Essay On Birds of Bangladesh
Introduction: Our
dear Bangladesh is a beautiful country. It is a land of forests and trees,
hills and valleys, rivers, marshes and canals, and wide open meadows. It has got a
moderate climate neither too hot nor too cold. So this land is a happy adobe of
different kinds of birds. Birds have increased the beauty of our country. We
sleep at night and rise early in the morning hearing the sweet song of
other of birds.
Different
types: there are different types of birds in our country. They are
different in colour, size, and habit. They eat different kinds of food. Some
birds eat fish and flesh, some live on worms and insects, some on fruits and
grains, and some on filth and garbage. Birds are divided into many classes. They
are teasing birds, singing birds, rapacious birds, game birds, migratory birds, and tailor birds.
Teasing
Birds: Crows and kites are teasing birds. The crow is a very common bird in
Bangladesh. It is very clever. It steals away the food and other small things
from our kitchen and from the hands of the little babies. It looks ugly. Yet it
is useful. It eats dead animals and dirty things. It has a harsh voice. The
kite also steals away chickens, fish, and dirty things. It has a harsh voice.
Singing
Birds: there are many singing birds in Bangladesh. The cuckoo is the most
popular of all singing birds. It comes to our country at the beginning of
spring. Small boys and girls try to imitate a cuckoo when it sings. It hides behind leaves. The shyma, the doel, the koel, and the bou-kotha-kow, the
nightingale are well-known singing birds. Doel is our national bird.
Talking
birds: The parrot, the mayna, the chandana, the kakatoa, and the martin is
called talking birds. People tame them for their sweet voice and they can talk
like human beings if they are trained.
The
game birds: there are many game birds in our country. They are famous
for their tasty flesh. The partridge, the dove, the pigeon, the snipe, the
bittern, the heron, the teal, and the duck are the most well-known game birds.
Birds
of prey: there are some birds of prey in our country. They are the vulture
and the hawk. They mainly live on flesh and fish. These birds have keen eyes
and sharp nails. They swoop down upon their prey. The vulture eats dead
animals.
The
tailor birds: There are some birds that built their nests with great skill.
We wonder about their work. They are called tailor birds. The swallow, the tuntuni, and the babui are tailor birds.
Migratory
birds: Many birds come from a foreign land in our country during autumn and
winter. They are also famous for their flesh. They increase the natural beauty
of our country for the time being.
Some
other birds: There are many
other common birds that we find here and there. We do not know the name of
many birds, but the woodpecker is a fine-looking bird. It makes a hole in the tree.
Pea-cock is also a beautiful bird. Crane and kingfisher are fish-eating birds, and owls and bats are called night birds as they are seen at night only.
Domestic
birds: the pigeon, the hen, the cock, and the duck are domestic birds. They provide us with flesh and eggs. Many
families in our country make poultry farms and earn a lot of money.
Conclusion:
Birds
are our natural wealth. They are helpful
and useful to us in many ways. They do many good for us. Birds eat many dirty
things and keep the environment clean. Therefore, we should not kill birds at
random and we should take proper care of them.
