The birds 'proximity to people and traffic makes it easy for bird catchers to get to know their habits. "The greedy hunters who are in the mountains every day know more about the birds' behavior than we do. Of the 40-plus nests we recorded along the Central Cross-Island Highway this year, a quarter were taken away, birds and all."
就因為鳥兒移居到車水馬龍的公路邊，也讓捕鳥人輕而易舉的摸清牠們習性，「天天在山上虎視眈眈的獵人，對鳥的一舉一動比我們更清楚，今年中橫記錄到的四十幾個鳥巢中，就有四分之一連巢帶鳥被掏走，」羅柳墀說。