【觀鳥•誘鳥?】香港生態攝影大揭秘！\\ Birding•baiting? A short film on birding in Hong Kong

[@ansonswildlife879]

如果鍾意我做嘅片麻煩幫手subscribe啊，唔該晒🙏🙏

[@daytar]

作為一個第一次想影雀嘅新手，前幾日諗住去尤德觀鳥園試下影，點知係度裝修，好失望，然後就周圍行下，點知係準備走果陣時，特然見到D 紅耳鵯 係度採花，係我第一次見到雀仔採花。果下果種感覺真係好興奮，好驚喜，好有滿足感。 試諗下，如果20年前就開始破壞佢地的生態，20年後嘅我仲會見到呢一幕嗎？ 所以呼籲大家好好保護。唔好急功近利，就好似釣魚咁，有時候幾日都釣唔到一條，但真係上鉤果下，你係真心會覺得興奮，如果唔係，點解唔直接去街市買魚？

[@ansonswildlife879]

去野外就好似一個賭注咁，你可能乜都見唔到，又可能遇上意想不到嘅事🫶

[@capturingnaturewithsandip]

Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. Big Like 551

[@paul0728]

以我自己嘅角度，用自己嘅辛勞去影一隻雀，縱使影十次只得一次成功，真正成功嘅時候，個滿足感會比誘拍時嘅感覺大好多；就算真係影唔到，呢個係一動力，令我更加想努力多D去尋找鳥踪

[@ansonswildlife879]

冇錯！有挑戰性先有趣嘅！如果唔係去動物園影算啦！

[@kashekng6483]

Excellent video, thank you

[@sheenatseung4851]

非常正確的觀念，多謝分享🙏🏻

[@sandraleung7218]

A succinct, beautifully crafted clip with a powerful message! Well done! 🙌

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks a lot🔥🔥

[@kellyliu4302]

Good job! Nice video, support support ！

[@kainzerkurt7195]

Thank you for generating awareness of a all to common problem. Thank you for taking the time,

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks! it's fun making the video anyway!

[@claudiatang8988]

Well done!! Awesome video!!!

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks!

[@ansonswildlife879]

I would like to apologize to all our English speaker for the low quality subtitle, this is the first time I make any documentaries and I will certainly be more considerate next time!

[@martinwilliams3236]

I thought the English was good; and I edit English for work! Nice video, though I wonder about the harms of mealworms etc; it's an issue that gets discussed, inc recent conversation I had. To me, not so bad; birds do go off and feed on other stuff. At Baihualing, Yunnan, I was told of birds abandoning the feeding sites in summer - still food at these feeding stations, but they choose only wild food. [At Baihualing, I spent little time in a hide, even tho plenty of birds; still preferred to walk in woods - where I often don't see much!] Bulbuls in my garden likewise only feed on rice/bread in colder months - when I try helping a little during times food is harder to come by. For some places, like Baihualing, brings some revenue for locals; who in this case might otherwise be trapping. Not HK I know; or not yet ... Birds not alert to predators would be bad; if this happens. But I get really angry on reports of mealworms held in place with pins - danger to birds, also get stupid shots like redstarts at flowers... The snake held by string at Long Valley, to shoot serpent eagle. The sheer selfishness here, disgusts me. Tales of places in China, with birds in captivity to photograph as if in wild: well, I post some v rude comments if think I see these shots on Facebook. Also indeed prefer people having some fieldcraft, and especially respect for birds, nature.

[@ansonswildlife879]

@@martinwilliams3236 (I just wanna to share our discussion on fb here so more people can get further into the topic) Hi Martin, I am the creater of the video and I truly appreciated your comments! Due to my desire to keep the video short, there are many points I missed out in the video. Baiting is always an controversial topic in birding as there are many different types of bird feeding. Mealworms is known to have high fat content, even in zoo, while feeding captive animals such as reptile and bird, keeper will tried to provide a wide variety of food instead of replying on just mealworms as some animals will truly die due to obesity. And bird feeder is another interesting topic that I think need a lot more discussion. It is true that when done right, it can help birds overwinter, but there is also risk of disease transmission, or even affecting species evenness if garden bird is getting selective advantage that other species dont. I don't have a clear answer to it and would love to see more discussion!

[@ansonswildlife879]

Martin: Anson Tse Yes, needs more discussion; and birds' welfare should be vital. Think I also queried a friend in Malaysia re mealworms, attracting pittas etc; he reckoned they also ate variety of foods in the forest. [captive bred birds, no choice of course] I was very used to bird feeding in UK: peanuts, sunflower seeds etc. Even a feeding station with these in a small wooded valley, away from houses: never seemed the birds were suffering, though no studies. On more recent visit, goldfinches much easier to see; maybe benefited from feeders becoming more established. Even Mai Po ponds like feeding stations, esp drained; though fish for egrets of course fully natural. I remember at Pui O, saw people with branch put on tripod, had some orange fungi, mealworms on top to attract Daurian Redstart, setup included camera v close for remote triggering. Maybe they would have been proud to show off the photos; but looked upset when I took a shot of them and the setup. To me, just sad really; also kind of laughable. But yes, tough issue, to know what's best. I've recommended trying feeding stations w friends in Indonesia, who did try with some success, inc forest birds that are very hard to see. Now quite a trend in region; and can boost ecotourism. Still, if photographers can only shoot forest birds this way, not put in the time and effort to walk trails, sometimes with nothing perhaps; well also sad. I think feeding can be a small way of returning something to bird world, after so much damage; and perhaps photography more a secondary benefit, ideally. This spring, too, I've seen re island in Thailand, where mealworms put out for migrants; they found a blue n white flycatcher put on decent weight while there. This kind of thing surely seems worthwhile, esp in time of climate change [Lantau coast arid yesterday, didn't get a mosquito bite] along with habitats depleted. Doing this and having photos secondary would seem good to me, even parts of hk, even Ho Man Tin [!]. Esp if could also do some assessments: does it help the birds?

[@ansonswildlife879]

Martin: Found this, re feeding; inc using live mice to bait owls, which I don' t like as idea Some posts informed, useful www.10000birds.com/when-is-bird-baiting-ok.htm

[@ansonswildlife879]

Martin: Here, a study: www.livescience.com/2269-study-feed-birds.html

[@leechunwing4616]

希望多啲人睇到你嘅信息。Well done!

[@ansonswildlife879]

多謝你！誘拍係存在已久，但係少人講嘅議題，所以幫手share俾多啲人睇啊🙏🙏🤣

[@annualsloth2612]

Lovely video

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks 🤗

[@cynthiakakashi]

你嘅片好有意義而且拍得好好，加油😆

[@ansonswildlife879]

多謝你，share俾多啲朋友睇啦😊

[@cheneyrobert]

Great 👍🏻 video.....thanks for your hard work 👍🏻🥂

[@ansonswildlife879]

Glad you are enjoying it!

[@TheWadd53]

This is an important message - Thanks for making the video !

[@ansonswildlife879]

Indeed, do share it to spread the message!

[@NgokkeungChan]

請問你們用魚網去捉小鳥.除左滿足你們的求知慾望之外,對雀鳥有何幫助？ 有沒有雀鳥被整死過？

[@briansvideocollection7092]

Nice video Well done!

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks 😊

[@M.L.YIP.]

Good effort !!!

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks a lot!

[@eduardoyipee7491]

Thanks and good job!

[@serenachung6661]

希望大家都會尊重野生動物，無論係雀鳥、兩棲定爬蟲，都唔應該誘拍同拎上手擺拍，甚至係捉走帶返自己屋企及朋友間傳黎影相。thanks for your effort to make this video!

[@ansonswildlife879]

同意！

[@WildlifeKit]

Hi Anson, with regards to baiting. What is the difference between setting up a bird feeder in the back yard and a feeder elsewhere? Birds scavenging at rubbish tips and landfills. So these cases the birds will depend on the humans? I doubt as once the source of food disappears, the birds will revert to normal behaviour. The only issue would be people disturbing the birds at the feeding stations. how are you doing ? Kit

[@kennethlui2268]

Great message. The most beautiful photos of birds to capture are when the birds are doing their own things without human intervention.

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks for watching, lets build a better birding community!

[@ericwong4021]

真的很好很有意思

[@ansonswildlife879]

多謝！

[@555tonytang]

拍得好好，好有意義

[@ansonswildlife879]

多謝你，多啲分享俾朋友睇！

[@SoKoonHeng]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@MrFrancoleung]

brilliant work

[@ansonswildlife879]

Cheers!

[@CALVIN_KK]

誘拍不能稱為自然生態攝影，我唔會用誘拍去拍照，但亦無能力阻止其他人去做，只要唔直接傷害隻雀就算吧，各自各用自己既方法去影就好了。

[@hillwinslee]

Good job

[@ansonswildlife879]

Thanks 😊

[@jimmybb5208]

支持誘拍

[@LurenJia2200]

我唔同意，虽然你讲到喂食会影响生态，不过真系有D小题大作，我都可以抛出一个观点，牛放屁影响碳排放，所以你唔应该吃牛，如果你认同，咁我无野好讲，否则，恕不苟同

[@阿肥-r2f]

真正影響到物種生存的是人類環境污染。 把帽子扣在少數餵食者身上大可不必。

[@ChineseLion]

越聽越覺得你段片無L聊，已 report.

[@ansonswildlife879]

多謝幫手推view同comment👍

[@jimmybb5208]

廢話連篇外國誘拍還要厲害你去講

[@ansonswildlife879]

留意返，我有英文字幕，唔係淨係講香港☺️

[@ewamjw123tube]

人地睇唔明英文 無知唔好怪佢🥲

[@raymondlau7183]

你就廢話, 改變多d生態鏈啦, 到時你想影都冇得你影

[@chinchung2012]

人哋咪講咗整埋英文字幕係比外國人睇埋 你連中文都未識睇 仲理外國 又外國勢力啊你 親

[@ChineseLion]

唔好咁煩啦！我都成日用紅蟲誘拍，一買一賣jei!