CAFI

We are the Central Asian Flyway Initiative, a group of Birdlife+ organisations working for migratory birds on the CAF flyway! Field stories + 📸 🦅🦆

[Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force @SBS_TF]

As part of regular monitoring, shorebird surveys with special on Spoon-billed Sandpiper were carried out between 20 and 25 January 2023 by national and international experts at the Gulf of Mottama - one of the six Ramsar Sites in Myanmar.

[Wim Van den Bossche @ooitje]

Avian Electrocutions on Power Lines in Kazakhstan and Russia 👇 @CAFInitiative @UmbertogoR

[Bombay Natural History Society @BNHSIndia]

In a rare event at Point Calimere, Dr. S. Balachandran of BNHS captured and ringed both long-toed and Temminck stints last night. Though we get to see these two stints along with the common little stint, we rarely mange to capture and ring them together.

[Akshay Mandavkar🌿 @akshay_journo]

Rare sighting ✨
A chestnut-winged cuckoo was spotted at Karnala bird sanctuary. This is the 3rd record of this bird from Maharashtra.
PC - Pravin Shrivastava
@ben_ifs @CAFInitiative @birdcountindia @BirdLife_News @ranjeetnature @RajeshVS87 @ManishKadam20 @Prateik_more

[Rinkita Gurav @rinkitagurav]

Three threatened species of raptors found In India, two of them are migratory - Cinereous Vultures and the Steppe Eagle; and Near Threatened - Himalayan Griffons. What a great field day! #BirdsSeenIn2023 @Avibase @birdcountindia @orientbirdclub @IndiAves

[Neha Sinha @nehaa_sinha]

Dancers at the Black-necked crane festival in Phobjika, Bhutan. A whole festival dedicated to the magnificent cranes! ❤️
Late last year.
@CAFInitiative

[CAFI @CAFInitiative]

Even big cities and their surrounding areas are so important for migratory birds on the Central Asian flyway!

Bar-headed geese in Delhi.
Photos: @nehaa_sinha

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Bar-headed geese in India's national capital, Delhi.

[nicola crockford @numenini]

And indeed, here's a Pileated Woodpecker eating grubs. Amazingly common & tame in Mount Royal Cemetery @Montreal. A birding paradise after days stuck in negotiations #ForNature @UNBiodiversity #COP15. These birds remind us what @CBD_COP15's for. #BirdsSeenIn2022 #Montreal 2/10

[nicola crockford @numenini]

Never seen a pterodactyl, drink? Here's your chance...

This Pileated Woodpecker shimmied down trunk to glug from stream. Cousin Christoph's remark: "Eating grubs is thirsty work".
At #COP15? 🧵on birds you can see at 1297 Foret Rd, Mount Royal Cemetery, @Montreal.
#MyWalk 1/10

[Akshay Mandavkar🌿 @akshay_journo]

@IUCNRedList Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing spotted in Ratnagiri. This is the 2nd record of this migratory bird from maharashtra aft 11 years. Birder Prasad ghokhale spotted this bird.
@ben_ifs @ranjeetnature @tweetsvirat @CAFInitiative @rinkitagurav @GlobalFlyway

[Bombay Natural History Society @BNHSIndia]

Indian Skimmer ringed in Mahanadi by the BNHS team during the breeding season in summer of 2022 has been resighted at the mouth of river Gautami-Godavari near Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.

[Akshay Mandavkar🌿 @akshay_journo]

Rare sighting
Indian Skimmer sighted at Nandgoan beach, Palghar.
PC. Anoop Kelkar
@BNHSIndia @birdcountindia @CAFInitiative @rinkitagurav @ranjeetnature @HabitatsTrust @ben_ifs @vrtiwari1 @BirdLife_News @bombaybushfrog @RajeshVS87 @Prateik_more @singh_sonu

[Neha Sinha @nehaa_sinha]

Black-necked crane with its juvenile. Spectacular, proud, prancing birds that make me feel very, very lucky! 😻

(Note the juvenile's yellowish beak and missing red patch)
Phobhjika, Bhutan.
@Avibase @indiaves #BirdsSeenIn2022 @CAFInitiative

[CAFI @CAFInitiative]

Prof Heqi Wu from KIZ, China, shows how crops have been grown for the Black-necked crane in parts of China - it's a potato party!

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Dr Pankaj Chandan, expert on Black-necked Crane, making a presentation in a regional meeting on BNC in Bhutan. He points out that this pair of cranes has been nesting at the same spot for 15 years in Hanle!

[CAFI @CAFInitiative]

This meeting is being held to create a joint plan for the Black-necked crane, with organizations like Birdlife, NABU, BNHS, WII, KIZ, NDF, ICF, RSPN and others attending. Facing climate change and glacier melt, the BNC needs coordinated action on the flyway!

[Delip Das Bisharga @DelipDasBisharg]

Story about the tragic death of my GPS-tagged #BlacktailedGodwit after 8,000 km astounding journey. The death highlighted a glaring gap between men and wildlife of Bangladesh.
@CAFInitiative @BirdLife_Asia @TaejMundkur

[Bombay Natural History Society @BNHSIndia]

The rapidly changing skyline of Deg Rai Mata Oran near Devikot, Jaisalmer - much after the Supreme Court directive to lay the transmission lines underground. We have already lost two bustards here, one more is roaming in this place right now. Save this Oran and secure the GIB.

[Bombay Natural History Society @BNHSIndia]

Bar-tailed godwit, a bird well known for very long distance non stop flights, is being ringed and colour flagged by BNHS experts at Point Calimere, Tamil Nadu. We are looking forward to learning more about these amazing birds through our ringing program.