of Bohemian Waxwing Bombicilla garralus, Tree Sparrow
soybean, corn, wheat and rice. These areas provide feeding areas for some species during the winter months. iii. Marshland: this habitat occupies the largest area of the reserve, and is comprised primarily of reeds and nutgross. The thin stems of the reeds has meant that the reeds are not harvested...
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| Summary: | soybean, corn, wheat and rice. These areas provide feeding areas for some species during the winter months. iii. Marshland: this habitat occupies the largest area of the reserve, and is comprised primarily of reeds and nutgross. The thin stems of the reeds has meant that the reeds are not harvested by the local people as they are in other nature reserves such as Zhalong Nature Reserve. Consequently, even in the winter months this area is a good habitat for wildlife, especially large mammals. iv. Forest: areas of forest occur on higher ground, and along the rivers, and include oaks, poplar, birch, amongst other species In the winter months of January and February 1998, the authors carried out a survey for 42 days of the birds of Sanjiang Nature Reserve, covering some 280 km on foot. Thirty-one bird species were identified, of which only 10 are known to be winter visitors (Table 1). Most species were found in agricultural and forested areas, with only a few species occurring in villages or marshlands. This is almost certainly dictated by food supply, for example the occurrence of finches and buntings in crop areas, woodpeckers, Bohemian Waxwing and grouse in forests, whilst raptors ranged across the marshes, agricultural land and forest. Clearly, the results indicate the importance of agricultural land and forest in the Sanjiang Nature Reserve. In the winter months, no species observed appeared to rely solely on the areas of marsh. However, this would not be the case in the summer months with the return of breeding marshland species. Most species were relatively rare, with the exception |
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