Boarding the yala
National park to the east is the well- known bird sanctuary, Kumana. As you
approach Kumana you hear a rather noisy invitation – the sound of thousands of
birds calling one another. Here a large variety of indigenous acquatic birds
gather from April to July marking Kumana a birdwatcher’s paradise. There are
herons, Storks, egrets and spoonbills nesting in the trees above, Water hens,
Purple coot and jacana build their nests in the swamp below.
From October onwards the migrants or
the “bird tourists” arrive to get away from the northern winter. They are
attracted by the lagoons. The tern, sandpiper, Plover, duck and regular
visitors. Of these, the snipe is remarkable for the marathon flight it makes
all the way from Siberia, although it weighs only about 120 grammas.
The migrant birds leave by the end of
March. Ducks are the first to go. They make a fine sight as they circle the
land and move away in an arrow head formation against a blue sky on their long
way home.
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