Go birding in Taiwan

Swimming in the train?  Taipei turns metro car into pool for Universiade 2017 (CNN) —  Don't be alarmed if fellow passengers start stripping off aboard a metro train in Taipei. Chances are they think they've found a swimming pool inside the carriage. To celebrate being the host city of the upcoming Universiade 2017 -- the Olympics for international university athletes -- the Taiwanese capital has transformed a six-car train into six different sports venues -- a running track, a soccer pitch, a baseball field, a basketball pitch, a field for throwing sports and a swimming pool. http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/taipei-metro-universiade-3d-swimming-pool/index.html

Malayan Night Heron （Gorsachius melanolophus） From the English name " Malayan Night Heron " we can surmise they are mainly distributed in Malaysia and the Indo-China peninsula, but now those areas are not easy to see ( seems very diffcult ) In Taiwan, there are few fixed groups in central and southern hill area. Twenty or three years ago, the Malayan Night Heron in Taiwan, the amount of rare groups, in the bird guide book is belong "rare resident" level . And their activiti es almost under forest in the hill , is not easy to observe. But We do not know why, more than a decade, the Malayan Night Heron's population gradually to the north expansion, and seems to have begun to adapt to the city environment, so in the major campuses, botanical gardens, parks and other urban green places are also more common. The original rare birds, now is the major birds on the lawn of the parks. Breeding period of 3 to 9 months, during the courtship  male will be sta...

Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) Rare resident become common I heard a dozen years ago, quite rare, to a specific area have the opportunity to see  The original habitat in the plains and rivers around, in recent years more and more individuals , are very adapted to the roof of the building in the town habitat and breeding, When the evening began they start to foraging, late night will change the way to wait for beetles, moths fly near than eaten them .The researcher guess the use of urban night light to foraging.

Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis) The Chinese name for the bird means "five-colored bird" ( traditional Chinese: 五色鳥; pinyin: wuseniao), referring to the five colors on its plumage. According to the results of their study in Taipei Botanical Garden Their breeding season is from March to August Within the range of 8.2 hectares of the Taipei Botanical Garden, 12 trees have nest holes. The task seems to be entirely by the male. Each monkey about 3 to 4 eggs, eggs slightly oval, white no spots. Male and female in rotation hatching. Only an average of 58.2% of the time during the day there are birds hatched eggs, male hatchery more time than the female, but the female will stay in the hole Eggs hatching rate of 53.5%, chicks 13 to 15 days hatched. After the chicks hatch by the birds stub responsible for brooding, young chicks need about 23 to 29 days away from the nest