The endangered black-faced spoonbills have migrated in record numbers to southern Taiwan to spend the winter this year. The winter of southern Taiwan is not cold. Maybe that is why they are here for the winter season. (Ha, me too!) 今年瀕臨絕跡的黑面琵鷺以創新高的數量在南台灣過冬. 南台灣的冬季不冷, 也許這是為什麼它們來這兒(哈! 跟我一樣.) jin1nian2 bin1lin2 jue2 ji1 de hei1 mian4 pi2 lu4 yi3 chuang4xin1 [...]
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Alishan – 阿里山
I visited Alishan when I was young, and I’ve been wanting to visit again for a long time but never did due to my fear of crowds. I learned recently that due to the damage caused by typhoon Morakot, tour busses could not go to Alishan, so there were very few visitors. As a result, [...]
Taiwan flora – 植物
The article about Fagus Hayatae/Taiwan Beech surprised me. I didn’t know they could grow in a tropical climate. I always thought they could only be seen in high attitude places such as in Canada or Japan. 那篇山毛櫸的文章令我驚訝它們能長在熱帶 ,以為只在高緯度的國家如加拿大,日本才見的到. 那 [na4] /that/those/ 篇 [pian1] /sheet/piece of writing/(a measure word)/chapter/article/ 山 [shan1] /mountain/hill/ 毛 [mao2] /hair/pore/fur/ 櫸 [...]