During the height of summer in July one time he spent two or three hours trying to film a Mongolian iron-beak bird (Charadrius Mongolus), lugging along his equipment, his body soaked with sweat. He had finally reached a suitable spot when a tourist suddenly ran over and scared it away.
一次七月盛夏天，劉燕明為了拍一隻蒙古鐵嘴，花了二、三個小時，費了九牛二虎之力，扛著機器、滿身大汗終於接近到適中地點，忽然一個年輕遊客跑過來把鳥給嚇跑了… …「鳥不過動一下，我就是想追著拍也追不到了。」