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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Conservation 自然保育 >>  Dead Marsh Sandpipers found at Tsim Bei Tsui
        
(Message started by: Koel_Ko on Apr 12^th, 2004, 8:54pm)

Title: Dead Marsh Sandpipers found at Tsim Bei Tsui
Post by Koel_Ko on Apr 12^th, 2004, 8:54pm

We visited Tsim Bei Tsui on 11.4.04 and found the following Marsh Sandpipers on the road between the post marked 958 and 959, possibly poisoned to death. They were found after 4 and was not there when we went past the spot earlier.
On the same trip we had two Long-toed Stints and more than 20 Yellow Wagtails in breeding plumage.

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL264/2073128/4021043/50828775.jpg

http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL264/2073128/4021043/50828769.jpg

:'(

We observed that this case might arise from pesticide or herbicide poisioning, similar to that noted from Long Valley earlier. We hope that the scale would not grow out of control.

Title: Re: Dead Marsh Sandpipers found at Tsim Bei Tsui
Post by Karl on Apr 12^th, 2004, 9:18pm

Koel,

Were they all lying on the mudflat or the access road? I just wonder why shorebirds would be there on the road...

Title: Re: Dead Marsh Sandpipers found at Tsim Bei Tsui
Post by Koel_Ko on Apr 15^th, 2004, 6:47pm

They are all along the access road, and all looked so fresh they almost could spring back to life again.. :'(
That was a day of high tide and some of the access path was flooded. No pond as far as we could see was dry enough to attract wader flocks.