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Vietnam is the ideal environment for attracting birds and therefore, bird watchers. The geographical location and its climate attract birds from China, the Malay Peninsula and the Himalayan Mountains. These varied locations result in a huge variety bird species making their way to Vietnam during their migrations.

Although Vietnam has been open to tourism for many years, there are still many remote areas that have not seen a huge influx of nature lovers. Vietnam's response to travelers of all kinds; from the bargain traveler looking for a beach to relax on to hard core trekkers looking for a vista unseen by a foreign traveler makes this an ideal destination for serious bird watchers.

Vietnam has a huge variety of birds that are would make a veteran watcher eager to hit the trail. Starting in the north near Tam Dao National Park, (the "Island in the Sky") 70 kilometers northwest from Hanoi, the Short-tailed Parrotbill and Grey Laughingthrush are found among the large feeding flocks of diverse species.

140 km south of Hanoi is Cuc Phuong, first National Park of Vietnam, established in 1962 is home to an astonishing number of localized species, such as Pied Falconet, White-winged Magpie, Rachet-tailed Treepie, and the Limestone Wren Babbler

Among those spotted by recent adventurers in the Central Highlands are Black-crowned Barwing, Laughingthrush, Germain's Peacock Pheasant Collared Laughingthrush, Vietnamese Greenfinch, Red-vented Barbet, Yellow-billed Nuthatch , Chinese Francolin, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Woolly-necked Stork, Bar-bellied Pitta, Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike, Grey-faced Tit Babbler, Green-backed Tit and the Red Crossbill.

These locations provide the best bird watching in Vietnam:

o Cat Tien National Park, about 3 hours drive from Saigon on the way to Dalat.

o Ho Tuyen Lam, a few kilometers southwest of Dalat.

o Mount Lang Bian, 10 kilometers from Dalat.

o Cat Ba Island, large island located in Halong Bay, northeast Vietnam.

o Cuc Phuong National Park.

o Tam Dao.

Even if you're not a dedicated bird watcher, these locations offer any outdoor enthusiast great scenery, mild weather (check for rain though) and the great hospitality of the Vietnamese people. Cheap food and accommodations round out what attracts travelers to Vietnam.

Dwight Zimpel, Your Vietnam Tour Guide, is a Vietnam Veteran and has made 6 recent trips to Vietnam. He has lived in the Middle East and traveled the world for the past 20 years. Your Vietnam Tour Guide

10 Things to do Before You're 10 Years Old

Calling all parents of young children!

Are you stuck for ideas what to do with the children every weekend? Fed up with seeing them spend too much time on the computer? Getting bored with the Wii? If any of these sounds like your family then it's time for a return to some nostalgic outside activities.

Nothing beats pure old-fashioned fun, that's why I've come up with a list of some of my favourite childhood pastimes - many of which won't even cost you a penny, but will guarantee hours of fun and years of happy memories.

Join me with a trip down memory lane with your children. All the activities are suitable for either boys or girls, depending on your own children's likes and interests and up to the age of about 10 years old. I bet in years to come they will be doing them with their children too.

Ideas for Girls

1. Make a den - all children love nothing better than their own secret place away from the grown ups. Corners of gardens, sheds and hedgerows all offer lots of hiding places

2. Plant seeds and watch them grow - choose something quite exciting like sunflowers or plant seeds which will grow in to something they can eat

3. Press flowers in a book and make a collage - late summer is the best time time to scoop up loads of wild meadow flowers

4. Make daisy chain necklaces and bracelets - perfect for a hot summer afternoon

5. Toast marshmallows over an open fire

6. Make a wish on the north star in the night sky

7. Search for seashells on a wintry beach - remember to take them all home with you afterwards and after they've been washed and dried will look lovely in a little bowl in their bedroom

8. Make mud pies - gorgeously yucky

9. Play hopscotch - can you remember the rules?

10. Make rose petal perfume - get the children to experiment with different colour petals to see if they make different scents

Boys

1. Make a tree house - can be simple or a mega huge structure but make sure you supervise them when using power tools or hammers!

2. Fly a kite - exasperating when it goes wrong but soaringly satisfying when you get it right

3. Sleep outdoors (in a tent) - loads of fun even in the back garden

4. Roast chestnuts over an open fire

5. Go hunting for frogspawn

6. Find the distant Andromeda Nebula Galaxy in the night sky

7. Search for crabs on a rocky beach - even better fun on a deserted winter beach

8. Make a weather station - search on the internet for tips on how to do it

9. Learn how to use a compass - fun and useful

10. Play conkers - are they harder if you put them in the oven or soak them in vinegar?

A recent survey by the National Trust highlighted the fact that many youngsters could identify sci-fi characters but couldn't name a magpie. So let's generate some enthusiasm from parents and kids for having fun outdoors!

About the Author

Little Terra offers a range of quality clothing and gear to kit-out children for the outdoors, whether they are playing in the garden, out walking, or at the seaside and, as part of its learning ethos, also stocks a wide range of educational games and toys to encourage and enthuse youngsters. The website is a host of information for parents, with tips on outside activities and ideas of the month for children of all ages, from babies to 11 year olds.

What bird is making this call?

I live just outside Brisbane, and literally every morning at about 5am, I wake up and hear this same bird calling. It 'sings' 2 tunes, like verses, one after the other repetitively. It doesnt really sound like a song, more like its asking a question and answering it (lol, sounds weird but its the best way i can describe it!) It doesnt sound like a kookaburra or a magpie, unless they have a completely different sound in the morning and i dont think its a Pied Butcherbird from what i've researched. Anyone got any ideas? Its driving me crazy lol.

I'm not quiet sure but maybe it could be a catbird? - Just guessing

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