THE BOOK ON ‘’BIRDS
OF SOUTHERN COASTAL KARNATAKA’’ RELEASED
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Smt. Sandhya S. Pai, the Managing
Editor of the ’Taranga’ – a well-known weekly Magazine of
Karnataka, released the book on ‘’BIRDS OF SOUTHERN COASTAL
KARNATKA’’ written by the noted environmentalist and academician
Dr.K.Prabhakar Achar and a well-known wildlife photographer and
bird watcher Shivashankar. After
releasing the book, she said that birds are the good indicators
of the health of the environment. It is sad to observe that in
recent years many species of birds are disappearing from
township and cities mainly due to changed human lifestyles and
building designs and also mobile towers in particular have
largely contributed to the decline in the bird population,
especially the house sparrows. She complimented the authors for
bringing out a very informative and beautiful bird book.
Dr. Arunachalam Kumar, the Dean of K.
S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, introduced the book and
said that any product resulting out of a combination of
exceptional talents is bound to be perfect so it is with this
book. The culmination of lifelong passion, this bilingual volume on the avifauna of
coastal and hinterland Karnataka, is harbinger of sorts in that
it reaches out to all section of the populace, bridging and
spanning the gaps between illiterate and learned, armature and
ace, the local and outlander. Through its vivid colour
photographs it tutors the unschooled, through its Kannada
notation it teaches the native and via its English text
tutelage's the expatriates.
Dr. K. P. Achar while responding on
behalf of the authors narrated the experience in producing this
wonderful and educative book, and also said that bird watching
is gaining the momentum as an educational and satisfying
pastime.
The recitation of poems on birds of
well-known Kannada poets by the classic singer Sri Chandrshekar
Kedilaya marked the beginning of the program.
Dr.K.P.Achar and Shivashankar were
felicitated on the occasion by the honourable guests, in the
recognition of their splendid work on bird book.
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To buy a copy of this book, here are the details...
http://shivanayak.blogspot.in/2012/03/birds-of-southern-coastal-karnataka.html
