Bordering the yala national park to the east
is the well known bird sanctuary, kumana. As you
approach kumana you hear a rather noisy invitation
the sound of thousands of birds calling one
another. Here a large veriety of indigenous
aquatic birds gather from April to July making
kumana a bird watcher’s paradise. There are herons,
storks, egrets and spoon bills hesting in the trees
above, water hens, purple coot and jacana build
their nests in the swamp below.
From October onwards the migrants or the ‘bird
tourist’s arrive to get away from the northern
winter. They are attracted by the lagoons. The
tern, sandpiper, plover, duck and snipe are
regular visitors of these the snip is remarkable
for the marathon flight it makes all the way from
Siberia, although it weighs only about 120 grammes.
The migrant birds leave by the and of March.
Ducks are the first to go, The y make a fine sight
as they circle the land and move away in an arrow
head formation against a blue sky on their long
way home.
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