(NP): 500 crows attend....Guinness record-holder proves his cawing mettle at crow conference

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*Yesterday the 2nd crow conference was organised in Kathmandu, celebrating

Kag Puja, the first of a row of pujas in Tihar (or Dipawali). Last year only

150 crows attended, this year some 500 signed up...*

 

 

*Guinness record-holder proves his cawing mettle at crow conference*

*Himalayan News Service* Lalitpur, October 26:

 

Coinciding with Kag Tihar, Gautam Sapkota today surprised hundreds of people

by gathering a large number of crows over in the sky by cawing in Balkumari.

 

" I could call only around 500 crows. I was expecting some more crows but it

couldn't materialise because of unmanaged crowd and my poor health, " Sapkota

said after the 2nd Crow Conference. He also said that it was a difficult job

to caw continuously for two hours. " This is the first time that I cawed for

such a long time. I am feeling dizzy, " the bird-man from Hetauda said.

Gautam holds a Guinness World Record for calling more than 150 birds at a

time. He can mimic more than fifty birds from parrot to endangered female

ostrich.

 

Last year, too, Gautam had managed to call hundreds of crows in Ratnapark.

" Though I couldn't call the expected number of crows today, I would very

soon call more crows. "

 

 

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Lucia de Vries

Freelance Journalist

Bagdol, Patan, Nepal

Wijk 4-47, 8321 GE Urk, Holland