[OB] video on Chinese Crested Tern restoration
Dear friends,
Here is a short video for your Christmas and New Year holidays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMU407gLXF0
A link of the same video for those who live in China:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODU0MDU0NjE2.html
it was done by two intern students (Andy Lee and Banson Leung) from the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (Hong Kong). They stayed on the island with me from 12 to 28 June 2014 (and have not caused too much trouble….)
Hope 2015 will be another good year for the Chinese Crested Tern. How about seeing some colour-flagged individuals in eastern Indonesia this time next year?
This project has been possible through the generous support of the Xiangshan Ocean and Fishery Bureau, the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, the Japan Fund for Global Environment, the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (Hong Kong), the Hong Kong Bird watching Society, the Wild Bird Society of Zhejiang, the team from Oregon State University and BirdLife International Preventing Extinctions Programme supporter - Mark Constantine. The Ocean and Fishery Bureau and Natural History Museum also provided significant logistical support there that helped make the project such a resounding success. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (Wildlife Without Borders) supported the project by providing decoys and playback equipment needed for social attraction. And we are still looking for support to ensure the continual success of this project. I hope this will be another Asian conservation success as what we have done to bring back the Black-faced Spoonbill.
With my best wishes for another great year.
Simba Chan
BirdLife International