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Market trade is fuelling the killing of migratory birds in Northern China
Posted by eaafp on February 5, 2013Wildlife photographers and bird watchers gathered at the Beidagang Wetlands Nature Reserve in Tianjin last month were shocked to find a poisoned flock of Oriental White Storks, a protected…
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Ringed Red-crowned Cranes Observed in Haman, South Korea
Posted by eaafp on January 29, 2013Professor Lee Kisup (Dr. Lee Kisup) from South Korea reported on the meeting of Japanese (Red-crowned) cranes pair with white plastic rings 1K4 and 1K5 in paddy fields near…
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China Coastal Waterbird Census wins Ford Green Award
Posted by eaafp on January 29, 2013China lies at the centre of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, and vast numbers of migratory birds pass through the country every year on the journeys between their breeding and…
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Record number of Black-faced Spoonbill Birds Recorded in Census
Posted by eaafp on January 29, 2013There are a record high 1,628 black-faced spoonbill birds in Taiwan, according to an annual census, Taijiang National Park officials said Sunday. The census, part of a worldwide counting…
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Fewer Ponds in Candaba mean Fewer Migrant Birds
Posted by eaafp on January 29, 2013Even in perfect weather, a smaller number of migratory birds returned to the Candaba Swamp this time around, partly because farmers now grow rice on what used to be…
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Fewer Black-faced Spoonbills in town
Posted by eaafp on January 29, 2013An injured Black-faced spoonbill rests at Shenzhen Bay recently. Fewer Black-faced spoonbills than normal are spending the winter in Shenzhen this year, local Chinese-language media reported, citing bird-watchers. The…
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Rongcheng, Safe Haven for Swans
Posted by eaafp on January 22, 2013Thousands of swans winter in the coastal wetlands of Shandong each year, and every effort is exercised to make sure these migratory birds have a comfortable refuge. Han Bingbin…
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French Birdwatcher Calls for Bird Protection
Posted by eaafp on January 22, 2013Jonathan Martinez, a bird lover from France, was saddened by the sight of hundreds of illegal bird-catcher nets during a December trip to the Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong…
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Malaysia Not Out of Stork
Posted by eaafp on January 22, 2013An increasing number of visitors are flying into Malaysia, with their own wings. The country is now playing host to Asian openbill storks. The local birdwatching fraternity is all…
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Shorebird Trapping Threatens New Spoon-billed Sandpiper Wintering Site in China
Posted by eaafp on January 22, 2013Four Spoon-billed Sandpipers were found at Fucheng, near Leizhou, south-west Guangdong Province in December 2012. Together with several other recent sightings this record indicates that Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a…
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