Subject: Fwd: bird watching or research
Date: Nov 25 10:45:16 2002
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at ups.edu


I thought this was worth passing on - a message from a country that
one usually doesn't think of as a birding destination. Sounds
fabulous.

>From: "zhaojinsheng" <jinshengzhao at sohu.com>
>Subject: bird watching or research
>To: dpaulson at ups.edu
>Reply-To: siberiancrane at 163.net
>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:32:27 +0800
>X-Priority: 3
>Status:
>
>Dear all??
>
> This is zhaojinsheng,I am experience and keen Birdwatchers since I
>work in poyang lake nature reserve for fifteen years.I am in charge
>of tourist and research,also is manager of The BIRD-WATCHING TRAVEL
>SERVICE OFFICE of Jiangxi Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve .
>
> Poyang Lake is located at
>28??20??-29??50??N,115??50??-116??45??E,in the middle reaches of the
>Yangtze River in southern China.Poyang Lake is one of most important
>wetlands in world,and It is a largest bird-wintering in asia for
>canes,geese,ducks,swan and other waterbirds.with wild wetland,clean
>water,fine grass,beautiful flowers and the abundant resources of
>fishes,shrimp,snails,clams,and unfrozen water areas,Poyang Lake
>National nature reserve is anideal wintering place for white
>siberian crane,stork,swan and other species of rare birds.more than
>313 species of birds have been observed in the reserve,there are 122
>species wintering birds in here,among which 54 species are listed by
>the state as natinoal ??????
>degree protected birds.total number of the birds in the reserve
>reaches300,000.
>
> More than 95% of white siberian cranes,60% of white-naped
>crane,80% oriental white stork ,over 30,000 swan goose,over25,000
>tundra swan in the world spend winter at Poyang Lake.so that it is
>called ??the kingdom of birds??and??the second Great Wall of China
>??.prince Philip,u.k.Queen??s husband,prince Henrik, husband of the
>Queen of Denmark and many famous experts at home and abroad have
>come to watch and study siberian cranes.Poyang Lake Nature Reserve
>is considered to be a windows for Jiangxi??s foreign exchange,a base
>for studying cranes,a classroom for ecological education and a
>famous resort for ecological tourism.
> Located in a subtropical wet monsoon climate,Poyang Lake covers
>an area of 5624km2during the summer rainy season,and is the largest
>freshwater lake in China.water levels drop as much as 15 meters
>during the water dry season(October to March),so that the lake
>shrinks to an area of 500km2.this seasonal through early spring
>period,creating ideal conditions for tens of thousands of waterbirds
>migrating south from vast areas of siberia,mongolia,and northern
>China.
>
> The period for bird watching:from the middle of october to the
>beginning of next match.you??d better stay 4-5 days at Poyang Lake
>Nature Reserve,we pledge that you may see the great block of
>siberian cranes.
>
> We have built a new hotel for bird-watching??s foreign
>guest,there are fiveteen double room and one single room,include air
>conditioning,a shower(electric machine),a telephone and TV in each
>room.
> If you should come to PoyangLake for bird watching,Please report
>the details(when?how many people?how long?which aeroplane?et.) to
>us,
>e-mail:siberiancrane at 163.net TEL:+86-0791-3856873,13979215985 .We
>may plane an order rooms to you,also,we are going to see you at
>airport of Nangchang city.
> We can help you when you want to see chinese merganser(mergus
>squamatus),Mandarin Duck(Aix galericulata),golded
>pheasant(chrysolophus pictus),silver pheasant(lophura nycthemera) at
>other place of Jiangxi province.
> You??re welcome to Reserve!


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