state of Tamil Nadu‚ India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Chennai on National Highway 45 (NH45) south of Chengalpattu. Vedanthangal is a home for migratory birds‚ such as pintail‚ garganey‚ grey wagtail‚ blue-winged teal‚ common sandpiper and some more.[1] Vedanthangal is about one and half hour journey from Chennai. It is one of the oldest water bird sanctuaries in the country. Vedanthangal in Tamil language means ’hamlet of the hunter’.[2] This area was a favourite hunting spot
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I. Meaning of Estuary and Seashore * Estuaries - areas where fresh and saltwater mix - are made up of many different types of habitats. Eestuary is an area where fresh water from rivers flows into the salt water from an ocean. Though these areas can be biologically productive ecosystems that provide habitats for many animals and plants‚ they can also be a harsh environment for others because of their high salt content. * Seashore land by the sea. Seashore law ground lying between high-water
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sandpiper Background/Setting The setting is the resort town of Alexandria though the city is only mentioned. Action‚ such as it is‚ is limited to a beach house or a residence close to a beach. The background to the story to the story is the failing marriage of the European narrator and her Egyptian husband. The story covers just couple of hours of a summer afternoon. Characters/Characterization The narrator is caught between two cultures‚ her husband has drifted from her‚ yet she is passive
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness is the work for which Abbey is best known and by which he is most frequently defined. It contains his views on a variety of subjects‚ from the problems of the United States Park Service to an angry indictment of the evils of technology masquerading under the guise of progress. No voice is more eloquent in the praise of America’s remaining wilderness nor more vitriolic in attacking those who would exploit and destroy it for profit. In the introduction
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The stories in the Arabian Nights have gripped the world’s imagination now for more than 1000 years. From at least the 9th century part of the repertoire of storytellers in India‚ China‚ Iran‚ Turkey and the Arab world that is why this paper aims not only to give a suffice background of one of the most celebrated tales of the millennia but also explore the cultural treasury it has brought world that serves a fertile material ready to discover—The Arabian Nights. It delves in most cultural elements
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Fundy National Park Fundy National Park is located in New Brunswick‚ which falls into the Atlantic Maritime eco-zone. The Atlantic Maritimes are heavily forested and have a long history of European settlers. Climate New Brunswick has a typically continental climate. Continental climates compared to true maritime climates‚ have an earlier spring and shorter fall‚ wider fluctuations of temperatures from day to day and from season to season‚ an more snowfall‚ but less precipitation
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ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES IN INDIA Since 1500‚ over 190 species of birds have become extinct‚ and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii‚ where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived. Other areas‚ such as Guam‚ have also been hit hard; Guam has lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the last 30 years‚ many of them due to the introduced Brown Tree Snake. There are today about 10‚000 species of birds‚ with roughly 1‚200 considered
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Living in Eastern North Carolina‚ I often find myself amazed at the beauty of nature. As a child‚ my family would travel to the local recreational center that served as a nature educational center. We would spend the day exploring the woods and appreciating nature. With my childhood being filled with the biodiversity of nature‚ I remain fascinated about the sounds of nature. For my Citizen Project‚ I decided to research animals in my community‚ in particular Barn Swallow birds. With this project
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The red knot (Calidris canutus) or the rufa red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) is a medium sized shorebird‚ the second largest sandpiper (Calidris)‚ measuring between 25 and 28 cm long with a wingspan of approximately 20 inches (United State Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)‚ n.d.). (See Figure 1). The species has been known to travel great distances; breeding in the Arctic regions of Canada and migrating south in the winter months to the coastal mudflats and tidal zones (USFWS‚ n.d.). Every spring
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Mangroves are highly specialized ecosystem‚ which are characterized by salt resistant plants growing in the inter tidal areas along sheltered seacoasts and estuaries in the tropical and subtropical regions. India has approximately 31‚5000 ha of mangrove out of which about 65000 ha are along the west coast. Gujarat and Kerala coasts have the most degraded mangroves‚ while Maharashtra‚ Goa and Karnataka have occasional luxuriant pockets. They form extensive and highly productive forests characterized
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