BHUBANESWAR : The state government has planned to set up a one-of-its-kind bird museum in Chilika that hosts over a million migratory birds in the winter season. Inaugurating the 5th National Chilika ...

Odisha Bihanga Utsav 2026 is underway from December 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026. The nearly 3-month-long programme is being held to celebrate migratory birds at Chilika Lake and attract bird lovers.

Chilika (Odisha) [India], January 6 (ANI): As the temperature has dropped, migratory birds have arrived at the Chilika Lake, drawing in tourists. Birds arrive at the lake in the migratory season ...

Once hunters of Mangalajodi’s wetland birds, the villagers of this Odisha community have, since 1998, transformed into dedicated conservationists and guardians of their local habitat.

After staying for around two months in Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park during the winters, migratory birds are already on their way back home due to a sudden rise in temperature and the early ...

Much to the delight of ornithologists, migratory birds are arriving in batches from the Himalayan region at wetland sites in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. The marshy and ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The state of Odisha in eastern India has culled more than a thousand chickens after a positive test for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, a state ...

Odisha Bihanga Utsav 2026 has been underway from December 1 in 2025 and will continue till February 28 in 2026. The nearly three-month-long programme is being held to celebrate migratory birds at ...

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 21 (ANI): As per the Asian waterbird census, nearly 12,645 birds have been spotted during winter at Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha, officials said on ...

Sambalpur: The census of migratory birds that arrived at the 700-sqkm Hirakud Reservoir from across the country and abroad this winter, began on Sunday, to gauge the reported increase in avian ...