黑腹濱鷸從阿拉斯加來金作客

Our bird friend, the dunlin (1) from Alaska (the United States,) has arrived for a short stay in Kinmen! The Kinmen Bird-watching Association has released a photo of a dunlin with a metal ring attached to it, taken in Zhong Lan by an Association member Xu, Jin-Xi (許進西). Members are eager to share this delightful news with local bird lovers.
來自美國阿拉斯加州的鳥朋友─黑腹濱鷸(Dunlin)，飛抵金門做客囉！金門縣野鳥學會發佈鳥訊，會員許進西日前搶先在中蘭拍到一隻繫著金屬環的黑腹濱鷸，希望與愛鳥人士分享。

Yang, Rui-Song (楊瑞松), Chairman of the Kinmen Bird-watching Association, said that Jiang, Zhong-You (蔣忠佑), a researcher from NTU Wader (2) Studies Group, has confirmed that the dunlin in the photo taken by Xu is from Alaska. Yang said that their members have continued to capture migratory (3) birds on camera throughout the year. These photos suggest that for wild birds worldwide, Kinmen has obviously already been an international stopover (4) point. Thus, the Association also encourages people to be more carefully observant (5) and more sensitive to the bio-environment of Kinmen.
金門縣野鳥學會理事長楊瑞松表示，許進西拍到的照片，經台大水鳥社研究人員蔣忠佑的確認，這隻黑腹濱鷸來自阿拉斯加。楊瑞松表示，鳥會今年陸續有會員紀錄到冬季候鳥的訊息，顯見在鳥類的世界裡，金門早已國際化。也希望大家更用心觀察，共同關心金門的生態環境。

According to 'Bird-Watching in Kinmen-Guide to Bird-Watching in Kinmen' (Authour: Liang, Jie-De), a publication by the Kinmen County Government, the dunlin natural habitat (6) and breeding area is around Siberia and the Arctic Tundra (7). The bird migrates to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts for winter. In Kinmen, the dunlin is often spotted around Gui-Shan coast, or the intertidal (8) zone from Wu-Jiang River mouth to Guan-Ao area.
根據金門縣政府出版的「觀鳥金門─金門賞鳥指南」(作者梁皆得)一書指出，黑腹濱鷸的繁殖地在西伯利亞和北極圈的苔原地帶，冬天遷移至各大洲的海岸過冬，金門地區常見於貴山海岸、浯江溪口到官澳一帶的潮間帶。


【註解】
●1.dunlin-(n)鷸類。
●2.wader-(n)涉水的禽類，即水鳥。
●3.migratory-(adj.)有遷徙習慣的，migratory bird即候鳥。
●4.stopover-(n)中途停留。
●5.observant-(adj.)觀察敏銳的；當心、注意的。
●6.habitat-(n)指動物的棲息地，或植物的產地。
●7.tundra-(n)苔原；凍原；凍土地帶。
●8.intertidal-(adj.)潮間帶的。亦可當名詞，即潮間帶。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2010年12月12日報導