Posts Tagged ‘ The birds ’

Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

August 2, 2011
Dig good lookin' chicks? Cho Lach's the place 

  Taking care of baby chickens has become a service as the chicken business in Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta boomed  Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta’s Ben Tre Province has emerged in recent years as the premier destination for those looking to buy roosters for cockfights or chicken to raise as [...]

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Australian birds with cocky attitude 

April 24, 2011
Australian birds with cocky attitude 

A long-beaked Ibis bird looks for food scraps from a bin at Sydney's tourist precinct, Circular Quay. It’s not yet the Bodega Bay of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Birds", but winged creatures are increasingly becoming a concern for inhabitants of Australia’s biggest city. Large colonies of the white, long-beaked native ibis stalk the garbage bins of [...]

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A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

December 29, 2009
A bird in the bush is worth two in hand

A Briton living in Vietnam indulges in his lifelong passion, birdwatching, and calls the country a birders’ paradise.  Richard Craik (L) with American tourists Robert and Nancy Dean from Florida on a recentbirding tour in Da Lat in the Central Highlands. Richard and his Vietnam Birding tour company offersbirdwatching and cultural tours in Vietnam and [...]

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Poachers hit bird sanctuaries

September 23, 2009
Poachers hit bird sanctuaries

LookAtVietnam – Bird sanctuaries and stork gardens throughout the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have lost thousands of birds each year to poachers due to lax regulations. Arrested development: Cormorants are caught in a net by a poacher.The delta has dozens of sanctuaries scattered throughout Can Tho City, and the provinces of Dong Thap, Kien Giang, [...]

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Rare crane habitat under threat

September 11, 2009
Rare crane habitat under threat

LookAtVietnam – The red-headed crane, known by Vietnamese people under the popular name hac, is the symbol of strength, faithfulness and longevity. Vietnamese symbol: Red-headed cranes are a wonderful sight at the Tam Nong Bird Sanctuary in Dong Thap province.Listed in the World’s Red Book of Threatened Species, red-headed cranes flocked to Tam Nong Bird [...]

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The island of storks and night herons

August 8, 2009
The island of storks and night herons

Around 30km from Hai Duong city, Chi Lang Nam stork-night heron island occupies the middle of 4ha An Duong Lake.  While other stork gardens like Lang Giang in Bac Giang province and Lap Thach in Vinh Phuc province are owned by individuals and facing difficulties in preservation, the stork island in Chi Lang Nam district, [...]

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Houses with bird nests up for sale

May 7, 2009
Houses with bird nests up for sale

VietNamNet Bridge – An advertisement which says a house in HCM City with swift nests is for sale has caught people’s attention. Swift nest is priced at VND27-54mil, or $1,500-3,000/kg on the market. The salanganes’  house in Go Cong town in Tien Giang provinceAs the demand for real estate has been decreasing due to the [...]

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Farmer shelters flock of 10,000 storks

April 19, 2009
Farmer shelters flock of 10,000 storks

Farmer Nguyen Van Ky takes a look at his wild boars. VietNamNet Bridge – Trung Hieu joins a HCM City farmer, who has set aside half his garden as a shelter for storks, to watch the birds take flight.His family may be teetering on the edge of poverty, but 67-year-old Nguyen Van Ky has given [...]

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Farmer provides safe shelter for storks

February 21, 2009
Farmer provides safe shelter for storks

LookAtVietnam – Three years ago, farmer Dinh Van Hoe of Giao Ha Village in Nam Dinh Province, 160km south of Ha Noi, woke up one morning to find the green leaves of his bonsai farm had been replaced by the white feathers of a thousand storks. Birds of a feather: Dinh Van Hoe’s farm has [...]

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Quang Ninh woman suspected of contracting bird flu

February 8, 2009
Quang Ninh woman suspected of contracting bird flu

People try to take back chicken of dubious origin meant for culling from a truck in Hanoi’s Thuong Tin District on Thursday A 23-year-old woman is suspected of contracting the H5N1 strain of bird flu after suffering severe respiratory problems in northern Quang Ninh Province Saturday, health officials said. Ly Tai Mui of Quang Ninh’s [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...