Re: Off topic - hunting in Greece
- Subject: Re: Off topic - hunting in Greece
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:00:44 +1200
William Bade wrote:
>
> My husband's father was an archeologist, and my husband and his family
> accompanied him when he went to what, in the 1930s, was called
> 'Palestine'. My husband remembers one day when migrating storks on their
> way south to Africa covered the sky so that it was blackened for several
> hours.
> I've read that small bird migrations also had that effect.
> Of course, habitat reduction has reduced great numbers of bird species,
> but hunting during migration has contributed to the toll.
Elly
it is not only hunting which can destroy migrating birds. Here we have
for instance Godwits which yearly make an epic voyage between NZ and
Siberia.
One of the extremely rare staging posts on this epic journey is in Japan
right on the site which has been taken to build Narita airport. What has
happened there I haven't heard, but either just enough space is left or
they have managed to divert to another site, as Godwits continue to
arrive each summer at least so far.
Whether they will ultimately survive this obstacle remains to be seen.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
