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If
you're a nature lover, then you must visit the Bharatpur Bird
Sanctuary while on a tour to Agra India. The Bharatpur Bird
Sanctuary is also known as the Keoladeo Ghana National Park.
This bird sanctuary is a few hours drive from Agra and offers
bird lovers the fascinating sight of hundreds of resident
birds nesting in the trees alongside the marshes of Bharatpur.
The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary was previously the bird hunting
reserve of the Maharaja of Bharatpur. He built an artificial
marsh consisting of raised earthen bunds and water channels.
The trees growing on the bunds give birds a place to roost
and nest and the underwater roots and beetles give the birds
enough food to feed on. You can travel to Bharatpur and observe
the graceful birds of this bird sanctuary, on tours from Agra
with Agra Hub.
Some
of the birds you can see at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary are
storks, cranes, many kinds of water fowl, kingfishers, jays,
parakeets, drongoes, barbets, and many migratory birds in
winter including various kinds of ducks from central Asia.
Until a few years ago the rare Siberian Crane was seen here
in winter. Bharatpur is a favorite of wildlife photographers
and bird watchers. The ornithologist Dr Salim Ali was responsible
for Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary being declared a National Park
in 1982. Bharatpur was declared a World Heritage site in 1985.
Agra Hub offers tours of Bharatpur where you can see the beautiful
birds at the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary on tours from Agra India.
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