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The lake shore is crowded with the feeding and roosting, tired and weary cranes that have chosen to visit India for her hospitable winter climes. India welcomes these Cranes from across the Himaaya each winter! Khichan village lake with wild Demoiselle Crane birds in Rajasthan on 2 Jan 2023 Kind Indian villagers feed these wild Demoiselle Cranes in Rajasthan, birds have been visiting for centuries Thousands of wild Cranes band together to get fed by villages in western India! What a beautiful cacophony of crane calls! Turn up speakers and listen to Khichan Demoiselle Cranes. What a heart-warming sight to see wild Demoiselle Cranes crowd into an Indian village yard to consumer 1800 kilograms of grain that is laid out for them to eat, each day. These Cranes fly all the way from Mongolia, ac
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