>BrownHairedGirl at 18:22, 29 April 2021

2021-04-29T18:22:10Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{tone|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Kaggaladu Heronry
| location = [[Karnataka]], India
| map = India Karnataka
| nearest_city = [[Tumkuru]]
| coordinates = {{coords|13|49|0|N|76|51|0|E|display=inline, title}}
| established = 1999
| governing_body = [[Gram Panchayat]], [[Karnataka Forest Department]]
}}

'''Kaggaladu''' is a village in the [[Sira Taluk]] of [[Tumkur district]] in the south of [[Karnataka]], India. Since 1999, the village has been a host for [[painted stork]]s and [[grey heron]]s, which annually breed and raise their young ones on the trees inside the village. Kaggaladu is located about 9 km to the north-west of [[Sira, India|Sira]], a town on the Sira-Chengavara Main Road and the [[heronry]] was first made known to the outside world in 1999 by members of the [[Tumkur]]-based [[NGO]] Wildlife Aware Nature Club.<ref>[http://www.indiabirds.com/HotSpots/ListSpots.asp?sentstring=45 IndiaBirds.com - HotSpots] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223929/http://www.indiabirds.com/HotSpots/ListSpots.asp?sentstring=45 |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

==History of the Park==
According to locals, the [[grey heron]]s have been nesting here on a single tamarind tree since 1993. Their numbers increased in 1996, when a lone tree in the neighbouring Muddakanahalli, on which these birds were nesting, was disturbed by poachers and some birds were killed. The villagers are so interested in conserving the birds that, they do not harvest the tamarind in the trees owned by them as well that of the Government. While many of the villagers are interested in protecting the birds just because they look beautiful, a few believe them as harbingers of prosperity, hence their protection.

==Natural History of the heronry==

===Fauna===
As the area lies in the plains of the [[Deccan Plateau]], bordering [[Andhra Pradesh]], the wildlife found here is related to the drier areas. WANC is compiling a detailed report of the [[flora]] and [[fauna]] found in the area. But notably a few herds of [[blackbuck]] roam around Kaggaladu and surrounding villages. Also some of the villagers claim to have sighted the great [[Indian bustard]] in the area, but this has not yet been confirmed.

==Bird Sanctuary==
The birds usually stay in '''Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary''' for about six months, starting from the month of February.<ref name="Bird Sanctuary">[http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar162006/metrothurs1539312006315.asp Kaggaladu - Lost in wilderness]; [[Deccan Herald]] Report {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211091713/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar162006/metrothurs1539312006315.asp |date=11 February 2007 }}</ref> The birds start arriving in groups for the nestling season. By the end of August, the [[migratory birds]] depart.

Kaggaladu is said to be the second largest painted storks sanctuary in [[South India]], after [[Kokrebellur|Kokrebellur sanctuary]] in [[Mandya district]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name="Bird Sanctuary" /> It has been observed that, many birds of the foreign origin also migrate to Kaggaladu during the nestling season.

In this bird sanctuary, one can find the birds in flocks of hundreds, but the big gathering of birds is not of the same feather. The [[tamarind]] trees have been maintained exclusively for birds shelter and nestling. It has been reported that, the villagers of Kaggaladu are very much attached to these migrating birds.<ref name="Bird Sanctuary" />

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990322/ige22170.html ''Breeding colony of storks found in Karnataka''] - '''News story from Indian Express''', Bangalore, Monday, 22 March 1999
* ''Large nesting colony of Painted storks identified near Sira (Karnataka)'' - '''News Letter for Birdwatchers''' Mar-Apr.1999, Vol.39, No:2 and '''Myforest''' (Quarterly Journal of [[Karnataka]] Forest Department) March 1999

==External links==
{{commons category|Kaggaladu}}
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/Mar162006/metrothurs1539312006315.asp 'Lost in wilderness' A story on Kaggaladu in Deccan Herald]
* [http://tumkurameen.blogspot.com/2007/04/kaggaladu-home-to-colourful-birds.html Information and pictures on Kaggaladu Heronry]
* [https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=kaggaladu&m=text Some images of Kaggaladu- ಕಗ್ಗಲಾಡು]

{{Bird_Sanctuaries}}
{{Protected areas of Karnataka}}

[[Category:Bird sanctuaries of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Villages in Tumkur district]]

Kaggaladu - Revision history

>BrownHairedGirl at 18:22, 29 April 2021