mchristine

Vow!!! May I know whereabout in Mai Po did you see it?

mchristine

I asked AFCD staff the whereabout of the python in Mai Po last Sunday.  They were very kind and helpful and told me in details of what have been reported by Bill and some other English speaking visitors.  I felt that AFCD staff welcome the idea of us reporting special creatures to them for record keeping, for answering enquiries and for their own interest both as nature workers and nature lovers.  The privilege of seeing such special creature did not come to me last Sunday, otherwise I would have been the lucky one to report the scene to AFCD staff.

[ Last edited by mchristine at 24/05/2011 17:01 ]

mchristine

Dear Katherine,

Thank you for the information.  In fact, I have first asked a couple of WWF staff the whereabout of the python on Sunday.  They said that they had no idea and advised me to ask the AFCD staff in the small cottage just outside the AFCD path. Other birders said that I should call Bill to get the exact location.  Unfortunately I did not have Bill's mobile. I then asked the AFCD staff in the cottage whilst I sought their computer service to sign in my Mai Po card.  Both staff sitting there could share with me enthusiastically the whereabout of the phyton and its show up history in details.  I don't know whether AFCD keep any database.  I would say that the two AFCD staff who responded to my questions acted like human data base.  

Now I understand that in fact WWF has a professional database for wildlife in Mai Po.  I would suggest all WWF staff to be made aware of it so as to equip them the knowledge to answer enquiries from visitors.  Or they may know they can retrieve the answer from a database somewhere in their office.

I have no doubt that both WWF and AFCD are professional nature workers who are willing to help.  I would defintely report the finding to both organisations if I have any luck to sight any special creature in Mai Po like lucky Bill did.

[ Last edited by mchristine at 25/05/2011 13:37 ]