{"id":9679,"date":"2013-08-04T21:28:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2013-08-05T01:38:38","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T16:38:38","slug":"summer-camp-birds-migration-and-saving-spoonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=9679","title":{"rendered":"Summer Camp: Birds, Migration, and Saving Spoonies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Jason Loghry, August 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week at Obang Elementary School in Gimhae we enjoyed a four day camp learning about birds, birding, and conservation. <\/p>\n

Our students learned why so many people around the world enjoy birds and birding. We studied some birding basics starting with how to describe what we see. <\/p>\n

Students were given hand-made field journals and asked to examine posters of different species in different habitat and write a short description. These species included some of the threatened species found in this region. It was a chance for them to practice using a second language (English<\/em>) and explore their creative side with nature drawing.<\/p>\n

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We talked a lot about migration, flyways, and the boundless journey of many short distant and long distant migrants. Students focused on species of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway<\/a> and learned about many of the threats they face in the Yellow Sea region.<\/p>\n

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On days three and four, we dedicated our time to our favorite species, the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>. Knowing this species has reached this critical point, all of us are inspired to help in some way. Some students designed postcards with some fantastic drawings of Spoonies and wrote notes with one main message, Together, Let’s Save Spoonies<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n

These postcards will be sent to students of different countries on the flyway. We’re hoping to start a correspondence about conservation issues so maybe later we can team up and do some projects to help endangered species, like Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>. (Very special thanks to Ms Vivian Fu of the Hong Kong Birdwatching Society<\/a> for helping to make this happen!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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\"postcard<\/a>Postcards were written carefully in both English and Korean.<\/center><\/p>\n

 
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\nSome students teamed up and recorded a short video that we hope can later be used to help promote awareness for saving Spoonies and tidal flats in the ROK.<\/p>\n

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\"writing<\/a>They wrote a script for their recordings with a continued theme of Together, Let’s Save Spoonies<\/em>.<\/center><\/p>\n

 
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\nAnd finally, a very special note written by Kong Sung Won<\/strong> (Grade 6) about our camp and conservation:<\/p>\n

In Korean: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For 3 days I have learned about birds. Still, I don\u2019t know about birds perfectly. But I remember many birds like Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>, Scaly-sided Merganser<\/strong>, Swinhoe\u2019s Storm-petrel<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

The most memorable bird is the Black-faced Spoonbill<\/strong>, which is a bit unique and impressive compared to other birds. When I first heard the Korean name of Scaly-sided Merganser<\/strong>, \u201cHosabi Ori\u201d, I thought it was pronounced \u201cHoswabi\u201d, which means scarecrow. Then I realized it was Hosabi, so I was a little embarrassed. This bird seems a little scary but cute at the same time. I don\u2019t exactly remember the appearance of Swinhoe\u2019s Storm-petrel<\/strong>, however I remember most of the birds from writing in our field journals.<\/p>\n

Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong> was one of my favorite birds to learn about last year at camp. Now, in the sixth grade, I\u2019d like to protect the Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>. When I joined this English camp again, I wondered what we would do. This year, I learned Spoon-billed Sandpipers<\/strong> have decreased from more than 200 pairs in 2008 to fewer than 100 pairs in 2013. Because of people, this has happened. <\/p>\n

What will we do to protect the Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>? Even if we invest a lot of money into organisations, I feel doubtful we can stop hunters from hunting completely. There are limitations to maintaining a good environment because of continuous development. Now, we need to find a realistic approach. For example, we need to minimize development on tidal flats, which are of vital importance for many birds, like the Spoon-billed Sandpiper<\/strong>. We have to appeal to people and increase awareness through news. We can\u2019t only do minimal things like acknowledging the problem, we must act to protect birds. We should help conserve the survival of even the smallest birds.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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