Ponds are attractive feeding grounds for Asian Golden Plover,Redshank,Marsh Sandpiper,Greenshanks,Pacific Golden Plover,Kentish Mongolian Plover,Whimbrel,Red-Necked Stint,Common Sandpiper,Balck Winged Stilt and several species agrets.

     The Puerto Rivas-Ibaba birds site has preserved a thick mangrove forest,grassland and wetland that serve as favorable roosting grounds to crows,waterhens,kites,falcons,hawks,pigeons,herons and egrets. Sighted in the area are Little Egrets,Purple Herons,Brahminy Kites,Peregrine Falcon,Chestnut Checked Starling,White Breast Waterhens,Rails,Wood Sandpiper,Rufous Necked Stint,Grey Heron,and specied of Kingfishers,Flower Peckers and Sandpipers.

     Mangroves and mudflats found at Tortugas bird site are excellent roosting and feeding ground for waders and waterbirds,said WBCP.

     Commonly seen in the area are Wood Sandpipers,Terek Sandpipers,Great Egrets,Cattle Egrets,Little Egrets,Sunbirds,Whimbrel,Marsh Sandpipers,Common Tern,White Winged Tern,Whiskered Tern,Black Crowned Night Heron,Chinese Egrets,Intermediate Egrets,Rails,Shrikes,White Collared Kingfisher,Blue Tailed Bee Eaters,Curlew Sandpipers,Black Headed Gulls and other shore birds.

written by B. Gunio
The Regions
Business Mirror
Issued on January 4,2010