Monday, 22 May 2017

RIVERTERNS OF BHADRA

THE TALE OF RIVERTERN
JAGARA VALLEY renamed to BHADRA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY in the year 1974 is famous for both flora & fauna and mainly for the tigers. The Sanctuary is totally of 572 kms occupying by most of Guars, Deer & many other birds of different origin. During the monsoon the water rises covers all the island with a height of 180 m & during the summer the water level reduces to 100 m or less. During the summer, nearly thousands of River terns visit the island and start doing their day to day work that includes breeding. We can find different behaviors of River Terns which always plays with the fish called MINERS. The main part of River Terns is the mating where the males fight each other for a female with the fish. Just like the olden days where the queen chooses the king in the competition, River terns bring fish instead of gold or something for mating with female. The River Terns picks up the fish from fresh water lake and cleans several time again and again in the same lake for feeding it to the female.




Then the Terns then feed their females and try to show their heroism to the females. The female has the sole authority of choosing her mate.




Then the male mates with the female after overcoming such difficulty to mate. While other males try to distract the mating process to prevent from mating.



After mating they female produces the eggs which it takes nearly 3 weeks to hatch while the male brings the feed for the female she protects her eggs.


Female preserves her eggs by keeping inside the rocky areas like carves preventing from predators. The life of River Terns starts from fishing to protecting their chicks. That's the tale about River Terns.




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