Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan is known to share interesting facts and stories about wildlife with all of us on Twitter. In fact, nature lovers are frequent visitors to his timeline and for good reason.
From random facts about a rare species to beautifully clicked pictures of wild animals, his profile is a blessing for animal lovers. This time, he decided to share a very informative thread on the Amur falcon, a bird which crosses the Himalayas to fly to India from Mongolia and the Arabian Sea and then moves on to Africa.?
Based on his tweet, the Amur Falcon covers a total of 22,000 km by flying.
He shared a picture of a female Amur Falcon named 'Longleng' who apparently flew for five whole days to reach Somalia last year.
He further goes on to explain how three different falcons were given names when they were leaving Nagaland to fly to Southern Africa -- Naga, Pangati and Wokha.?
He mentions that Nagaland is known for million Amur falcons coming to the state each year and that is why it is also known as the Amur faclon capital of the world.
Apparently, Amur falcons were once hunted and by raising awareness about the role in migration, conservation work by communities paid off and the hunting stopped.
He further goes on to say that animals and birds have no sense of borders.
He ends his thread by letting us know that eight years ago in 2012, the Amur falcons were hunted in thousands and governments and NGOs came together to conserve the rare bird species.?
Always a delight to find out more about fellow living beings who are a part of the same nature as we are.