Friends

Greetings from the land of gods to all Birders & Wildlife Activists

We are a group of young professionals committed to the cause of
wildlife. So, we are in a process of collecting Data of interested
and committed Birdwatchers & wildlife activists who might like to
participate in our proposed summer and winter counts in Uttarakhand
Himalayas.

Friends as this is a no-profit-no-loss conservation activity, v
would try to make it an regular annual activity, with the support of
people like u.

Bird counts will be organized in different treks all over
uttarakhand, like we used to do in our earlier Yamuna Bird Counts

>Excluding ur 2-n-fro traveling to dehradun, count days r
generally 4 days exercise. Depending on a particular birding
trail, but we r seriously considering two or three count-trails
of 4-
5 days for our birding friends coming all the way from far of
places like pune, Mumbai
and mouth india
>Tentative time frame:
Summer: May or mid June
Winter: Oct or Nov
(Pl. Note: 2nd Saturday and Sunday always falling during the count)
>Cost of Food and Traveling during the count days might b on
sharing basis and would b charged at actual. For FRH night-stay
u'll carry ur own sleeping bags, but on request we can arrange one
by hiring one for you.
(Pl. Note: There is a strong possibility of getting a sponsorship
for this expenditure)
>We also encourage participants from north and near-by areas to use
their own cars for
to-and fro journey from dehradun to count destinations in
uttarakhand
>Each team will have 2-4 experienced birders, 3-4 new birders 4-6
Sr. School or college students including 1-2 local youths
>teams groupings are done by organizers Experience n exposure to
heights and knowledge of himalayan species will b an added factor
>Participation: will be at organizers discretion
>count-treks r always well connected by jeepable roads.
>a nominal participation fee is charged 2 cover the cost of
count-kit consisting of a T-Shirt, cap, small traveling bag and
stationary
>Actual dates and count destinations details will b announced by Mid
April and Aug 08

Other than bird-counts we are also planning many other conservation
related academic activities, field-studies, films & books
publications on flora and fauna of Uk Himalayas and are also working
with rural youths - preparing future ambassadors of conservation. So
if you or your friends want to contribute, kindly drop a line
stating ur interest and area of skills with ur contact details as
requested below:

Your Name:
Organization working for:
Designation:
Age:
Key Area of Interest:
Address (Off):
Address (Res):
Mobile #:
Tel (OFF)With Ext # :
Tel (Res):
Email:
URL:
Skills Details:


please indicate your interest to participate in our counts and also
kindly forward us contact details of all the birdwatchers and nature
lovers that you feel might be interested

Warm Regards

prateek panwar
Action & Research for Conservation in Himalayas
MDDA Duplex Villa # 3,
Sahastradhara Enclave, Sahastradhara Road,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001
Tel# 9412054216
(0135) 2114649
Email: arch.himalayas@...