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A new site for Black-faced Spoonbills
« on: Feb 20th, 2004, 9:02pm » |
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A message from Dr Wen at the Oriental Bird Club e-mail group for members' reference. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xianji Wen" <orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:23 AM Subject: A new site for Black-faced Spoonbills > Dear All, > > Twelve Black-faced Spoonbills and one European Spoonbill were seen in > Funing Bay, Xiapu County, Fujian Province, China in mid-February, > 2004, reported by staff of Fujian Forestry Department. The coordinate > of the site is 26$)G"x53'40'' N, 20"x03'27'' E. The Black-faced spoonbills > was first seen in the site in 26 January 2004, and confirmed in both > 13th and 15th February 2004. In addition, some 2,000 Coots and many > gulls were also seen in the site. For more information, please visit > the website: http://www.wwf.org.hk/chi/maipo/updates/index.html > > Best regards, > > Xianji Wen > WWF Hong Kong >
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