August 2, 2011
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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April 24, 2011
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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December 29, 2009
A Briton living in Vietnam indulges in his lifelong passion, birdwatching, and calls the country a birdersâ 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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September 23, 2009
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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September 11, 2009
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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August 8, 2009
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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May 7, 2009
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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April 19, 2009
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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February 21, 2009
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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February 8, 2009
People try to take back chicken of dubious origin meant for culling from a truck in Hanoiâs 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 Ninhâs [...]
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