The three-day annual Flamingo Festival was held at
Pulicat lake.
Flamingo Festival is held every year to promote tourism
in Pulicat and Nellapattu. Flamingo Festival is being organised for the past 12
years. Migratory birds from Siberia have been visiting this place for breeding
and the colourful birds are a treat to the eye of bird watchers.
Usually around 80 different avian species migrate to
Pulicat for breeding. They hunt in shallow waters of the lake and breed in
Pulicat. Once the breeding season concludes, they fly away to their native land
with their offspring in tow. The conducive atmosphere for this seasonal avian
guests is being conserved at Nelapattu bird sanctuary.
About Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary: It is considered
one of the biggest habitat for some hundreds of pelicans and other birds.
Located about 20 km north of the Pulicat Lake on the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu
border, the sanctuary is spread in about 459 hectares.
About Pulicat lake: It is the second largest brackish
water lake or lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake. It straddles the border of
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states with over 96% of it in Andhra Pradesh. The
lake encompasses the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary. The barrier island of
Sriharikota separates the lake from the Bay of Bengal and is home to the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre. Two rivers which feed the lagoon are the Arani river at
the southern tip and the Kalangi River from the northwest, in addition to some
smaller streams. The Buckingham Canal, a navigation channel, is part of the
lagoon on its western side.
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