1) Birds that help in afforestation
The role of birds in forestry is of paramount importance as the vital pollination work, and birds do a scattering of seeds of many plants. The existence of certain plant species is directly related to the presence of certain birds. A closer look at the bird's diet reveals that; Of many species of plants, such as the borer species, neem, wad, amber, pimple; The birds also eat the fruits of other plants and expel undigested seeds through their feces or spread them elsewhere by mouth after some time. These mainly include birds like Bulbul, Maina, Koel, Jungle babbler, barbet, Hornbill, Pigeon. Similarly, bulbul and copper scatter a large number of sandalwood seeds.
This quality of birds, which is beneficial from the point of view of afforestation, is, in some cases, bad today—for example, the proliferation of large-scale generic or Pantani plants. The scattering of seeds of these plants through birds is being done by various birds like Turmeric, Bulbul, Maina, Jungle babbler, and the growing number of these trees is making a big difference in the habitat of our area.
2) Insect outbreaks are reduced with the existence of birds
The variety of insects, their numbers, and their greedy eating habits are all incredible. There are about 30,000 species of insects in the Indian subcontinent. Plants and animals feed all these insects. If the number of pests is not limited, no type of plant will survive along with agriculture. Every living thing, be it an animal or a plant, has to compete for food. Many insects (larvae) consume food equal to their weight twice a day. Cauliflower larvae feed 200 times their weight in 24 hours. Just as locusts are known for their exceptional eating habits, they are also known for their abundant breeding. Their group is sometimes so large that it transforms a flowering tree into a useless hollow in a matter of hours. The female locust lays about 100 eggs in a single cell in the soil, while a female lays many such cells. Fourteen tons of eggs were laid at a time in an area of 1,335 hectares in South Africa, which would have increased the number of locusts by about 1,250 million.
Given this growing number of insects and their ability to feed on plants, the number of insects needs to be controlled to a certain extent, and this is done naturally by birds. Insects that are a nuisance to plants, especially farm crops, and various animals are usually included in bird food. As a result, many species of birds eat insects and lay their eggs in large numbers. Therefore, insects of different stages, e.g., Eggs, larvae, cocoons, whole insects, are eaten by birds. This helps in controlling the number of pests. Every winter, a new generation of insects is formed. Millions of birds of prey and myna migrate from the Himalayas to different parts of the country during this season to prevent crop damage caused by insects and larvae that feed on crops such as sorghum and millet. Birds that protect crops from insects include birds such as crows and jays. Adult Finches & Weavers, Larks, Pipits, and Warblers protect the farm from pests and weeds. Adult finches and sugars feed on larvae and eggs on crops and eat field grass seeds to stop the spread of weeds. The number of such birds is high in the grasslands of our area.
Swifts and Swallow birds also play an essential role in the pest control of wheat. These birds feed on insects and pests that attack crops in winter and mid-summer. The funny thing is that you can see warblers eating insects in the sugarcane crop. Bush Chat, Khatik, Kotwal, Veda Raghu are the birds found around the crops during the day eating different insects. Birds like white crabs and squirrels dig up other insects in the soil and eat them.
If you look at the number of insects in the bird's diet, it is clear that a pair of piglets come to the nest 370 times in 24 hours. It contains various insects like larvae, locusts, beetles. Observations have shown that the weight of food brought into the nest by the pigeons is equal to the importance of the pigeons. The well-known British ornithologist Dr. W. E. According to Dr. W. E. Collinge, a chimney brings food to its nest 220 to 260 times a day; Which includes various larvae and other insects. A German ornithologist estimates that a pair of 'hatters,' along with their young, destroy at least 120 million insect eggs or 150,000 larvae and cells a year. This suggests that; To control the growth of insects and the infestation caused by insects, a large number of natural birds help. It is an essential part of nature's food chain.
3) Birds are the most significant indicator of climate change
Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the planet. There is increasing evidence that global warming is influencing ecosystems in particular in terms of species richness and the behavior of found and flora researchers have forecast. For example, climate change could be responsible for a significant difference in forest composition and the migration of animals. Many studies have focused on bird species, which are said to be pioneer indicators of the effects of climate change on the composition of bird communities as a resident and migrate populations respond differently to climate conditions.
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