A total of 61 bird species have been identified in the campuses of St Aloysius College in Mangaluru and St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT) in Kotekar Beeri, which is on the outskirts of the city.
The species were identified during the three-day Campus Bird Count at the two campuses between February 19 and 21. The two institutes were among the 262 colleges to take part in the event, which was held across India as part of ‘Great Backyard Bird Count’, which is hosted by Bird Count India in collaboration with eBIRD.
This is the fourth year that St. Aloysius College is participating in the event. Apart from the 37-acre campus of the college located in the heart of Mangaluru, the bird count was done for the first time in the 17-acre campus of AIMIT. As many as 28 students from the two institutes and other people were involved in the exercise.
