A rare sighting in the Sahyadris, for the first time ever, has become a cause for celebration for the conservationists, who feel more people should be motivated into bird watching.

Maharashtra forest department officials, for the first time, spotted an Eurasian griffon vulture at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The vulture had a tag on its wing, which had been attached at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, they said. Ornithologist C Sasikumar had ringed the vulture after it was rescued and taken care of for a month or so last winter.