1. SPRING MIGRATION OF CHINESE GOSHAWKS (ACCIPITER SOLOENSIS) IN TAIWAN.
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YUAN-HSUN SUN, TSAI-WEN DENG, CHENG-YU LAN, and CHAO-CHIEH CHEN
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ACCIPITER soloensis ,MIGRATORY birds ,NEST building ,BIRD behavior ,BIRD watching - Abstract
The article presents a study on the Chinese Goshawks (Accipiter soloensis) during spring migration along the Western Pacific flyway around Taiwan in 2004. Weather radar at Kenting and Chiku was used to study migrant behavior and the spatial and temporal distribution. A regression model relating bird count to radar image reflectivity was used to estimate the birds' passage in the area during five days in April 2004. It concludes that the birds flew slower and higher over land than over water and their ground speed increased with favorable winds.
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- 2010
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