Ramadevara Betta in Ramanagara is home to the critically endangered longbilled vulture. But tourism and widlife photography seem to be doing a lot of harm to the region’s birdlife. The Forest Department’s recent announcement to turn the area into a vulture sanctuary could help. While on our way to Bandipur one sunny morning, we decided to visit Ramadevara Betta in Ramanagara to see the critically endangered longbilled vultures. As we always do, we climbed up to the top of the hillock facing the cliff where the vultures were nesting and sat with our binoculars glued to our eyes watching the birds busily arranging the bedding material of their nests.