Successful release of the black-faced spoonbill population
The Taijian National Park Headquarters commissioned Professor Ying Wang of the National Taiwan Normal University to implement its "Taijian National Park Black-faced spoonbill population distribution and habitat investigation program," tagging the black-faced spoonbills with satellite transmitters and traditional radio transmitters to track their positions in wetlands on their global migration paths. The project plans to enhance international collaboration on conservation efforts and to promote the results of Taiwan.
Currently, seven black-faced spoonbills have been released into the wild; three are tagged with satellite transmitters, four are tagged with radio transmitters, and another was tagged with satellite transmitter and released on an island just offshore of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), a collaboration between Professor Kisup Li of South Korea, Professor Ying Wang, leader of the technical team at the National Taiwan Normal University, and Director Deng Yuan Lu of the Taijian National Park Headquarters. It is expected these birds may successfully migrate to Taiwan this winter, connecting the efforts of international wetland conservation and display the conservation achievements of Taiwan.