Sunday, March 11, 2012

Pelagic Bird Survey


Before I go further on this, pelagic birds are seabirds but the catch here is that all seabirds are not pelagic. Pelagic birds are found in the deeper part of the sea and they rarely venture the coast (except for breeding).  This blogger was part of Pelagic Bird Survey that was conducted about 40Km into Arabian Sea. We were able to spot Artic Skua and so on….more about it in my blog www.iseeebirds.blogspot.com.

Seabirds make up just a small proportion (3.5%) of the world's bird species. I was reading that a study, published in Bird Conservation International, found that 28% of species are in the highest categories of risk. The review, carried out by BirdLife International, found that of 346 species, 47% are known or suspected to be in decline. It says that seabirds are now more threatened than any other group of birds. Seabirds are an important indicator of the health of the oceans. Threats to the birds include commercial fishing and damage to breeding colonies caused by rats and other invasive species. Conservationists are particularly concerned by the albatross family. 

Short stories on birthdays: Sometime back I was reading “Birthday Stories” -a collection of some amazing stories edited by Haruki Murakami…its been working in my mind but couldn't get time to put it, only recently i could. Readers may visit www.depalans.blogspot.com  
 

As a copywriter: I am no great fan of advertisement, FMCG ads are amazingly moronic.  But some of the ads that I had the good fortune of being part of as a copywriter were dignified and quite satisfying. Here are few