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Birdwatching Bingo: How Children and Birds shared a morning in the forest?

"I’ve crossed 13 boxes!"  shouted the youngest participant at the camp - a little girl bursting with excitement. Her joy was met with a loud cheer and applause. She had just won the bingo game, played in pairs with adults, mostly parents, out in the forest. It was a cold morning. Aranya forest was wide awake and renewed by the late-night shower. With the chorus of bird calls, wind-swept branches, and damp leaves, a bunch of enthusiastic children stepped onto the trail. They walked down the rough forest path made of pebbles, fallen leaves, and red sand. As they watched each step, they were also deeply immersed in their surroundings - eyes wide, bingo sheets ready, and pencils sharpened. Soon, a bird call rang out. One of the children, certain it came from a bird, quickly crossed off the bird call box in the bingo sheet. They didn’t know it was the white-browed bulbul singing from the canopy. Moments later, a different sound echoed through the trees, a mix of sharp chirps ...