Food Gathering Habit of Birds with special reference to Terestrial Birds and Insects

As is quite evident from the past studies, in any wetland ecosystems, the main focus always remains on the water dependent organisms while the organisms that thrive in the surrounding are frequently neglected. As the Water birds along with the physicochemical parameters of the three reservoirs selected has already been documented a small component of the terrestrial fauna (Terrestrial Birds and Insects) present in the surroundings of these ecosystems is considered in the present study. Due to the year round availability ofwater along with the ample amount offood in these habitats, these scrublands around wetlands have become good niches for large number of organisms. In the present study terrestrial bird fauna along with the invertebrate prey base, especially, insects have been investigated.