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Protecting migratory birds with tracking tech
Trackers prove Mandai Mangrove is key food source for birds roosting at Sungei Buloh
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An aerial view of the Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat, which will be designated a nature park.
PHOTO: NATIONAL PARKS BOARD
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Jose Hong
Technology has not only confirmed what conservationists believed about the key role the Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat plays for migratory birds stopping at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, it has also helped the mudflat earn nature park status.
Through radio trackers and, more recently, satellite transmitters, National Parks Board (NParks) staff could prove that the birds that roost at Sungei Buloh during their long flights south for the winter go to the mudflat to hunt for food.
