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New!!! - Fancy bird house with a walk-through for builds at Vandalur Zoo!!
Posted on: 30/Sep/2014 4:21:01 PM
This all-new aviary is spread over one-and-a-half acres.
It is the biggest such facility in a zoo in the country!
Make it a point to visit with your kids!
There are several kinds of birds here insectivores, graniovores, frugivores, and omnivores.
Fifteen-metre-tall fences have been erected to facilitate the free flight of birds within this area.
Another speciality of the aviary is that both sunlight and rains can penetrate the facility, making it a more natural bird habitat, say zoo officials.
A total of 245 birds belonging to as many species have been housed in the aviary.
Some of the birds - Alexandrine parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, blue rock pigeon, common myna, Indian Koel, common babbler, white-browed bulbul, francolin, red-vented and red-whiskered bulbul, wagtail, pipit, orange-headed thrush, red-wattled lapwing, little brown dove and spotted dove!
Bird food - Mango, pomegranate, guava, sapota (Sapodilla), jamoon, Singapore cherry and chillies are some of the fruit-bearing trees and plants that have been planted here for the benefit of fruit-eating birds. Heaps of dry leaves, dung, dry wood waste and rotten fruits too have been provided for insect-eating birds. The authorities have also set up a mud bath for the birds.
Natural breeding - the authorities have planted palm trees with holes and heaps of stones to help ground-nesting birds.
Feel-at-home for birds - fountains and waterbodies too have been created inside the aviary.
