Why do Siberian cranes migrate to India during winter????
Vaibhav The warmth atracts them;The reasons are complex and not fully understood. But a simple explanation is food and a safe place to breed. Birds which breed in the summer in the extreme north such as the Arctic benefit from an abundance of food as plants and insect life flourish in the long daylight hours; and because few large permanent predators can survive the harsh winter. Birds exploit the winds to their favour so they can go the distance by burning minimal fuel. They may shift altitude to find the best wind “conveyor belt”. Winds at high altitude may blow in the opposite direction from wind on the ground, and usually are blowing strongly. Larger birds rely on thermals (hot air) rising from the ground in the mornings to gain altitude by simply soaring. These birds usually migrate during the day. They may also follow strong updrafts along ridges. These may the best reasons for them to do so. But the sad part is:Sadly, in addition to surviving storms and bad weather, exhaustion a
