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Bird-watching resort is lively There are 140 species of birds in southern Honshu, USA. Birds ranging from sandhill cranes to red-faced warblers attract birdwatchers from all over the world. More than...

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Vibrant bird watching destination Southern Honshu is home to 140 species of birds, ranging from sandhill cranes to red-faced warblers, attracting birdwatchers from all over the world. Davit Pashley of the American Bird Conservancy said: "Southern Arizona is one of the best bird watching destinations in the world, and bird watching has become a unique tourism project in Arizona." Various bird watching festivals are held throughout the year in various regions of the state, including Yuma in the south and Verde Valley in the north. The most famous bird watching location may be the southeastern city of Sierra Vista. The Southwest Bird Watching and Nature Festival is now in its 20th year. Sierra Leone is located among criss-crossing canyons, with mountains, trees, rivers and lakes everywhere. The natural ecology is complex and beautiful. The San Pedro River (San Pedro River) and the Colorado National Monument attract tourists, and a wide variety of birds have become a natural scenery. Joe Yarchin, state recreation and fish program coordinator, said people are used to associating Arizona with the desert, which symbolizes death and desolation, but they don't expect it to be an "oasis" for birds. Sierra Leone is home to more than a dozen species of hummingbirds that are unique to the United States and is known as the "Hummingbird Capital." Due to its border with Mexico, many Mexican bird species have been "introduced" here. Gordon Lewis, one of the organizers of the Southwest Birding and Nature Festival, said that the wildfire that broke out near Sierra Leone in June this year engulfed 47 square miles of surrounding land and burned 57 homes, but it had little impact on the birds that live here. Pashley of the American Bird Conservancy also said that most wildfires help rebalance the natural ecology, and birds displaced by wildfires have a strong ability to survive. They will find and adapt to new living environments. Summer is the rainy season, and vegetation forests burned by wildfires will quickly turn green. According to a 2006 survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, bird-watching enthusiasts across the country spent 12 billion yuan on bird-watching trips and equipment. It attracted about 1.3 million bird-watching enthusiasts that year and generated about 1.2 billion yuan in revenue from related tourism. Other birding information in Arizona can be found at http://www.arizonaguide.com/things-to-do/nature/birding-wildlife/arizona-birding, and the Southwest Birding and Nature Festival website is http://www.swwings.org/.

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