Watching Migrating Ferocious Birds in Central and Southern Taiwan—
Bird Watching in the Bangua Mountain at Zhanghua County
As spring arrives, grey-faced buzzards migrate northwards and rest transitorily in the Bugua Mountain at Zhahua County every year from March to April. Called by the locals as “Eagles from the South” or “Tomb Sweeping Birds,” the gray-faced buzzards are welcome and protected by the members of the Wild Bird Society of Zhuahua. In the name of the buzzards extending their wings in the sky, this year’s eagle watching activity in central Taiwan is called “Eagle Flying over the Bagua Mountain.”
GPD has been used as an indicator to evaluate if a society has made progress and prosperity. Lately, since the gap between the rich and the poor has been enlarged, and since the ecological environments have been savaged to an extent that many international organizations have been advocating the consciousness of the new concept of human beings’ happiness. Thus, a new concept of human’s state of peace has been located to the efforts of protecting the environment as a whole.
With this in mind, this year’s “Eagle Flying at Bagua” activity is meant to build a harmonious relationship between human beings and nature, so as to fit into the new definition of human well-being. The activity also echoes to International Day for Biological Diversity regulated by the United Nation which falls on the 22nd of May every spring. The activity also aims to call on more people’s attention to paying respect to the importance of diversity of animals and plants as well as the understanding of the diversity of lives and their meanings of existence. By means of protecting creatures, the concept of cultivating ecological fortune is thus formed, bringing harmonious coexistence of a variety of creatures, improving environmental qualities of forests, fostering health resulted from eco-friendly agriculture, and increasing the numbers of creatures via ecological economy.
2017 Zhunghua “Eagles Flying in Bagua Mountain” proposes its motto as “Fortunate Forests.” The key word is to advocate the importance of protecting ferocious eagles in the Bugua Mountain area. Its meaning lies on the profound practice and realization of a promise to let the migrating gray-faced buzzards to have a peaceful and everlasting dwelling place before they take on their journey back to the North. In so doing, the residents of Zhang Hua County will also feel happy for the ferocious eagles, progressing themselves into the meaningful pavement of cultivating “fortunate forests” with all kinds of creatures in nature.
Eagles Flying in Bagua Mountain Activity
- Time: March 18-19, 2017
- Place: Eagle Watching Platform in ZhanghuaBagua Mountain
- Content：ecology corners, eagle watching guidance, games, markets, dramas set for parents and children, and exhibition of telescopes.
- Open Ceremony: March 18, 2017 at 10 am, at the Ecology Visitor Center of the Bugua Mountain
- Activities: touring ecological trails, hiking and guidance, touring via cars, ecological films watching, and ecological photo exhibition from March 13 to April 16.
- Shuttle Bus Routes: Zhanghua Train Station—Visitor Center of Bagua Mountain Ecology Area—National Zhuahua Life Esthetics Center---Zhuahua Arts Center—Fan-Shaped Garage—Zhanhua Train Stration.
Please note that a one-way traffic control will be put into effect in the Bagua Mountain on holidays. The shuttle bus will reach the Eagle Watching Platform first, then heads towards National Zhanghua Life Esthetics Center, then bounding for Zhanghua Arts Center afterwards.
Detailed Information: Please consult the Wild Bird Society of Zhanghua City at (04)711-0306 or log on its website at http://www.eagle.org.tw