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| Unser Führer durch die Natur |
| Vögel der Phang Nga Bay |
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In der Phang Nga Bay gibt es so viele interessante Vogelarten, dass wir hier gar nicht alle aufzählen (Beschreibung in Englisch) können. Wir zeigen hier eine kleine Auswahl. SeaCanoe versucht Vögeln zu helfen (wie auch im oberen Bild zu sehen), so wie wir dasauch schon in der Vergangenheit oft getan haben. Wenn Sie wissen Vögel in Not sind,teilen Sie uns das bitte mit. Besonders auf unseren abendlichen Sonnenuntergangs-Touren kommt es oft zu Begegnungen mit Weißbauch-Seeadlern oder Bramanischen Milan. |
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Birds of Prey are "Raptors"
Common yet dramatic, the Bramany Kite
is one of Phang Nga Bay's most popular
wildlife. Enjoy their aerial display!
Despite Man's accomplishment's
of flight, raptors remain the World's best
aviators. If you are alert, you can watch
these adept aviators maneuver so closeyou can sometimes hear them fly. Like all members of the raptor family,
Bramany kites use their excellent
eyesight and soaring abilities to hunt
small baitfish dumb enough to play on
the water's surface.
Since raptors are both predators
and scavengers, they follow our escort
boat and give you a wonderful show
when they dive for chicken skin. It is
not good policy to feed wildlife, so we
spent three years educating locals not
to capture these birds before we started
feeding them. We are also careful to
keep them from depending on our food.
Because of illegal over -fishing,
Phang Nga's baitfish population is
declining. Bramany kites then turn to
human rubbish, a dangerous trend. |
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 The White-Belly ranges through South- East Asia's marine environments. Since White-Bellies can reach a 2-meter wingspan, you might think a Bramany. Wrong! A favorite White- Belly pastime is to sit on a cliff and wait for a Bramany to take a fish, then steal a meal. Despite the kite's evasive tumbles and spins, the eagle always takes the Bramany meal on the first mid-flight try-no contest.
Female raptors are bigger than males. Since White-Bellies only lay 2 eggs per year, a mated pair builds their three-meter nest in a tree-top, hopefully high enough to prevent raids.
It doesn't always work. The White
Belly's greatest threats are nest raiding
and habitat loss -both Man-made problems.
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| Pazifischer Riff-Reiher |
This fearsome predator (if you are an anchovy!) is cautiously unafraid of people. You will see them perched on waterline rocks everywhere. They usually fly when you are five meters out, putting on an aerial display with their tight turns.
If birds are related to dinosaurs, the Pacific Reef Egret is the missing link.
Check out the egret's lines as it flies. Does lit remind you of a flying dinosauer? The egret on the right lives at the Bat Cave. You might recognize the rock. During tidol changes, the bird takes its strategic position and waits for fish caught in the currents. Since the egret dives on its prey like a kingfisher, it's beak and neck are adapted to literally "shoot fish in a barrel."
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Kingfishers (Halcyon...) |
 Kingfishers are regarded as nervous birds, but we know locations in Thailand where we can paddle right up to them. Here in Phang Nga, kingfishers are cautious about people, but if you are quiet, you can get close enough to our kingfishers to make eye contact. Kingfishers hang out in the shade on
branches within five meters of the water. When you see one, stop paddling, drift motionless for a moment, thenslowly paddle towards the bird. Guaranteed it's watching you, so try not to move or talk. Before the bird flies, it will probably bounce its head several times. Back up a meter and the bird may not fly. (Most times when that head starts moving, it's to late already.)
The Brown-winged Kingfisher (Halcyou amauroptera) on the right was 
photographed at home in Koh Hong. You might see it to the right when you
enter the Double Hong. If so, say hello.
The brown-winged kingfisher is a resident (lives here year-round), but other kingfishers can be migratory.' Similar to Phang Nga's Collared Kingfisher (Halcyon chloris), the kingfisher below 1.5 meters, but never flew away.
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