As many as 30 visually-impaired students from a city school were taken on a nature walk to a delightful experience of envisioning birds through their distinctive sounds. Sahana, a volunteer, taught the students the skill of recognising birds through their sounds. However, if the focus is entirely on watching the birds, the richness of information in bird’s call and song will be missed. “Students were curious whenever they heard sounds of different birds. Our volunteers — Anagha and Yogendra — shared with them information about various birds and how to recognise them from their sounds.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2016 00:20 UTC