Located around 65 kilometers from Hanoi in Kim Bang District, the 5,100-hectare Tam Chuc Pagoda complex boasts greenery and peaceful scenery, making it an oasis for various bird species. |
By the end of 2020, passionate bird photographers Vo Rin, Nguyen Hong Huy, Ha Vu Linh and Nguyen Thuy Linh visited the pagoda. They are authors of this series of photos. |
Linh, 27, said he was impressed with Tam Chuc's large grey heron population, comprising up to thousands. |
Gray herons and large storks on their artificial island habitat. |
Compared to other bird sanctuaries in Vietnam, Tam Chuc Pagoda's diverse habitat typically draws grey herons, fire herons, storks along with jays, pepper bananas and hawks. |
The Eurasian coot, also known as the Common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family. The species lives in swamps and freshwater lakes and is now rare in Vietnam. |
The team had to travel two hours by boat in the early morning to capture the grebe, or Tachybaptus ruficollis. |
Long tailed shrike, a shy bird, are about 25 centimeters long and have a long black tail, gray head, and brown back. They live in areas of over 2,000 meters above sea level. |
Brown-headed leopard, about 12 centimeters long, usually live among grass or bushes. |
Napothera crispifrons, an endemic species of Vietnam recorded in Tam Chuc. This species has an average size of about 20 centimeters and has a predominantly gray-brown color with many white, scaly feathers on the upper body, many large, dark stripes on the neck and light brown lower body. |