We are the migrants

We are the migrants

By Sivadas Swami Matam

We are the migrants, true bird lovers.
We wish to share our thoughts and feelings with you all.
We’d like to introduce ourselves and provide all of our migration information.
It also includes a lot of eye-opening, truthful, and painful facts and figures.
Thousands of migrating members of our family drop dead globally.
We face many perils as we travel between breeding and wintering.
grounds each year.
Migration is an inevitable and dangerous part of our life cycle.
Hazards during our migration include storms, human hunting,
Collisions with man-made objects such as wind turbines and striations
The risk of starvation is increased when stopover sites are lost through
Climate change, or the loss of habitat to development, agriculture, and industry
Our mortality on both breeding and wintering grounds may increase.
for similar reasons.
Many populations in our families are in serious decline.
Anthropogenic reasons for this include deforestation and habitat loss.
Hunting, pesticide use, urbanization, and climate change
It is our request to implement effective management.
and conservation strategies to save our entire migratory bird species.
Following are the immediate perils that led to our deaths:
Bad weather, hunting, bay catches from commercial fishing,
Stopover habitat loss, collisions, and confusion at oil platforms
poisoning by pesticides; navigation disrupted by light pollution;
collisions with buildings, collisions, and disruption from wind farms
Contributory factors also affect our survival in the universe.
It consists of two major components. Deforestation, climate change,
If you go through every factor, it indicates a truth.
These are all man-made calamities; they lead to the destruction of
Nature.
Because human beings are never interested in leading an
Eco-friendly life.
The routes followed by our family members on their journeys
Breeding and wintering places are known as flyways.
In our family, a few are internal and a few are international migrants.
Songbirds, Hummingbirds, Scarlet Tanagers, and American Robins

                                                                                                         

 

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Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Mighty Hooded Warblers,
Canada Goose, Greater Flamingo, Godwit,
Cuckoos, black-tailed godwits, American golden plovers,
Calliope hummingbirds, Grey Geese, American goldfinches,
Wagtails, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and Northern Pintails
Sandhill crane, Eurasian wigeon, Baltimore oriole,
Western Yellow Wagtail and White-crowned Sparrow
The above list is very long but has not been completed.
I am an Arctic tern and make the longest migration of any bird.
In the world.
Miniature new transmitters recently revealed that my weight
Is 4 ounces (113 grams).
We follow zigzagging routes between Greenland and Antarctica.
Each year.
We travel from its Arctic breeding grounds to Antarctica, where
We enjoy the Antarctic summer, covering around 25,000 miles.
each and every trip.
I am American. Robin takes off from their summer home.
In Montreal, Canada, putting everything on the line to
Fly 1,600 miles.
To spend the holidays in West Palm Beach, Florida.
I am a scarlet tanager that flies 2,700 miles.
From Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to Cali, Colombia.
I am a Pacific Golden Plover, known as a Wader.
We Normally breed in extremely cold climates, such as
Siberia and Alaska
In the winter, we fly in flocks and travel great distances.
To reach Asian countries such as India and Singapore.
I am a pretty and musical bird, The Bluethroat.
Prefers to breed in very cold climates across the world.
Such as Alaska, but we migrate to India and
Other nearby countries and continents during the winter.
Manx shearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 miles).
Between the northern breeding grounds and the Southern Ocean.
I am a Siberian crane staying in the Arctic tundra of western and
Eastern Russia.
Migrate during the winter to Asian countries like China, Iran, and India.
I am a bar-tailed godwit practicing nonstop migration.
From Alaska to New Zealand.
We flew 7,500 miles over the Pacific Ocean without taking a single pit stop.
The data revealed that we reached a maximum speed of 55 miles per hour.
Per hour and flew nonstop for 11 days, likely without sleeping.
We spend our summers in the Arctic, where we breed and build.
Up our Energy reserves before flying south for the winter.

                                                                                          

 

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The timing of migration seems to be controlled primarily by changes in
Day length.
We Migrating birds navigate using celestial cues from the sun.
And stars, the Earth’s magnetic field, and mental maps.
We are incredibly adaptive and resilient, but if a little
Effort and support on the human part can go a long way.
Finally, we wish to say to human beings when compared to other species
How lucky are you? Because of the migration time, we are flying with the
Entire family.
Unfortunately, during the travel time, we always lost our family members due to
Various reasons.
On this occasion, we have no time to express our grief because we are
Flying for our lives.
Life is a tough battle for us because we migrate for our survival.
Your initiative to support nature is a great help to us.
It helps reduce our death toll and provides new energy for global migration.

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Date.23.10.2020