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Karachi’s changing skies: From songbirds to scavengers

Once filled with melodies of sparrows and mynas, the city’s mornings are now ruled by kites—scavenger birds thriving on waste

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Karachi’s mornings, once filled with the melodic calls of sparrows and mynas, are now dominated by the flight of kites cutting through the skies.

Nukta's Correspondent Shayan Saleem explores how these scavenger birds, thriving on the city’s growing waste, are contributing to environmental imbalance and an increase in bird strikes with airplanes.

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