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They say that if you don't know where you've come from, you won't know where you're going. In honor of the Taiwan Wild Bird Federation's 35th anniversary, we take a look at Taiwan's journey from relative ornithological obscurity to its current leadership in bird conservation and citizen science, together with the role that the TWBF and its partners have played in this years-long process of development.

They say that if you don't know where you've come from, you won't know where you're going. In honor of the Taiwan Wild Bird Federation's 35th anniversary, we take a look at Taiwan's journey from relative ornithological obscurity to its current leadership in bird conservation and citizen science, together with the role that the TWBF and its partners have played in this years-long process of development.

The Taiwan Wild Bird Federation (TWBF) and the alliance of conservation groups from Taiwan focusing on salt pan wetland conservation visited the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST) for  three days from 14-16 November 2023. They came to experience and learn about key sites for shorebird conservation in privately-owned protected areas in Thailand.

中華鳥會2022年會員代表大會在9月24日於宜蘭巿中山國小舉行，宜蘭鳥會陳介鵬理事長及陳樹德總幹事熱心協助會場借用、食宿等安排，宜蘭縣農業處得知各地鳥會代表將到宜蘭開會，因此為各地而來的會員代表，準備了袖珍包的「白鶴米」做為伴手禮，而這米背後的故事，代表了這個年度鳥類保育的一項重要成就。

白鶴米

The Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) is a long-distance migratory land bird restricted to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Known in Mandarin as the "eight-colored bird" (八色鳥), its extensive breeding range includes the Korean Peninsula, China, Japan, and Taiwan. Taiwan, however, is where much of the research on the species over the last 20 years has been conducted. This passerine also holds special significance in Taiwan among those involved in the country's environmental movement as it played an outsized role in Taiwan's modern conservation history. Yet for such a brightly colored bird, it still keeps its secrets well hidden. Even now, there is much that is not known about the species, which is considered "vulnerable" by the IUCN.