| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 地理學系 === 90 === The Tainan Su Taso District, once part of Tai Chiang inner sea, is situated at the estuary of Lu Ert Men Creek, Boarder of Chia Nan Main Drainage Trench and Yen Suei Creek. It is a wetland of rich nutrition . Local residents have developed lagoons to fishponds culturing ponds and salt fields , and thus made this area a mixture of natural and artificial wetland. The ecological environment of the swampy Su Taso District thus provides birds with mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates for food and draws many migratory birds and transit migrants to stay here temporarily or for the winter . Consequently , unusual bird-watching resources are developed.
The purpose for this study is to analyze the bird-landscape resources and sustainable protections in Tainan Su Taso District , which has not been thoroughly researched before.
This study was theoretically built on biogeography, landscape ecology and nature conservation and conducted on field work and interviews with the locals. In order to collect data the researcher had worked as a voluntary narrator in the research area for one year. The research findings are as follows : (1) From 1994 to 1999, there is a 200% growth tendency on both the species and the amount of the birds in the research area. (2) The diversity and the amount of birds are directly proportional in the middle of the year, but with a higher diversity in winter. We therefore have abundant opportunity of winter bird-watching , mainly at the Scolopacidae and Charadridae Family, Anatidae Family and Ardeidae family. The diversity in summer is reduced to mainly Ardeidae family and Laridae family. (3) The bird-watching resource can be found most easily in the fish-farm ponds and the deserted salt fields. The former has a resource peak during December and March, mainly Pied Avocet, Northern Shoveller, Green-winged Teal and Little Egret. The best view spots line up the fish-farm ponds along Provincial Highway 17, with a peak time during September and February, mainly stopping Kentish Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Dunlin, the Great Egret and Grey Egret etc. The most ideal observation spot is in the water bird conservation (A2 zone) within the Su Tsao Wild Life Reserve.
Though the Tainan City Su Tsao Wild Life Reserve, which covers 515.1 hectares, was founded in 1994, many problems await to be resolved, such as water and air pollution and fishermen’s protest. The research tries to analyze the rationality of the spatial arrangement in the conservation area, while at the same time find out the ways and policies which satisfy both the public authorities and private interests in order maintain the bird-landscape resources. Through an integration of natural and human resources and local participation, we hope to reach a ecotourism balance among the ecology, life and production and a win-win solution among the public and private sectors and the local residents.
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