Special Cover – Bhindwas Bird Sanctuary – By India Post
Feb 24th, 2012 by IndianStampGhar.com
Special Cover – Bhindwas Bird Sanctuary – By India Post
Three day 3rd Haryana State regional level exhibition Parindey was held from 21st Feb to 23rd Feb 2012 in Gurgaon.A Workshop was held on 21st and 23rd by Mr Vinod Kumar Sabharwal to promote philately among the Youth.
On 23rd Feb a Special Cover on Bhindwas Bird Sanctuary Bhindawas released . Bird Sanctuary is an man-made wetland constructed to store the excess waters of the Jawaharlal Nehru canal. The 412 hectares low lying storage area has twelve kilometers of motorable embankments running round the perimeter which is planted with acacias and eucalyptus species.
The large area and the protection provided by the Forest Department makes Bhindawas a safe home for many migratory species in winter. Bhindawas is reminiscent of Bharatpur in some ways. It is much smaller and far more compact, but the species diversity, habitat type and bird-watching strategy is very similar.The Bhindawas checklist records 266 bird species.
Date Of Issue:-23.02.2012.
Contributed by :-Mr Mrityunjay Mishra, Kanpur
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