ECOC: Taiwan: Gateway to Asian Birding with Jared Keyes

Join expert birder and bird photographer Jared Keyes for a virtual exploration of Taiwan and its wildlife. This mountainous island nation is home to more than 650 species of birds. Keyes will explain what makes Taiwan such a good starting point for birding in Asia as he shares highlights from traveling and birding in the country over the past 40 years.
About the Presenter:
Jared Keyes is a Massachusetts native and lifelong birder. He operates an educational bird gallery on Facebook and Instagram with over 200k followers, publishing content concurrently in Portuguese, Spanish and English with a goal of linking people throughout the Americas through their shared birds and shared love of birds. Jared is a board member of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, sits on the advisory board of Mass Audubon and leads field trips for ECOC, primarily on Cape Ann.
Photograph of Black-faced spoonbill © Jared Keyes

[@chrisholtby]

Hi Jared: Erpornis is from the Greek 'herpo' meaning creep about and 'ornis' which means bird. So not unlike the Go-away birds in Africa Asia has the White-bellied Creep-about Bird!

[@jeffreymodesto168]

great video. saw this . im traveling tomorrow to taiwan taipei and i have no plans but i do plan to bring my camera and tele zoom lens and hopefully i can do some bird photography in some parks. but i have no idea where to start.