Jatinga (The Suicide spot of birds mystery versus realty)

Jatinga Assam, The bird's mystery- Jatnga birds suicidal myths

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Everybody loves Nature, right? Obviously yes! because nature is the desolate spot on this planet which gives that all single things to mankind so that we can make our life better. Either directly or by any implication nature offers all things to us and with the help of science and technology we the humans exploiting everything which credit simply goes to our mother "nature" only.

Hence it's our prime duty to take care of our nature so that it always stays with us in the manner in which it needs. However, today I am going to share few details of a lovely place that belongs to Assam and which is not only known for its delightful nature but also for its baffling realities about the self-destruction of different neighborhoods and moved birds each year.

 Jatinga: 🙇🙇 

Geographical details: Jatinga is a village on a ridge which is located in the Dima Hasao district of Assam state/India. It is 330 km i.e (210 mi) south of Guwahati. The village is principally occupied by around 2,500 Khasi-Pnar ancestral individuals and with a couple of Assamese. Language- Pnar/Haflong Hindi, Assamese.

What is the Mystery of Jatinga: (Jatinga bird mystery)

It's discovered that toward the finish of monsoon i.e in the long stretch of September to October particularly on moonless and hazy dim evenings between 6 p.m to 9.30 p.m an enormous number of bird bunches bites the dust at Jatinga every year. In any case, why did this catastrophe occur at this spot? Is this simply a standard of nature or a phantom or something different?

During this season countless relocated birds which come from the distinctive piece of this planet visit this spot each year and local people discover this as an apparition or abnormal on the grounds that the inflows of numerous bird species are excessively high and is very uncommon. Clan individuals of Jatinga at first accepting this common wonder as a soul flying from the sky to threaten them. Henceforth they used to catch those shocked birds by utilizing bamboo shafts and nets with the help of light attraction.

This wonder isn't restricted to a solitary bird group; yet it influences numerous assortments, for example, tiger bittern, dark bittern, little egret, lake heron, Indian pitta, kingfishers, slope partridge, green pigeon, emerald dove, necklaced laughingthrush, and dark drongo and so forth most of these birds are adolescent, as indicated by Assam most popular ornithologist Anwauddin Choudhury.

In the 1960s this marvel was brought to worldwide consideration by late naturalist E.P Gee and acclaimed ornithologist late Salim Ali and later with the assistance of some zoological overview by Sudhir Sengupta finished up this secret and said that influenced birds are mostly adolescents and local migrants and are upset by high-speed twists at their perch. At the point when the upset birds fly towards lights as a refuge, they are hit with bamboo posts and executed and harmed. Additionally said that comparative episodes likewise occur in a couple of spots of Malaysia, the Philippines, and Mizoram. 

Now conservation groups and wildlife officials in India have taken steps to prevent the wanton killing of birds across India by creating awareness in the illiterate villagers and in recent times the killing of birds has been fallen down to 40 percent.

What you can do at Jatinga: 

a. Guests can feel the bewilder magnificence of Mountains and slopes. 

b. Fresh air and hill viewpoints.

c. Can see various types of local and migrated birds.

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