2010年9月22日 星期三

每月一鳥│紅尾伯勞(99年9月)


明月幾時有,把酒問青天…轉朱閣、低綺戶、照無眠…
但願人長久,千里共嬋娟。
中秋節到了,總是想起蘇東坡的水調歌頭,皎潔的月光照
在夜貓族王仔身上,不知同學們是否睡著了,在此偷偷獻
上遲來的祝福,祝大家中秋節快樂,以及奉上本月一鳥。

紅尾伯勞是保育類冬候鳥,身長約18公分,停棲時尾羽會
不停擺動畫圓圈,上嘴喙下鉤,可以用來撕裂獵物,是十
足的小猛禽,捕捉的獵物包括蜥蜴、青蛙、小蛇、小鳥、
蚱蜢、昆蟲…。
紅尾伯勞有儲存食物的習慣,會將捕獲的獵物掛在枝椏或
插在尖刺上,既可儲存食物,也方便撕扯獵物進食。
每月九月到翌年五月,紅尾伯勞會出現在台灣的山林、平
原、海邊,留在台灣的紅尾伯勞有2個亞種,1是指名亞種
,另一種是灰頭紅尾紅尾伯勞,第1張圖與第2張圖是同一
隻灰頭紅尾伯勞公鳥。



上圖為紅尾伯勞母鳥。
紅尾伯勞列入保育類,並不是因數量稀少,反而是因數量
太多,在台灣曾有一段悲慘的遭遇,每年八、九月是伯勞
南遷的高峰期,數十萬隻紅尾伯勞經過台灣,其中一部份
留在台灣過冬,其餘則繼續南下前往菲律賓等地,會大量
聚集在台灣南端狹窄的恆春半島,當地民眾製作鳥踏仔陷
阱捕捉紅尾伯勞,烤「鳥仔巴」來祭五臟廟。
由於烤小鳥的惡名影響台灣的國際形象,10多年前農委會
才將紅尾伯勞列為保育類,目前紅尾伯勞數量已逐漸恢復
穩定,在各地均可普遍見到,雖然還有零星的捕獵,但影
響並不大。


紅尾伯勞母鳥。


紅尾伯勞母鳥。


紅尾伯勞母鳥。


紅尾伯勞母鳥。


灰頭紅尾伯勞公鳥。


灰頭紅尾伯勞公鳥。

灰頭紅尾伯勞母鳥。

2010年9月19日 星期日

凡那比過後










風雨中多記起藍天白雲的好,
雨過總會天青。
和大家分享8月的花東縱谷,
祝福眾友們中秋節快樂。

圖1:池上火龍果的花
圖2:埔里金都餐廳的蓮花翡翠湯
圖3~4:池上日暉荷花池
圖5:池上水稻
圖6:花東縱谷南向銜接處
圖7~8:花東縱谷北向銜接處


2010年9月4日 星期六

Update from Cincinnati - Sept 2010


All,


Just came back from 2 week biz trip in China. Very impressed by the service over there, especially the service from Ritz Carlton hotel in Guangzhou. This is my 2nd time in Guangzhou due to biz. Mainly, stayed in Guangzhou P&G office (work), hotel (sleep/eat) and taxi (transportation). I did get a chance to get my hairs trimmed (never had this type of service in US, someone washed my hairs for 15 mins before trimmed) and watched a very good movie in theater (again, never had this type of experience, b/c I sat on a "Lazy Boy" recliner when watched movie). In general, quite a unique and good experience. Attached is a pic of me and my co-worker there in China (in between 2 wks there, we visited a vendor in Shanghai, so I had a chance to have dinner and browse the city in Shanghai one night). My husband also visited China for 2 wks due to biz during the same time period, but, unfortunately, we never got a chance to meet each other due to different working schedules, locations and different vendor visits.


My son is doing great in college, moved out of dorm and now living in apartment, 2 boys and 2 girls together. They have dinner together daily, and even pack lunch sometimes, I am happy for him.


Church life is good, my husband and I switched to new church 6 months ago, so that we do not need to drive 45 min anymore. The new church suits my husband well, b/c it targets for male believers.


I saw some of new pics posted on JC43, very interesting, some of you I can quickly recognize and some I have hard time to link names with faces. Good to see my classmates are active and healthy this stage of our life. God bless.


JiePay Peggy Yang