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Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

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Mt. Sakurajima

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Mt. Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The volcano explosively erupted late Dec. 8, 2011, for the 897th time this year, breaking its annual record for the third consecutive year, according to the local observatory.

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on stone chamber walls -- men and women clad in ethnic costumes on the east wall and a design consisting of Chinese characters, pronounced ''tae (dae)'' and ''wang'' in Korean on the north wall -- at the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010 and disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011.

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber's east wall which depict men and women in ethnic costumes, some of them dancing, at the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010 and disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011.

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Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - A man walks into the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea, which was disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010.

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Image captured by ultraviolet photography shows the face of a maid painted on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, Nampho, North Korea, in October 2011. The maid's lips are painted in red. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011.

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Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows the surroundings of the Okto-ri tomb (on a hill in L) in Nampho, North Korea. The person who was buried in the tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty is believed to be a local leader and lord of a castle on a mountain (L back).

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. The paintings depict a beam (edged with red lines), flames above the beam and a foot of a black tortoise, one of ''Four Guardian Deities,'' above the flames.

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. An image of the buried couple believed to have been painted there was almost unrecognizable. A beam painted in yellow appears to divide the real world (below) and an imaginary world (above).

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows maids painted on a stone wall chamber of the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. A maid with higher status is depicted larger and those with lower status were painted smaller.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November.

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Foreign tourism drops in Mt. Fuji region

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows people climbing Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2011. The Japan Tourism Agency said in late October 2011 that the March triple disasters of quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis have apparently hit foreign tourism hardest in Yamanashi, home of Mt. Fuji, among Japan's 47 prefectures, with a 91 percent fall in visitors in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, a margin wider even than in northeastern Japan where the damage was greatest.

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U.S. special N. Korea envoy Bosworth

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea. The U.S. State Department said on Oct. 19, 2011, that Bosworth will step down after nuclear talks in Geneva between the United States and North Korea in late October.

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October.

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October.

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Mega solar power station in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida (L) visits a mega solar power station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. The Niigata prefectural government hopes to begin operation of the power plant in late October. Attention to solar power has increased in Japan due to power supply constraints stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows swimming (top), running (bottom L) and bicycle riding (bottom R) robots powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Panasonic unveiled the robots in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A pitchman for Panasonic Corp. shows (from L) swimming, bicycle riding and running robots powered by the company's Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries during a demonstration in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled the robots and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A swimming robot powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries is demonstrated in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled swimming, bicycle riding and running robots and said they will challenge a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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'Research whaling' starts off Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Members of a community-based whaling association attend a ceremony in Kushiro port, Hokkaido, on Sept. 9, 2011, ahead of their departure for so-called research whaling authorized by the Fisheries Agency in waters off Kushiro. The association is aiming to catch up to 60 minke whales through late October to study their impact on coastal fishery stocks.

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Nuke power plant in southern Japan to restart reactor in late July

File photo taken in October 2014 shows the Nos. 1 (L) and 2 rectors of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Having cleared the Nuclear Regulation Authority's safety screening, the company plans to reactivate the No. 1 unit in late July 2015, making it likely to become the first nuclear facility in Japan to go back online under a set of tightened regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. special N. Korea envoy Bosworth

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea. The U.S. State Department said on Oct. 19, 2011, that Bosworth will step down after nuclear talks in Geneva between the United States and North Korea in late October. (Kyodo)

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October. (Kyodo)

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Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to play in U.S.

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, shows members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna (R) practicing in Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of their first tour in the United States slated for late October. (Kyodo)

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'Research whaling' starts off Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Members of a community-based whaling association attend a ceremony in Kushiro port, Hokkaido, on Sept. 9, 2011, ahead of their departure for so-called research whaling authorized by the Fisheries Agency in waters off Kushiro. The association is aiming to catch up to 60 minke whales through late October to study their impact on coastal fishery stocks. (Kyodo)

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Mega solar power station in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida (L) visits a mega solar power station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. The Niigata prefectural government hopes to begin operation of the power plant in late October. Attention to solar power has increased in Japan due to power supply constraints stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A swimming robot powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries is demonstrated in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled swimming, bicycle riding and running robots and said they will challenge a triathlon in Hawaii from late October. (Kyodo)

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A pitchman for Panasonic Corp. shows (from L) swimming, bicycle riding and running robots powered by the company's Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries during a demonstration in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled the robots and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October. (Kyodo)

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows swimming (top), running (bottom L) and bicycle riding (bottom R) robots powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Panasonic unveiled the robots in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Sakurajima

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows Mt. Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The volcano explosively erupted late Dec. 8, 2011, for the 897th time this year, breaking its annual record for the third consecutive year, according to the local observatory. (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. The paintings depict a beam (edged with red lines), flames above the beam and a foot of a black tortoise, one of ''Four Guardian Deities,'' above the flames. (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber's east wall which depict men and women in ethnic costumes, some of them dancing, at the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010 and disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011. (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows maids painted on a stone wall chamber of the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. A maid with higher status is depicted larger and those with lower status were painted smaller. (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty, in Nampho, North Korea. An image of the buried couple believed to have been painted there was almost unrecognizable. A beam painted in yellow appears to divide the real world (below) and an imaginary world (above). (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Image captured by ultraviolet photography shows the face of a maid painted on a stone chamber wall in the Okto-ri tomb, Nampho, North Korea, in October 2011. The maid's lips are painted in red. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011. (Kyodo)

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Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows the surroundings of the Okto-ri tomb (on a hill in L) in Nampho, North Korea. The person who was buried in the tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty is believed to be a local leader and lord of a castle on a mountain (L back). (Kyodo)

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Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - A man walks into the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea, which was disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010. (Kyodo)

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Murals of Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2011 shows murals on stone chamber walls -- men and women clad in ethnic costumes on the east wall and a design consisting of Chinese characters, pronounced ''tae (dae)'' and ''wang'' in Korean on the north wall -- at the Okto-ri tomb in Nampho, North Korea. The tomb dating back to the late fourth century to the early fifth century during the Koguryo dynasty was excavated in 2010 and disclosed to the foreign media for the first time in October 2011. (Kyodo)

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Foreign tourism drops in Mt. Fuji region

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows people climbing Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2011. The Japan Tourism Agency said in late October 2011 that the March triple disasters of quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis have apparently hit foreign tourism hardest in Yamanashi, home of Mt. Fuji, among Japan's 47 prefectures, with a 91 percent fall in visitors in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, a margin wider even than in northeastern Japan where the damage was greatest. (Kyodo)

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November. (Kyodo)

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Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek (photo), daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek (photo), daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek (photo), daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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a territory for planned Hradecek Resort project near Havel's countryside house in Hradecek

Late Czech president Vaclav Havel's widow, Dagmar Havlova, wants to build a hotel and museum of her late husband near (photo) Havel's countryside house in Hradecek, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today, on Monday, October 7, 2019. According to CTK's information, the planned Hradecek Resort with a parking place is to be built about 300 metres from the house. Havel had no children. His second wife Dagmar Havlova inherited the Hradecek estate after his death in 2011. Marek Hliza, from the zoning plan section of the town hall in the district centre Trutnov, confirmed that Havlova applied for a change in the zoning plan and submitted information on the planned Hradecek Resort project. The decision on the application has not yet been made. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)