According to the article, Bird lovers in the city may soon be able to crack the mysterious lives of their pink guests, the flamingoes that visit Mumbai’s mudflats between November and June every year. The Conservation Action Trust (CAT), along with the state forest department, has initiated the city’s first scientific study on the flamingoes. The project is being support by Boeing India — a joint venture between the US-based Boeing Company and Tata Industries Limited, a CAT representative said. “Boeing has already contributed $ 50,000 towards the study,” said Vivek Kulkarni, director, CAT, who is also developing the Mangrove Wetland Centre (MWC) between Bhandup and Kanjurmarg. Kulkarni said the study would be a part of the various research projects that they have undertaken in the development of the park. “We are working on three kinds of projects here — baseline monitoring, species-oriented studies and project-based studies. We now plan to develop the flamingo project as a species-oriented study.”


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Source: Hindu - WEb Edition