautam Sapkota, 'Chari-dada' also added flavor to the programme by his bird
mimicry skill.