Don´t feed junk to migratory birds: environmentalists
(WorldNews India)

WRITTEN BY PRATHIKSHA DEVAGIRI Advertising MANY ON a morning walk at Marine Drive have been seen feeding fried snacks to a swarm of seagulls - the migratory birds visiting the city from October till March. The trend has upset birders and environmentalists and led the state Mangrove Cell to deploy personnel asking people to desist from feeding the birds. Environmentalists also believe that feeding of fried snacks, in the long run, will have an effect on the migratory pattern of these birds who flock to the beaches at Dadar and Mahim, Marine Drive and Gateway of India usually just before sunrise. `Fired foods or snacks don´t contain any nutrition, which gives these birds energy to fly back....