This year, when members of the Chinese Wild Bird Federation took a boat upriver from Kuantu to Huachung Bridge to survey bird numbers, they counted 10,000 wild ducks, far outnumbering other bird species.
今年鳥會人員由關渡乘小船一路上溯到華中橋進行鳥口調查，發現已有萬隻野鴨光臨，讓眾鳥為之遜色，淡水河沿岸，「其他鳥種只是插花而已！」