Rare river bird skims Sukhna Lake

CHANDIGARH: At the entrance to the rowing canal of the Sukhna Lake, a gorgeous bird with an exotic bill was weaving through the lines of competitive rowers. The bird's orange-yellow bill - distinguished by a smaller upper part - was diligently ploughing through the water for fish. The rowers didn't know it, but the bird was an Indian Skimmer, one that has gone extinct in South-east Asia and is rapidly declining in South Asia due to severe disturbance of the river systems. The skimmer's sighting at the Sukhna Lake on Friday is the first such sighting of this bird inTricity. Other sightings have been only at major