Thousands of birds and storks choose mangrove forests and mangroves in Con Chim as their residence, creating a peaceful scene, attracting many tourists.
Con Chim in Phuoc Son commune, Tuy Phuoc district (15 km from Quy Nhon city) is the common name of the mangrove ecosystem with 3 floating islands, Con Chim, Con Trang and Con Gia, with a total area of 480 hectares, accounting for nearly 1/10 of the area of Thi Nai lagoon - the largest saltwater lagoon in the Central region.
Forests have large seagrass beds, creating habitats, feeding grounds, breeding grounds and nursery nurseries for many valuable aquatic species. There are 25 species of mangroves here, of which 18 are mainly forest and 5 are seagrasses.
With a special ecosystem and climate, the dune is the place where thousands of birds and storks live and live in harmony with humans.
Mr. Truong Xuan Dua, Head of the Agricultural Technology Application Research Station, under the Binh Dinh Agricultural Extension Center, said that on the dunes, there are dozens of species of birds and white storks accounting for the largest number.
As the person in charge of the care and protection of mangroves in Con Chim, Mr. Dua said that white storks still fly to nearby waters or fields to find food, but then they still flock to the dunes because they consider this home. At one time, there were about 10.000 on the dunes.
Mangrove plays a central role in the flora here, besides a number of other mangrove species such as white cork and white mam, which were planted under the project of planting and restoring mangrove forests of Binh Dinh province more than 10 years ago.
And white landed in the lagoon looking for food. In addition to the white stork, there are many species of birds on the dunes such as gongs, nationals, storks, and sparrows.
This area has about 100 families with 1.000 people, working in fishing and aquaculture. Mr. Duong Thanh Trung, 46 years old, said that the dune hamlet existed hundreds of years ago, and his family has lived here for many years. In addition to the main house in the village, people also make small huts next to ponds where shrimp, crabs and fish are intercropped.
Families are contracted to protect the forest and preserve the ecosystem for shrimp and fish to thrive. "Because of the abundant aquatic resources and food, the number of birds and storks coming to Con Chim is very high," said Trung.
Mr. Trung catches goby fish in an intercropping pond. Trung's pond is 1,4 hectares wide, earning more than 10 million VND per month. In addition to the farming area, he also left fish, shrimp and crab breeds in the common lagoon to regenerate aquatic resources.
Recently, Con Chim has emerged as an attractive ecological spot in Binh Dinh. Seizing the opportunity, Mr. Van Minh, 37 years old, and a group of friends made friends to welcome tourists with services such as dining, rowing sup, bird watching, catching crabs and fish.
Due to the fast flight of birds, it is difficult for visitors to see from a close distance and can't take selfies with the birds. Instead, coming to Con Chim, visitors can experience other activities such as catching crabs and fish in the pond.
In addition, visitors can also experience rowing sup.
Mr. Tran Van Vinh, Deputy Director of Binh Dinh Fisheries Sub-Department said that Con Chim is a treasure in the middle of Thi Nai lagoon, if developed in the right direction, it will become the green lung of Binh Dinh. Therefore, localities need to have good policies to conserve and protect mangrove forests, flocks of wild birds, and develop community-based tourism.
Currently, Binh Dinh has planned this area into an urban area, services, eco-tourism combined with a mangrove park. A large enterprise is also surveying Con Chim for tourism.
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