Celebrating winning the photography competition: for bird watching lover 🐥

🐥Today’s blog is to celebrate my winning second place in the 2020 university photography competition with the theme of 'wildlife' surrounding York Campus East, where is an organic lakeside area full of lush trees and diverse hidden wild animals.

It's my first time to attend such a contest, and I am just an amateur photographer but a 100% nature lover. Given that wildfowl are nesting and breeding between March and September, this contest is held in chilly winter. 

Although this competition is mainly designed for the amateur; winning out from 150 photos was not without any efforts. I actually sent several animal photos to enter the contest, including ducks, hares, swans, birds; as a result (check this link), the review panel chose this bird as the second place—an unexpected joy—as I thought they could favour the hare in the jungle.

In fact, bird watching is already one of the most popular leisure activities in Europe and the United States. Among them, the British style is the most popular. In 2004, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) already pointed out that there were 2.7 million bird-watching trips to the reserve every year, far more than 1.2 million fishing trips. Tim Hunnable, ex-Commercial Manager Nikon UK, once told the journalist, 'The British are crazy about bird watching' so that cameras, telescopes are all essential materials for the bird-watching trip. 

With this joy, I would like to share more about bird-watching in Taiwan. First, I introduced two nice online papers written by foreigners, which shared their real experiences in Taiwan; and second, I introduce one of my Taiwanese friends' bird-watching photos, which really inspire my inner passion to take the winning photo! 

Enjoy bird-watching now!

🐥Bird-watching in Taiwan by Mike Weedon, 19 Oct, 2016

🐤Birdwatching In Taiwan: Advice from expert to novice by Joshua Samuel Brown, 19 Sep, 2018 

🐦Photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh in Taiwan: 

Oriolus Traillii (Endemic Subspecies in Taiwan)  photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh

Black Naped Blue Monarch (Endemic Subspecies in Taiwan) photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh  

Black Drongo (Endemic Subspecies in Taiwan) photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh

Accipiter Trivirgatus (Endemic Subspecies in Taiwan) photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh

JapaneseWhiteEye with Pongamia (photoed by Mr. Jim Yeh)

🐦🐥🐣慶祝贏得校園攝影比賽

今天的部落格文章是為了慶祝我在大學攝影比賽中獲得第二名，主題是約克東校園附近的野生動植物，這是一個有機湖畔區域，到處都是茂密的樹木和隱藏的各種野生動物。這是我第一次參加這樣的比賽，我只是一名業餘攝影師，但是個100％的自然愛好者.考量到野禽在3月至9月之間築巢繁殖，因此該比賽在寒冷的冬天舉行。

儘管該比賽主要是針對業餘選手而設計的；要從150張照片中脫穎而出並非沒有任何努力。我實際上發送了好幾張動物照片參加比賽(請見這一篇)，其中包括鴨子，野兔，天鵝，鳥類；結果，審核小組選擇了這隻鳥作為第二名，這是一個意想不到的快樂，因為我認為它們可能會喜歡叢林中的野兔。

實際上，觀鳥已經是歐洲和美國最受歡迎的休閒活動之一。其中，英式風格最受歡迎。 2004年，英國皇家鳥類保護協會（RSPB）就指出，保護區每年有270萬觀鳥之旅，遠遠超過120萬釣魚之旅。Nikon英國前商業經理Tim Hunnable曾對記者說：“英國人為觀鳥而瘋狂”，因此照相機，望遠鏡都是觀鳥之旅的必備材料。

帶著這種喜悅，我想分享更多有關台灣賞鳥的訊息。

🐥首先，我介紹了由外國人撰寫的兩篇不錯的網路文章，他們分享了在台灣的真實經驗。

🐦其次，我介紹另一位台灣友人的觀鳥照片，這確實激發了我我內心的熱情去拍攝獲獎照片。

就讓我們一起來賞鳥吧!