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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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(240123) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 25, 2022 shows Blue-tailed Bee-eaters (Merops philippinus) at Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(240123) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on May 7, 2021 shows a Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) at Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown" (Xinhua)

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(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A male blue-tailed bee eater (merops philippinus) (R) feeds a female blue-tailed bee eater in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 20, 2023 shows blue-tailed bee eaters (merops philippinus) in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A male blue-tailed bee eater (merops philippinus) (R) feeds a female blue-tailed bee eater in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 20, 2023 shows blue-tailed bee eaters (merops philippinus) in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 20, 2023 shows blue-tailed bee eaters (merops philippinus) in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A male blue-tailed bee eater (merops philippinus) (L) feeds a female blue-tailed bee eater in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Blue-tailed bee eaters (merops philippinus) build nests in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-MEROPS PHILIPPINUS (CN)

(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A male blue-tailed bee eater (merops philippinus) prepares to feed a female blue-tailed bee eater in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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(230520) -- XIAMEN, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Blue-tailed bee eaters (merops philippinus) are seen on a branch in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 20, 2023. The blue-tailed bee eater is under Class Two national protection in China. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)