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  2. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. Once found in ...

  3. Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation ...

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    The Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area has one of the densest populations of nesting raptors. [1] The National Conservation Area (NCA) is located 35 miles (56 km) south of Boise, Idaho along 81 miles (130 km) of the Snake River, and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

  4. Bhagalpur - Wikipedia

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    Ganga River- The Ganga is the most Scared River in India, It Flows through Bhagalpur. Kosi River: The Koshi River, also known as the "Sorrow of Bihar," is a major river that flows near Bhagalpur. Ghaghara River: The Ghaghara River, also called the Karmali River, is another significant river in the region. Gandak River: The Gandak River, also ...

  5. Some of the world’s rarest birds are being saved in Boise ...

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    The World Center for Birds of Prey is one of the few places in the world where you can see a California condor, the largest bird in North America. Some of the world’s rarest birds are being ...

  6. Morley Nelson - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, he was instrumental in establishing the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. On March 30, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, PL 111–11, section 2301 of which formally recognized Nelson's contributions by renaming the Conservation Area as the Morley Nelson Snake River ...

  7. Greater adjutant - Wikipedia

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    The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae.Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa.Once found widely across southern Asia and mainland southeast Asia, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations; two in India, one in the north-eastern state of Assam and a ...

  8. Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Kanwar jheel, as it is locally called, is located 22 km north-west of Begusarai Town in Manjhaul. It is a residual oxbow lake, formed due to meandering of Burhi Gandak [6] river, a tributary of Ganga, in the geological past. [7] It covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the northern Bihar State.

  9. These birds create a vortex in water to attract prey - AOL

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    These birds create whirlpools by spinning in small, rapid circles. Then they feed on the small insects and crustaceans that rise to the surface. Gender roles are also somewhat unusual within this ...