5:45am. En route for a visit of the spectacular Kaliveli Lake. We encountered a roadblock and had to resort to a tight ride-share with Boomi and naturalist guide Shankar to access the wetlands. Flocks of Dalmatian Pelicans, egrets, heron, cormorants, painted ducks, flamingoes, along with dozens of other species make the critical watershed of Kaliveli Lake their winter sanctuary.