part 1
Noah Strycker, a writer of National Geographic magazine and a US birdwatching celebrity, visited Taiwan in 2015 and recorded 118 species of birds, 25 of which are endemic to Taiwan. He was the eBird bird database of the year. Uploading more than 6,000 species of birds, ranking first in the world. In just three days, he was able to see so many kinds of birds in Taiwan, relying on bird familiarity with bird habits.
On the boulevard next to the Shimen Reservoir, the bird-watching group from Singapore followed the footsteps of Hong Guanjie, and the sound of the "Quie-Quin--" sounded from the left and right, and every commotion and bird song between the trees was drawn. Telescope and cannon camera on the hands of the members. In front of a blue shadow, everyone whispered, the Taiwan blue dragonfly with bright blue feathers flew to the branches. The member Jenny pointed out with his chin that Hong Guanjie said: "Singapore bird watching circle said that in Taiwan He is the best (he is the best), come to Taiwan to find him."
The island has the advantage of easy bird watching
Hong Guanjie came back from the "American Birding Expo" the day before, and his left hand still had the temporary twilight of the emperor's appearance. I will be engaged in bird guides. On the one hand, I can continue the interest in bird watching. On the other hand, I want to gamble. "I am studying biology, and I want to do things for 20 or 30 years." After graduating from the Institute of Science, he worked in a bird conservation group such as the China Bird Club. The first time he took a bird-watching tour. The British friends who came from the class wanted to come to Taiwan to watch birds. After the industry knew that he could bring birds, he was referred. Related opportunities have been done intermittently since 2008 and have been in existence for ten years.
The yellow tit is a conservation-type resident bird.
Taiwan is one of the nine migratory bird migration lines in the world. The middle distance station of the East Asia-Australia migration line can simultaneously see the birds in the Middle Ancient and Eastern Oceans of the eight biogeographic regions. There are more than 27 kinds of endemic species that can only be seen in Taiwan. It is a bird-watching paradise for international birds.
At present, bird-watching guests coming to Taiwan have a special bird-watching who stays for 5 to 12 days, and there are also short-day business or cruise tourists for half a day to two days. For international bird watchers, Taiwan's advantage is that it can go up to the sea in just a few hours, and the chances of witnessing rare birds are extremely high. "In addition to the winter trees in Taiwan, you can see 25 days in general." There are only 23, 24 species of endemic species." Hong Guanjie said that if you are lucky, you can see 26 endemic species in the Snowy Mountains. The other one is Wudang Weng, which is only distributed in the southeastern part of Taiwan. "But the appearance of birds is unpredictable. Sometimes two people are separated by ten minutes, and they see different things." He said that the demand for bird watching has always been there, but there is pressure on the group, so there are not many people doing it. He had encountered bad weather in the outer islands. Some people didn't see the birds and they looked at them. They also over-required the quality of the meal and exceeded the budget.
The members searched for the blue dragonfly in Taiwan on the boulevard next to the Shimen Reservoir.
The van was driving slowly around the reservoir, and Hong Guanjie shook the window to find the birds and the buzz. The car stopped at a high place, and the pedestrian walked down the sidewalk, leaving only a ring of humming around. He looked at the time. "It's two and a half in the afternoon. It's not a good time for bird watching. I only hear the sound of the cymbal and I don't hear the bird's voice." It took about ten minutes to walk. Everyone stopped at Xizhou Park on the roadside. Down, hundreds of red-billed black crickets were noisy in the woods. "The advantage of bird watching in Taiwan is that there is no malaria, and there is no need to absorb blood from the water." Thanks to the intensive transportation network, there is no need to travel long distances and go on the path to watch birds. "The traffic is too exaggerated, the roadside is I can watch birds."
Entering the boundaries of nature
One of the trips was to participate in the "2018 Alishan Love Story International Bird Watching Competition", "But Zhi is not winning," Jenny took out his mobile phone and pulled out the photo of the fire crown Dai Ju, staring at its short fat body. Meng, excitedly said: "If I find Flamecrest (fire crown Dai Ju), no matter how much time I spend, I have to chase!" She said that the benefits of finding a local bird guide can shorten the time for finding a bird, fingers She slipped through a picture of a bird and she was looking forward to it.
Among the members of the group, there are pictures for fun, and there are also simple bird watching. Hong Guanjie said: "The difference is that the time and distance requirements, bird watching may be enough, but the camera may be close to 5 meters, some people will need the bird to come out several times to get the perfect photo. Because photography has high requirements on the time and distance of birds, the interference is relatively strong."
The behavior of disturbing birds should be echoed, fed and landscaped to photograph. Some photographers use the playback method of playing bird sounds to induce birds to appear, and related ethical issues often cause controversy. "Excessive interference will affect the life of birds. If I use the rebroadcast, a place will not be broadcast for more than three minutes, and the volume will not be too big. If the bird does not come out, it will stop." The other is feeding, "There is When you sprinkle a piece of soil on the ground at a specific feeding point or make a sound from a plastic bag, the target bird will think that you are going to feed it and approach it." Hong Guanjie said that most photographers in Taiwan only target the specific bird species for feeding. It does not provide clean and healthy food in a safe environment for a long time.
"to be continued in the next part"