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| Bird watching area in Taipei City |
There are many places to watch birds in Taipei area, and
different bird watching fun and novelty will be experienced to watch
birds in the same place at different times. Bird watching areas in New
Taipei City are Tianliaoyang (Gongliao District), Zhitan Elementary
School (Xidian), Tanchiang Ranch, Luzhou Embankment, Wulai Township,
Wugu Guanyin Mt., Yeliu (Wanli Township), Sikanshui (Xidian),
Fengdanbailu (Zhuwei), Jinshan Township, Shenkeng and Shiding
Townships. Bird watching areas in Taipei City include Neikou Village,
Nangang Park, Beitou-Guizikeng Drainage Canal in Neihu, Daan Forest
Park, Tianmu Trail, Shilin Chishan Rock, Guandu Nature Park, Huajiang
Wild Duck Nature Park, and hiking trails in various places, etc. We
will briefly introduce several bird watching areas of convenient
traffic in Taipei City, so that readers can easily plan their simple
bird watching trip. | | 1.Taipei Botanical Garden |
Taipei Botanical Garden, which has plants from all over
the world, is located in Wanhua Dist in the southwestern part of Taipei
City. There are more than 1500 species of plants. Most of the birds in
the garden are sparrows, light-vented bulbuls, warbling white-eyes, and
spotted-necked turtledoves. Besides, Taiwan barbets, tree pies and
black drongoes have inhabited here for many years. Black-crowned herons
standing still or pecking at earthworms are always found in the humid
and dark places under the forest, or chicks are observed in the nest
waiting for their parents to return to feed. | | 2.Chih Shan Yen Cultural and Historical Park |
Chih Shan Yen Cultural and Historical Park is a good
place to observe the nature and watch birds. There is also Shuangxi
Riverside Park, Zhishan Ecological Garden, which are nearby bird
watching places. Chih Shan Yen is dominated by dense tree arboreal
birds, the most characteristic are Taiwan barbet and black-naped
monarch. In addition, we can also see treepie, white-eared sibiab,
Taiwan barbet, grey-cheeked fulvetta, rufous-capped babbler and dusky
fulvetta. | | 3.National Taiwan University |
There about 30 families and 104 bird species in National
Taiwan University main campus. The more special species include
treepie, Taiwan barbet, collared scops owl, Common moorhen, and Magpie
robin. The trees on the campus are tall and dense, thus collared scops
owl are mostly around the administrative buildings. Besides, the
ecological pond attracts waterfowl to inhabit, including white-breasted
waterhen. | | 4.Tianmu Trail |
Tianmu Trail is located on the outer edge of the south
side of Yangmingshan National Park. There are many ways to follow the
bird watching route according to the season. For example, start from
Chinese Culture University to Dehsing East Road, then go round the
Tianmu Trail. Common bird species include Taiwan barbet, grey-cheeked
fulvetta, and rufous-capped babbler. Crested serpent eagle and crested
goshawk can be seen in the open field. | | 5.Beitou-Guizikeng River |
Beitou-Guizikeng River originates from Datun Mt.,
enters Guandu Plain due to irrigation needs, there are many ditches
running through the plain. It is rich in insects, shellfish and frogs,
and also attracts birds to forage. Large row environment including
water town, hydroponic fields, barren grasslands, bamboo forests,
thickets are all observation spots. Depending on the seasons, bird
species include winter birds, yellow magpie, grey magpie, myna, dove,
heron, etc. |
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| Filmed by Bird Conservator | | 6.Nangang Park |
Nangang Park is a green area of the Metropolitan Park.
The hills in the flood-control pond are densely planted and provide
habitat to attract little egret, Yellow bittern, pond heron and other
waterbirds to feed. There are mynas on park walks, columbidae and urban
birds perching in surrounding communities and roads. | | |
The mountain trails around Taipei City such as
Hushan Natural Trail, Erziping Trail, Zhuhai Hiking Trail, and Eweishan
Trail are all bird watching spots. Those who are interested can refer
to related routes and plans. |
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