{"id":2729,"date":"2013-07-09T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:54:38","slug":"participant-profile-hiren-b-soni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/2013\/07\/09\/participant-profile-hiren-b-soni\/","title":{"rendered":"Participant Profile: Hiren B. Soni"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hiren<\/a>Where do you live?<\/em>
\nI live in Anand, Gujarat.
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\nWhen did you start watching birds?<\/em>
\nI have been birding actively since 1997.<\/p>\n

Who would you consider your birding mentor?<\/em>
\nI learnt a lot about birdwatching from Dr. Justus Joshua, Director, Green Future Foundation, Udaipur, Rajasthan. He is a great naturalist.
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\nPlease describe a memorable birding experience.<\/em>
\nMy most memorable birding experience was birdwatching in and around Kutch, Gujarat. The area has a variety of habitats and ecosystems, and hence a great diversity of birds.<\/p>\n

What are your favourite migrants?<\/em>
\nMy favourite migrant birds are flamingos.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite place to watch migrants?<\/em>
\nI especially like to visit Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary<\/a> (Gujarat) to watch migratory birds.
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\nDo you have any advice for beginning birdwatchers and naturalists?<\/em>
\nMy advice for beginners is: “Have passion and patience…always!”<\/p>\n

Why do you think people should care about birds and nature?<\/em>
\nWe should be concerned about birds because I believe they are the inter-linking elements between humans and nature.<\/p>\n

Is there any other information that you’d like to share with MigrantWatchers?<\/em>
\nI maintain a blog<\/a> that focuses on the biodiversity of Gujarat.\u00a0 It has some very useful links for people who are interested in nature.<\/p>\n

You can see Hiren B. Soni\u2019s MigrantWatch contributions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where do you live? I live in Anand, Gujarat. When did you start watching birds? I have been birding actively since 1997. Who would you consider your birding mentor? I learnt a lot about birdwatching from Dr. Justus Joshua, Director, Green Future Foundation, Udaipur, Rajasthan. He is a great naturalist. Please describe a memorable birding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[69,73],"class_list":["post-2729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-participant-profile","tag-gujarat","tag-hiren-b-soni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2747,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729\/revisions\/2747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrantwatch.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}