Go birding in Taiwan

The gyro is a toy for many people in Taiwan But to be as unbelievable as they can It takes a lot of effort to practice Would you like to see these amazing performances on site? Come to Taiwan , and go to Sanxia ,New Taipei City)Matsu Temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLYazynm_1M

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The previous two articles have friends reflect me Read a lot of words is very hard ... Hmm ... this time I introduction it by the film & picture XDD This time we want to introduce is Ring-necked Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus ) . In the past farmland in Taiwan, Ring-necked Pheasant is not only a kind of bird very easy can see , but also a kind of chicken meat for add the source of "protein" at the Taiwan early age living in poverty . The sound of the birds, and the bright red face, bright body color , always let the people who have seen the indescribable impression ( many elders they are still remembered the amazing feeling when they were children they first time to see the Ring-neck pheasant ) . However, with the disappearance and fragmentation of the habitat of Taiwan's Ring-neck pheasant, the wild population of Taiwan's wild Ring-neck pheasant has been severely reduced, and is limited to the agricultural fields of Hualien, Taitung, Tainan and Ta...

The discovery of Swinhoe's Pheasant . Did you remember the discovery of Mikado pheasant ? Through two tail feather, identified as a new species How about Swinhoe's Pheasant, this so beautiful birds Does it have any special discovery ? Actually, as early as 1862 Mr.Swinhoe found it and in the report referred to it The Swinhoe's Pheasant is also Taiwan's endemic species of the first to attract the eyes of European and American naturalists . Why Swinhoe's Pheasant will be found earlier than Mikado Pheasant ? We can surmise by its living environment The living environment of the Swinhoe's Pheasant is distributed from low altitude 200 meters to the mid-high more than 2000 m At that time came to Taiwan's explorers, naturalists Also began to probe from the plains to low altitude hills Swinhoe become an overnight sensation after the Swinhoe's Pheasant was found, named . Many species in Taiwan , their Eng...

  Fog in the king, the discovery of Mikado pheasant - Behind the NT $ 1,000, there have print two birds What is that? I think your guess right !! We all know that is, Mikado pheasant the pair of the tail feathers  - This bird's discovery process, it can be said is quite legendary !!! People hear about the story is ：at that time, this bird is unknown and never found ( male ), but was identified as a new species through a pair of its tail feathers. This is a rare case - The stage of bird discovery in Taiwan can be broadly divided 3 period 1. European naturalist and other foreigners occasional adventure mentality period 2. Japanese naturalist to establish, and overall study of ornithological information period 3. Taiwanese researchers to make up for deficiencies - In the first period, the scope of the survey of those scholars mostly focus in the north and south of the plain& hills, or along the river or coast records it. No...