Welcoming the new year 2015 at Sambhar lake

A Date with Flamingoes Sambhar salt water lake is a Ramsar wetland and a flamingo habitat. It is about 90 kms south of Jaipur city and is known for the ancient excavated ruins of the Shakambhar town, the temples of Devyani and Shakambhari and ofcourse the famous salt lake. This winter on 27Dec2014, I counted about 400 birds in the area behind the Devyani temple. The numbers of these migratory feathered friends are dwindling over the years and it is necessary to find the cause for this.Is there not enough alga for them to feed on? The pink black white birds in flight are a sight to behold and a delight to watch them dancing in the sky... Conservation of the lake will also conserve these birds and be a great revenue earner for the town as well.