October 8
Monday, October 17, 2011
A HOPE FOR ENDANGERED WHITE BELLIED HERON- Bhutan
After 135 days of man-made feeding, a captive hatched white bellied heron, categorized as a critically endangered, took its first flight at Bumitsawa of Punakha. The chick was born on May 7, 2011, at the hatchery weighing around 54.9 gm. It weighed 5.6 kg at the time of the release with a 35 gm platform terminal transmitter (PTT) that monitors its whereabouts through satellite.
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