The first rain of the monsoon makes the park come alive. Thousands of egrets, storks, darters, ibises, herons, spoonbills, jacanas and other birds get busy courting, mating and nesting. While the nesting enterprises are dominant on the trees, isolated pairs of saras cranes raise heaps of vegetation, truncate the mound and make a shallow depression to hold two chalky white eggs. The pair dances, mates and shares responsibilities of raising its brood. The most prominent water-fowl coming to this park are barheaded and greylag geese.
Ducks also create a lot of fluttering in the lakes.
The ducks usually found here are pintail, widgeon, common shelduck, ruddy shelduck, shoveler, garganey, teal, green winged teal, mallard, pochard etc. They all form the apex of the biological pyramid of the sanctuary and complete the avian food chain of the ecosystem. There are large herds of nilgai, chital, wild boar and feral cows, in addition to a few herds of sambar. Name Keoladeo National Park 2. Location Bharatpur 3.