mcaribou
Migration coming
winter to Minjiang(Nov-Mar) and spring(Apr-May) and autumn(Aug-Oct) to Rudong.
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Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter rockfowl
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winter to Minjiang(Nov-Mar) and spring(Apr-May) and autumn(Aug-Oct) to Rudong.
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Considering the incredibly small numbers involved, some bad news from Chukotka - http://sbsproject.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/420/
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The_Partridge
Well-known member
how do you stabilise a population by taking the birds' eggs ?
unless there is 100% replacement by second brood, which isn't going to happen, taking the birds' eggs is only going to precipitate the impending extinction in the wild
the problem with this 'solution' is that it gives people carte blanche to continue destroying wild bird populations as they'll be able to rely on those nice well-meaning scientists in dear old Blighty to step in at the last minute and rescue the future of the species(plural) by maintaining some remnant populations in some nice fenced-in duckpond in Gloucestershire
sad as it is to say so, I think we need the wake-up call to happen
just hope those people who are really bothered about seeing these birds before they disappear, connect with them, and don't get caught out by Slender-billed Curlew style "oh they'll be there next year" naivety
Roman Abramovitch is Governor of Chukotka isn't he. If he only sold just one of his three 'superyachts' and put the money into saving SBS he could probably save the future of the species (at least for a human generation or two) and it might actually be more entertaining for him than sitting there looking bored out of his mind while 50 million pounds of Fernando Torres fails to score yet again...
KFC
Ken Tucker
Latest from Chukotka... gripping and emotional reading. I have everything crossed.
http://sbsproject.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/and-then-there-were-17-11-july-2011/
Ken
http://sbsproject.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/and-then-there-were-17-11-july-2011/
Ken
Terry Townshend
Regular vagrant
Having read the justification for this project (see British Birds July or listen to Charlie Moore's Talking Naturally Podcast with Dr Debbie Pain of WWT), I am completely convinced that that this 'conservation breeding programme' is worth a go. Given the incredibly low survival rate of young SBS in the wild, the impact of this project on the wild population is likely to be very small (estimated to be around 1 per cent of adult birds against a current annual decline of around 26 per cent). I have everything crossed that it is a success. Good luck to all involved.
flossiepip
Well-known member
What a change to have some good news. We should all just say a quick prayer and thank those who put in so much hard work.
mcaribou
Migration coming
Today in Rudong Dong went to the west side of the harbor and saw 6 br Spooner.
I went to the east side and saw 6 or 7,with only one br plumage.The others were in heavy moult.I saw one with one outermost primary,and the other with four outermost primaries(last week there were also a few with four or five outermost primaries.)
I think this means two groups of Spooner arrive here in different timing.The one arrived earlier has earlier moult.
I went to the east side and saw 6 or 7,with only one br plumage.The others were in heavy moult.I saw one with one outermost primary,and the other with four outermost primaries(last week there were also a few with four or five outermost primaries.)
I think this means two groups of Spooner arrive here in different timing.The one arrived earlier has earlier moult.
KFC
Ken Tucker
Hope that's not a result of banding/flagging. I do worry about these precious birds carrying too much leg jewelry.
McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
Have something handy to mop the drool up with before you click the link!
http://www.shwbs.org/swb/read.php?tid=6230
McM
http://www.shwbs.org/swb/read.php?tid=6230
McM
mcaribou
Migration coming
Visited some coastal sites from south Shandong to Jiangsu but it looks that Rudong in the whole Jiangsu Province holds the biggest hope for Spooner.
to McM:
in Yangkou town there're many photographers who bring some disturbance to our survey and now we are trying more on other sites in Rudong county which hold better habitats than Yangkou.
to McM:
in Yangkou town there're many photographers who bring some disturbance to our survey and now we are trying more on other sites in Rudong county which hold better habitats than Yangkou.
