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Black-faced Spoonbills were seen in Changle
Municipality, Fujian Province
(Text by Qian Fawen, Liu Bofeng, Zhang Guogang, Yang Zhonglan)
Two black-faced spoonbills were seen in Tangtou Town at Minjiang
Estuary ( 26o01.757'N,
119o37.573'E),
on 1 March 2003 at 9:10am, when Fujian Forestry Department and National
Bird-ringing Centre were carrying out a waterbird survey at the costal
area of Changle Municipality, Fujian Province. The tide was high
when the survey took place, and the black-faced spoonbills rested
at the not-yet-flooded mudflat. Minjiang Estuary situates at South
Asia tropic, with warm climate and abundant food in low beach. Each
year during the migratory period, thousands of waterbirds winter
or rest here. This survey also discovered 3 White Pelicans, about
10,000wild geese and ducks include Green-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon,
Spotbill Duck and Mallard; and also 5,000 plovers and curlews like
Eurasian Curlew, Dunlin, Rufous-necked Sandpiper, Kentish Plover
and Black-bellied Plover!COn the other hands, a flock of about 1,000
Swan Geese Anas cygnoides was discovered in Wenling Town at Minjiang
Estuary on 8 January 2003. The Fujian provincial government is now
planning to designate this area as a nature reserve to enhance conservation
work.
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