Ray of hope for endangered bird (BBC)

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By Omer Farooq
BBC News, Hyderabad

The only known habitat of India's rarest bird may yet be saved from destruction in a last-minute effort to re-route an irrigation canal.

The Andhra Pradesh government in southern India has asked the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) to submit a report with alternative routes for the Telugu Ganga canal.

The elusive Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) was thought extinct in 1900, but was dramatically rediscovered in 1985 in the forest area of the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

{audio: Listen to the call of the Jerdon's courser}

There may be only 25 of the small wading birds left, with most found in
the Sri Lankamalleswara wildlife sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh.



more at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4717070.stm

[kenny blankenship]

1. Cheney may be watching this site, given all the talk about him here lately

Maybe you could remove that pic, so as not to give him any new ideas.
It's bound to put him in the mood, so to speak.