Subject: 驚人的黑臉琵鷺秋天遷徙 Amazing Autumn Migration of BFS [Print This Page] Author: HKBWS Tung Time: 18/10/2013 14:58 Subject: 驚人的黑臉琵鷺秋天遷徙 Amazing Autumn Migration of BFS
Information provided by Dr Lee Ki-sup, Waterbird Network Korea
"Dear all BFSpoonbill lovers
I just received the coordinate data of E44 which flew to Yancheong, China at 14th Oct.
E44 did not stay the night, but it flew to Taiwan over night, and it has arrivedat Jiangjun, Taiwan at Oct.15th, 14:00 . I was surprised because E44 had flown so fast with non-stop. It did not stay the night in China. It just flew over 1,800km from Korea to Taiwan during 30 hours. The average speed was 60km /h during the night when it was passing through the coast of China. But the average speed increased up to 80 km/h for 6 hours when it passing over the East China Sea from Zhejiang to Taiwan. It was amazing speed ! I wonder the weather and wind direction was perfect for the migration. I heard many BFSpoonbills arrived on Chigu main wintering sites in just few days before. E44 is now on Tucheng, Annan district, Tainan.
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