Anna’s Assign
Things that we most value in our lives may vary from person to person. I think that in general what is precious too many people is friendship, family and the most precious is money. Friendship is something important in our lives because their things that we do not easily share with our parents, but with our friends. In addition, I believe that humans need one another, which is why that the world has many people. Moreover, there things that we do not find in our parents, but in friends and at times that where we learn new things. However, to other people what is precious is the members of their family especially their parents. As most of our parents wish the best for our lives and they are always ready to help us in everything in their capacity. In addition, if there is something rare to hear is about a parent or parents that disappoint the child by not offering any support which might be material or psychological. Money is the most precious thing to some people. Many people are ready to do everything when comes to money issue. Even if you had friend for so many years by the time he/she looses material things like job or money the friendship may break for that reason. As we all might know that in these days is difficult find people with love for one another in their hearts, many people pretend to be good to other but not with their all heart. The real world is full of cursing one another, betrayal, lies and killing or stealing for the circle of money. That is why to me the most precious things is the one who created me and my parents. Friends are also precious but the problem is that the true friends are rare.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Fluency Exercise #7
The next Invention
Can you imagine the cities without carbon dioxide pollution? Thus, if you can imagine and believe, then we will soon have cars that will use water instead of fossil fuel. In addition, scientists are investigating other alternatives with the rinds of lemon and other citrus fruits to substitute for harmful chemicals like CFCs which deplete the ozone layer. These harmful chemicals not only deplete the ozone layer, they also harm our health. Therefore, I believe that we will soon enjoy clean air and breathe fresh air. Besides that, the ozone layer will stop being depleted; thus, fewer ultraviolet rays will heat the earth’s surface. Moreover, we will soon be able to go to the beach without having to apply strong products on the skin against ultraviolet rays. Thereby, the new cars that will use water and the rind of lemon and other citrus fruit will make a difference and make better changes in the world.
Can you imagine the cities without carbon dioxide pollution? Thus, if you can imagine and believe, then we will soon have cars that will use water instead of fossil fuel. In addition, scientists are investigating other alternatives with the rinds of lemon and other citrus fruits to substitute for harmful chemicals like CFCs which deplete the ozone layer. These harmful chemicals not only deplete the ozone layer, they also harm our health. Therefore, I believe that we will soon enjoy clean air and breathe fresh air. Besides that, the ozone layer will stop being depleted; thus, fewer ultraviolet rays will heat the earth’s surface. Moreover, we will soon be able to go to the beach without having to apply strong products on the skin against ultraviolet rays. Thereby, the new cars that will use water and the rind of lemon and other citrus fruit will make a difference and make better changes in the world.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Loneness
Annas’ assign
There so many reasons for some people to like or feel like to be alone. The reasons may vary from one person to another. Some people are always alone because of their background. I have noticed that the majority of people who have lost one or both parents tend to be always alone. The other reason that can make people to be alone is their religion. As each religion has its own principles and what might be wrong to some religions might also be right in other religions. Thus, some people do not feel comfortable with people from a religion which is different from theirs. Financial conditions can also influence and make people to despise those have financial conditions different from theirs. As we all might know that many people judge others based on their financial states. Most of people who have a lot of money and are famous have many friends, thereby; making them always busy or accompanied by friends. The behavior also contributes to make some people to be alone. Most of the people do not like to be with a violent person, somebody who thinks that is better than others and with somebody who is too passive. Therefore, if the person has all these qualities will tend to be always alone. I like to be alone but not most of the times. Back in my country I used to go to the beach and spend time over there alone watching the wave seas’. It made me relax and think about myself and my plans. I think that we all need time for ourselves by ourselves. To be alone is not strange to me because behind any loneness there must be a reason for that.
There so many reasons for some people to like or feel like to be alone. The reasons may vary from one person to another. Some people are always alone because of their background. I have noticed that the majority of people who have lost one or both parents tend to be always alone. The other reason that can make people to be alone is their religion. As each religion has its own principles and what might be wrong to some religions might also be right in other religions. Thus, some people do not feel comfortable with people from a religion which is different from theirs. Financial conditions can also influence and make people to despise those have financial conditions different from theirs. As we all might know that many people judge others based on their financial states. Most of people who have a lot of money and are famous have many friends, thereby; making them always busy or accompanied by friends. The behavior also contributes to make some people to be alone. Most of the people do not like to be with a violent person, somebody who thinks that is better than others and with somebody who is too passive. Therefore, if the person has all these qualities will tend to be always alone. I like to be alone but not most of the times. Back in my country I used to go to the beach and spend time over there alone watching the wave seas’. It made me relax and think about myself and my plans. I think that we all need time for ourselves by ourselves. To be alone is not strange to me because behind any loneness there must be a reason for that.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Common Ways that People in my Country Meet the Love of their Live
Anna's assign
People in my country meet the love of their live in many different ways. The most common, popular, and traditional is arranged married. However, some people meet their loved ones through friends, at their work place, college or university, church, radio and through wizards. Arranged married are from generation to generation, is our tradition and is the most trustful. In the arranged married the parents from the girl and the boy decided or arrange the marriage when both the girl and the boy are still babies. Thus, by the time they will be already grown up, they will have to get married because their parents have already decided and they are not supposed to break the promise. Before the girl leaves her parents to go and stay with her husband, the boy has to pay or give a lot of money to the girl parents. Besides it the boy has to buy clothes to the girl’s parents that have to fill at least three luggages. Most of the parents who arrange married to their daughter or son believe that ancestors play an important role in deciding and choosing the future couple that will get married. Therefore, many couples do not easily divorce because they believe that who arranged their married are the ancestors. Thus, if they divorce or think of divorcing they will be disrespecting, breaking the pacts and they will be cursing themselves. The churches in my country play an important role in making people to meet by making services for singles who are looking for a partner. The other popular way in which people meet their loved ones is through the radio. Most of radios stations have romantic programs in which people call and leave their details like age, height, educational level and from where they are. Then if somebody will be interested in the person with these characteristics will call to the radio to find out how to meet the person. However, meeting through the internet is not common and popular in my country. Thus, people would rather consult the wizards about with whom to get married, where to find to find the person, how to get or impress the person and what kind of magic can be used to call and seduce the person. Those who do not believe or trust in the wizards and do not have any arranged married, do not think that radio programs or church services can work wait for the opportunity to come by searching around in their work place, college and university.
People in my country meet the love of their live in many different ways. The most common, popular, and traditional is arranged married. However, some people meet their loved ones through friends, at their work place, college or university, church, radio and through wizards. Arranged married are from generation to generation, is our tradition and is the most trustful. In the arranged married the parents from the girl and the boy decided or arrange the marriage when both the girl and the boy are still babies. Thus, by the time they will be already grown up, they will have to get married because their parents have already decided and they are not supposed to break the promise. Before the girl leaves her parents to go and stay with her husband, the boy has to pay or give a lot of money to the girl parents. Besides it the boy has to buy clothes to the girl’s parents that have to fill at least three luggages. Most of the parents who arrange married to their daughter or son believe that ancestors play an important role in deciding and choosing the future couple that will get married. Therefore, many couples do not easily divorce because they believe that who arranged their married are the ancestors. Thus, if they divorce or think of divorcing they will be disrespecting, breaking the pacts and they will be cursing themselves. The churches in my country play an important role in making people to meet by making services for singles who are looking for a partner. The other popular way in which people meet their loved ones is through the radio. Most of radios stations have romantic programs in which people call and leave their details like age, height, educational level and from where they are. Then if somebody will be interested in the person with these characteristics will call to the radio to find out how to meet the person. However, meeting through the internet is not common and popular in my country. Thus, people would rather consult the wizards about with whom to get married, where to find to find the person, how to get or impress the person and what kind of magic can be used to call and seduce the person. Those who do not believe or trust in the wizards and do not have any arranged married, do not think that radio programs or church services can work wait for the opportunity to come by searching around in their work place, college and university.
The best ways to learn vocabulary
Fluency #5
Did you know that the best ways to learn vocabulary or new words is to know the synonyms and antonyms of each new word you come across? However, before you check the synonyms and antonyms of the new word you come across you should first get a dictionary from the language you are trying to get more words from. If your first language is different from the language you are trying to know vocabulary words of: then, never translate the words from your own language to the language you are trying to get more vocabulary words of because it will confuse you. Besides these ways, you should read as much as possible, more novels, newspaper and magazines that interest you. If you come across a word you do not know, do not rush to get the meaning from a dictionary; first try to guess and replace it with the words you already know to see if the sentence will make sense. However, if the first strategy of guessing and replacing did not work then find its meaning from the dictionary and later on get the synonyms and antonyms of the word.
Did you know that the best ways to learn vocabulary or new words is to know the synonyms and antonyms of each new word you come across? However, before you check the synonyms and antonyms of the new word you come across you should first get a dictionary from the language you are trying to get more words from. If your first language is different from the language you are trying to know vocabulary words of: then, never translate the words from your own language to the language you are trying to get more vocabulary words of because it will confuse you. Besides these ways, you should read as much as possible, more novels, newspaper and magazines that interest you. If you come across a word you do not know, do not rush to get the meaning from a dictionary; first try to guess and replace it with the words you already know to see if the sentence will make sense. However, if the first strategy of guessing and replacing did not work then find its meaning from the dictionary and later on get the synonyms and antonyms of the word.
Dreams and Fear
Anna's assign
I believed that most of the dreams are achieved through hard work and behind each dream there is fear. However, some do not require any hard word and has no fear. Dreams to me are things that we first think and start to imagine ourselves with the things that we wish to have. Thus, to materialize or make them come true is quite impossible to many people and that is from where the fears start. Most of the times we have the will and desire to make them happen but at the same time you fear because we doubt about ourselves in making it happen. For instance, I always wanted to finish my degree program at University of Manchester in United Kingdom (UK) because that is where most of my family members studied and got their degrees and most of my friends are there. Besides that, I always knew if I were to go and stay there I would not feel lonely and lost. Thus, in order to get a place at Manchester University I had to write Cambridge exams which are very difficult, and it took more than eight month to prepare for it. In addition, my first language is not English but Portuguese and in my country we learn everything in Portuguese at schools. Then, I prepared for my exams without any knowledge of English; fortunately I scored a good score. Besides scoring a good score I had to come here to learn English in order to fulfill my dream. Before I come I was so scared because I was going to a new place without any friend or relative and knowing that I would go through difficult moment that I had never went through in my all life. So, every dream demands its sacrifice like working or studying hard in order to achieve it. I believe that everything bad or good starts from a dream and it has its own fear.
I believed that most of the dreams are achieved through hard work and behind each dream there is fear. However, some do not require any hard word and has no fear. Dreams to me are things that we first think and start to imagine ourselves with the things that we wish to have. Thus, to materialize or make them come true is quite impossible to many people and that is from where the fears start. Most of the times we have the will and desire to make them happen but at the same time you fear because we doubt about ourselves in making it happen. For instance, I always wanted to finish my degree program at University of Manchester in United Kingdom (UK) because that is where most of my family members studied and got their degrees and most of my friends are there. Besides that, I always knew if I were to go and stay there I would not feel lonely and lost. Thus, in order to get a place at Manchester University I had to write Cambridge exams which are very difficult, and it took more than eight month to prepare for it. In addition, my first language is not English but Portuguese and in my country we learn everything in Portuguese at schools. Then, I prepared for my exams without any knowledge of English; fortunately I scored a good score. Besides scoring a good score I had to come here to learn English in order to fulfill my dream. Before I come I was so scared because I was going to a new place without any friend or relative and knowing that I would go through difficult moment that I had never went through in my all life. So, every dream demands its sacrifice like working or studying hard in order to achieve it. I believe that everything bad or good starts from a dream and it has its own fear.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Holiday in the memory of dead
Anna's assign
In my country we do not have a holyday around this time. We have a holyday quite similar to Halloween and we celebrate in February third. The holyday is celebrated in the memory of the warriors who fought for the liberation of the country against colonialists and in the memory of the first president who was killed by a bomb which was in an envelope. The holyday is celebrated on the third of February. The day before it people from throughout the country gather in the capital city of the country in a place called marraquene. People celebrate in that place because they believe that the first warrior who was also a king was buried near a river close to marraquene. Most of people who go there carry food and traditional bear made of a fermentation of small edible nut called cashew. All the regulos which are very old from the time of colonialist who used to work to the colonialists by controlling the population from not revolting against the colonialist must be present to invoke the dead’s spirits. These people called regulos are given the traditional bear to pour on the ground while they are invoking the dead’s spirits. Then, after they finished invoking usually a hippopotamus comes out from the river in sign that the dead had accepted the offering which is the traditional bear. After the hippopotamus comes out some people capture it and kill it, some of its meet is cooked and the other is grilled; thus, they spend the all night dancing, playing in the river and eating the hippopotamus meet till the next day which is February third.
In my country we do not have a holyday around this time. We have a holyday quite similar to Halloween and we celebrate in February third. The holyday is celebrated in the memory of the warriors who fought for the liberation of the country against colonialists and in the memory of the first president who was killed by a bomb which was in an envelope. The holyday is celebrated on the third of February. The day before it people from throughout the country gather in the capital city of the country in a place called marraquene. People celebrate in that place because they believe that the first warrior who was also a king was buried near a river close to marraquene. Most of people who go there carry food and traditional bear made of a fermentation of small edible nut called cashew. All the regulos which are very old from the time of colonialist who used to work to the colonialists by controlling the population from not revolting against the colonialist must be present to invoke the dead’s spirits. These people called regulos are given the traditional bear to pour on the ground while they are invoking the dead’s spirits. Then, after they finished invoking usually a hippopotamus comes out from the river in sign that the dead had accepted the offering which is the traditional bear. After the hippopotamus comes out some people capture it and kill it, some of its meet is cooked and the other is grilled; thus, they spend the all night dancing, playing in the river and eating the hippopotamus meet till the next day which is February third.
Piping plover recoveries depends also of environmental solutions
Piping plover recoveries depends also of environmental solutions
In “Ways of Humans, Nature Take Toll on Birds” the author states how the human actions are making piping plovers become extinction. First, humans are invading and occupying piping plover's places once they were regaining it from extinction. This has made a number of piping plovers reduced by 10 percent, down to 480 from 538 within four years, due to the increase of people and human actions like allowing cats to wander free. In addition, human’s closeness endangers them by making them exposed to pets, cars and animals that eat birds. Therefore, unpaid helpers and the municipalities are observing piping plovers in 100 different places where these bird nest and live. In the past 20 years organizations like 'Mass'. Audubon have succeeded in enlarging the number of piping plover from 130 couples to 500 couples with the help of high school students. Although forests are developing, it does not help birds reproduce, and does not enable them to get food due to the lack of brightness, extended air and dry surface with ‘shrubs’. Myles Standish State Forest has favorable conditions for birds to reproduce and get food due to fire created by itself. Population growth does not favor birds like whip-poor-will, because the places where they stay are being pushed in by people using the beaches and human’s habitat can easily provide fire which, is good for birds. Birds like bobolink, the eastern meadow lark and the upland sandpiper had demonstrated an increase in growth number through the last century. However, they are uncommon these days. Consequently, to keep these birds from extinction natural fire should be allowed to a certain level and we should maintain power line right-of-way cuts at a level that is better for the birds.
Bird’s population cannot be maintained due to the water pollution, natural diseases and the tourism industry.
Contaminated water can create health problems for the piping plover. Many countries use oceans as bin trash. Therefore, most of the substances thrown in the oceans are extremely harmful. Humans can protect themselves by applying chemicals in the tanks which keep water or by buying mineral water. However, the system of protection does not apply to these birds. In addition, although we can get sick and die, we can also prevent it by saying what we are feeling. However, this bird cannot do it, making them more vulnerable to dangerous kinds of infections. For instance in my country there is an industry that throws trash in a river close to it. The number of fish in that river has decreased and of birds that stay around that place. As the water travels and rivers are connected to themselves and the ocean, it makes it even more difficult to defend them.
In these days there are so many natural diseases affecting birds, for example the avian flu, which killed over two billion bird in Europe, especially in the UK and Italy as well as in Asia. Until now the scientists have not already discovery the cure. Thus, if the same disease attacks again, many more birds will be in danger. Besides the avian flu the PBFD virus is killing many ducks in my country in 2004. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this bird’s disease.
The tourism industry contributes to the reduction of the piping plover. Most tourism industries advertise beaches and lakes. Therefore, these advertisements attract and persuade a large number of people to explore the beaches and lakes. However, piping plovers nest and feed along coastal sand and gravel beaches. Thus, these advertisements make people and birds to share the same place, which is impossible. Besides that some like to walk along the sea or lakes with their pets. Consequently, they walk on the bird’s eggs by accident. In addition, piping plover usually stops feeding when people or pets come closer. For instance, Pemba is an island in my country. It attracts a large number of tourists through advertisements making the sandy beach birds in danger. The population and tourists leave garbage on the beach, which attracts predators, drive along the sea and accidentally step on the eggs and some birds die because they are too tiny as well as their eggs. Since the tourist industry has begun to advertise nice places in my country the country’s economy has changed for better. Therefore, this situation is making the government not to abolish the advertisements because the tourism industry is making the economy to grow.
To protect piping plovers from death is quite impossible due to water pollution, natural diseases and tourism industry. The author has deep feeling concerning birds but the current environmental problems and new incurable diseases make it difficult to conserve them.
Reference:
Knox R. (2007 March, 23). Ways of Humans, Nature Take Toll on Birds. The Boston Globe.
Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Lexis Nexis.
In “Ways of Humans, Nature Take Toll on Birds” the author states how the human actions are making piping plovers become extinction. First, humans are invading and occupying piping plover's places once they were regaining it from extinction. This has made a number of piping plovers reduced by 10 percent, down to 480 from 538 within four years, due to the increase of people and human actions like allowing cats to wander free. In addition, human’s closeness endangers them by making them exposed to pets, cars and animals that eat birds. Therefore, unpaid helpers and the municipalities are observing piping plovers in 100 different places where these bird nest and live. In the past 20 years organizations like 'Mass'. Audubon have succeeded in enlarging the number of piping plover from 130 couples to 500 couples with the help of high school students. Although forests are developing, it does not help birds reproduce, and does not enable them to get food due to the lack of brightness, extended air and dry surface with ‘shrubs’. Myles Standish State Forest has favorable conditions for birds to reproduce and get food due to fire created by itself. Population growth does not favor birds like whip-poor-will, because the places where they stay are being pushed in by people using the beaches and human’s habitat can easily provide fire which, is good for birds. Birds like bobolink, the eastern meadow lark and the upland sandpiper had demonstrated an increase in growth number through the last century. However, they are uncommon these days. Consequently, to keep these birds from extinction natural fire should be allowed to a certain level and we should maintain power line right-of-way cuts at a level that is better for the birds.
Bird’s population cannot be maintained due to the water pollution, natural diseases and the tourism industry.
Contaminated water can create health problems for the piping plover. Many countries use oceans as bin trash. Therefore, most of the substances thrown in the oceans are extremely harmful. Humans can protect themselves by applying chemicals in the tanks which keep water or by buying mineral water. However, the system of protection does not apply to these birds. In addition, although we can get sick and die, we can also prevent it by saying what we are feeling. However, this bird cannot do it, making them more vulnerable to dangerous kinds of infections. For instance in my country there is an industry that throws trash in a river close to it. The number of fish in that river has decreased and of birds that stay around that place. As the water travels and rivers are connected to themselves and the ocean, it makes it even more difficult to defend them.
In these days there are so many natural diseases affecting birds, for example the avian flu, which killed over two billion bird in Europe, especially in the UK and Italy as well as in Asia. Until now the scientists have not already discovery the cure. Thus, if the same disease attacks again, many more birds will be in danger. Besides the avian flu the PBFD virus is killing many ducks in my country in 2004. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this bird’s disease.
The tourism industry contributes to the reduction of the piping plover. Most tourism industries advertise beaches and lakes. Therefore, these advertisements attract and persuade a large number of people to explore the beaches and lakes. However, piping plovers nest and feed along coastal sand and gravel beaches. Thus, these advertisements make people and birds to share the same place, which is impossible. Besides that some like to walk along the sea or lakes with their pets. Consequently, they walk on the bird’s eggs by accident. In addition, piping plover usually stops feeding when people or pets come closer. For instance, Pemba is an island in my country. It attracts a large number of tourists through advertisements making the sandy beach birds in danger. The population and tourists leave garbage on the beach, which attracts predators, drive along the sea and accidentally step on the eggs and some birds die because they are too tiny as well as their eggs. Since the tourist industry has begun to advertise nice places in my country the country’s economy has changed for better. Therefore, this situation is making the government not to abolish the advertisements because the tourism industry is making the economy to grow.
To protect piping plovers from death is quite impossible due to water pollution, natural diseases and tourism industry. The author has deep feeling concerning birds but the current environmental problems and new incurable diseases make it difficult to conserve them.
Reference:
Knox R. (2007 March, 23). Ways of Humans, Nature Take Toll on Birds. The Boston Globe.
Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Lexis Nexis.
Piping Plover’s Protections in Revere
In Yee’s (2007) article “One hot beach chick: piping plover breed,” he explains how piping plovers are surviving on a busy beach. First, piping plovers are raising their chicks in the busiest beach; thus, it brings expectations to environmentalists. Since 1985, when it was discovered that plovers were endangered, Massachusetts Beach has displayed a great number of piping plovers residing there after bird’s protection program like Commonwealth had been running. However, the only thing that is worrying the bird’s protection programs is that in these days out of four plover’s eggs only one reproduced while in 1992 a couple would raise two chicks. In addition, hunters like foxes, skunks and seagulls are coming to be skilful in hunting plovers due to the extended number of plovers. Besides that, plover’s eggs are difficult to see by people and chicks stop moving when alarmed; consequently, this makes them exposed to be stepped on by cars. Furthermore, in Massachusetts beach over 2.5 million people frequent every year, thus endangering the plovers. Finally, to protect these birds Corona’s unpaid helpers surrounded an area with 500-yard with a rope and sand-rakers were forbidden from removing dirt in the region.
All ways mentioned in this article to protect piping plovers are not enough. Therefore, besides blocking off stretches of shoreline with twine and snow fencing, and by enclosing the yards with stretch with sticks, twine, and yellow caution tape, we should also keep the eggs in a veterinarian hospital, surround the area with electric fence and separate the beach.
Piping plover’s eggs must be kept in an incubator until the chicks are born. Piping plover’s eggs are too tiny to be seen; thus, people and animals that frequent the beach can easily step on them. In addition, plover’s chicks when alarmed with thing like a car do not move and stay in the same position or place making them vulnerable to being run over by cars. Therefore, if we collect the eggs from the beach to the incubator, we can keep them until the chicks are born and start to fly and release them to the environment. Moreover, by the time they are released people will be able to see them and they will be able to defend themselves against predators. ( Novaes. F, 2008) for instance, in Brazil there is a bird in danger called antwren that stays near the Amazon forest. Its protectors are collecting the antwren’s eggs to the incubator until they are born. Since they started using this system they have been noticing a great number of antwrens recovering. It allows them to make antwren less vulnerable from predators and forest burning. Thus, if we implemented the same system it would be very useful in protecting piping plovers.
The use of electric fences is also another way of defending piping plovers. (Abbott. S, 2007) for example, in Canada organizations like the Conservatory are using electric fences in defending piping plovers. The organization has succeeded in protecting over 2 million birds in danger. The electric fence does not harm what is inside it, only what’s out side of it. Thus, pets, predators and people are electrified whenever they are trying to get in. Besides Canada, the same system is being used in Australia to protect red-footed booby birds from extinction. All these countries are succeeding in protecting birds from extinction; thus, we should also try to do the same for the piping plover.
The beach’s area must be divided and limited. There must be areas for birds and for people so that people will not go to the bird’s areas or birds to the people area. For instance, in my country we had a problem of some marine species’ approaching extinction. Many foreigners and Tanzanians were capturing some marine species and sending them to Europe. Thus, the government decided to separate the ocean area. We now have areas which are only frequented by people and others which only people whose jobs and studies are related to marine ecology. Therefore, the number of people who hunt marine species has been reduced and a number of marine species near extinction are now recovering. However, in this Massachusetts beach the beach is not divided for people and birds; then, they also have to start using this method to give more help to piping plovers.
The methods mentioned in this article to defend piping plover are useful. However, to increase the ways of protecting plovers so that they cannot be exposed to predators or people, they should also keep the eggs in an incubator until they are born, surround the bird’s area with electric fence and separate or divide the beach. Birds are one of the things that make our environment alive and colorful. They belong to our history and they are part of one of the best wonders in the world. Therefore, we need to collaborate in protecting them from danger and extinction.
Reference
Yee. A (2007, August 27). One hot beach chick: piping plover breed hope, joy in Revere. Globe Newspaper Company. Retrieved October 25, 2008, from LexisNexis
Novaes. F ( 2008 March, 14 ) Birds in danger in Brazil
All ways mentioned in this article to protect piping plovers are not enough. Therefore, besides blocking off stretches of shoreline with twine and snow fencing, and by enclosing the yards with stretch with sticks, twine, and yellow caution tape, we should also keep the eggs in a veterinarian hospital, surround the area with electric fence and separate the beach.
Piping plover’s eggs must be kept in an incubator until the chicks are born. Piping plover’s eggs are too tiny to be seen; thus, people and animals that frequent the beach can easily step on them. In addition, plover’s chicks when alarmed with thing like a car do not move and stay in the same position or place making them vulnerable to being run over by cars. Therefore, if we collect the eggs from the beach to the incubator, we can keep them until the chicks are born and start to fly and release them to the environment. Moreover, by the time they are released people will be able to see them and they will be able to defend themselves against predators. ( Novaes. F, 2008) for instance, in Brazil there is a bird in danger called antwren that stays near the Amazon forest. Its protectors are collecting the antwren’s eggs to the incubator until they are born. Since they started using this system they have been noticing a great number of antwrens recovering. It allows them to make antwren less vulnerable from predators and forest burning. Thus, if we implemented the same system it would be very useful in protecting piping plovers.
The use of electric fences is also another way of defending piping plovers. (Abbott. S, 2007) for example, in Canada organizations like the Conservatory are using electric fences in defending piping plovers. The organization has succeeded in protecting over 2 million birds in danger. The electric fence does not harm what is inside it, only what’s out side of it. Thus, pets, predators and people are electrified whenever they are trying to get in. Besides Canada, the same system is being used in Australia to protect red-footed booby birds from extinction. All these countries are succeeding in protecting birds from extinction; thus, we should also try to do the same for the piping plover.
The beach’s area must be divided and limited. There must be areas for birds and for people so that people will not go to the bird’s areas or birds to the people area. For instance, in my country we had a problem of some marine species’ approaching extinction. Many foreigners and Tanzanians were capturing some marine species and sending them to Europe. Thus, the government decided to separate the ocean area. We now have areas which are only frequented by people and others which only people whose jobs and studies are related to marine ecology. Therefore, the number of people who hunt marine species has been reduced and a number of marine species near extinction are now recovering. However, in this Massachusetts beach the beach is not divided for people and birds; then, they also have to start using this method to give more help to piping plovers.
The methods mentioned in this article to defend piping plover are useful. However, to increase the ways of protecting plovers so that they cannot be exposed to predators or people, they should also keep the eggs in an incubator until they are born, surround the bird’s area with electric fence and separate or divide the beach. Birds are one of the things that make our environment alive and colorful. They belong to our history and they are part of one of the best wonders in the world. Therefore, we need to collaborate in protecting them from danger and extinction.
Reference
Yee. A (2007, August 27). One hot beach chick: piping plover breed hope, joy in Revere. Globe Newspaper Company. Retrieved October 25, 2008, from LexisNexis
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