Bird Conservation, Nepal
Exciting "Celebrate Urban Birds!" events in Kathmandu, Nepal
Students participating on quiz
10 May 2007 – Urban bird painting competition among school students. Students of grade 4 to 8 from at least 20 schools (50 participants) were selected for painting competition. 
Bird Conservation, Nepal circulates a request letter to 30 public schools inviting their students to a painting competition. Out of 30 only 15 schools and 35 students of grade 4 to 9 participated in the painting competition.
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Winner of the painting competition receiving prizes |
11 May 2007
A group of volunteers visited different gardens and temples for bird feeding.
12 May 2007
A group of 85 students of 12 different schools, 20 teachers and 10 nature guides visited Godavari Garden and surrounding areas for birding. The whole group was divided into 6 smaller groups and went in different directions. Bird watching began at 7:00 am and lasted until 12:30 pm.
Bird list recorded during the bird watching eventDate: 12 May 2007 Time: 7:00 am to 12:30 pm |
Number of Participants: 85 students of 12 different schools | |||
S.No | Common Name | ||
1 | Kalij Pheasant | ||
2 | Scaly-bellied Woodpecker | ||
3 | Grey-headed Woodpecker | ||
4 | Great Barbet | ||
5 | Golden-throated Barbet | ||
6 | Blue-throated Barbet | ||
7 | White-throated Kingfisher | ||
8 | Large Hawk Cuckoo | ||
9 | Eurasian Cuckoo | ||
10 | Oriental Cuckoo | ||
11 | Asian Koel | ||
12 | Asian Barred Owlet | ||
13 | Rock Pigeon | ||
14 | Oriental Turtle Dove | ||
15 | Spotted Dove | ||
16 | Crested Serpent Eagle | ||
17 | Shikra | ||
18 | Cattle Egret | ||
19 | Indian Pond Heron | ||
20 | Grey-backed Shrike | ||
21 | Red-billed Blue Magpie | ||
22 | Rufous Treepie | ||
23 | Grey Treepie | ||
24 | House Crow | ||
25 | Large-billed Crow | ||
26 | Long-tailed Minivet | ||
27 | Black Drongo | ||
28 | Ashy Drongo | ||
29 | Blue Whistling Thrush | ||
30 | Scaly Thrush | ||
31 | Tickell’s Thrush | ||
32 | Grey-winged Blackbird | ||
33 | Red-throated Flycatcher | ||
34 | Verditer Flycatcher | ||
35 | Small Niltava | ||
36 | Oriental Magpie Robin | ||
37 | Common Myna | ||
38 | Jungle Myna | ||
39 | Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch | ||
40 | Great Tit | ||
41 | Green-backed Tit | ||
42 | Black-lored Tit | ||
43 | Barn Swallow | ||
44 | Red-rumped Swallow | ||
45 | Red-vented Bulbul | ||
46 | White-throated Bulbul | ||
47 | Mountain Bulbul | ||
48 | Black Bulbul | ||
49 | Oriental White-eye | ||
50 | Common Tailorbird | ||
51 | Grey-hooded Warbler | ||
52 | White-throated Laughingthrush | ||
53 | White-crested Laughingthrush | ||
54 | Striated Laughingthrush | ||
55 | Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler | ||
56 | Nepal Wren Babbler | ||
57 | Black-chinned Babbler | ||
58 | Nepal Fulvetta | ||
59 | Black-throated Parrotbill | ||
60 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | ||
61 | Green-tailed Sunbird | ||
62 | Black-throated Sunbird | ||
63 | House Sparrow | ||
64 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | ||
Talk programme and exhibition is scheduled for World Environment Day 5 June 2007.
