NICHE ALLOCATION & BEHAVIORAL NOTE OF BIRDS ON POND AND ITS SURROUNDINGS: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY FROM CLOSE POND AT RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY COLLEGE LOCALITY

This is a study of ethology & ethogram regarding fresh water birds across a water body named as 'College Pond' adjacent to our college locality.We generally noted behaviors in two sessions of a day (morning and evening sessions) for two seasons of a year (winter and spring season).Basically, we observed their niche specificity and their behaviors with counting time of each behavior and their frequency.For easier approach we used several short codes for each behavior and niche.By Focal animal sampling we proceeded our observations, mainly focused on bouting frequency of Intermediate Cormorant and their niche besides Pond Heron's and Kingfisher's behavior & niches preferred.