Umthwebuli wezithombe zezilwane zasendle u-Tim Laman ukuthatha okumangalisayo kwemvelo ku-'Bird Planet'

Ibhalwe ngu URebecca Cairns, CNN

I-Call to Earth iwuchungechunge lokuhlela lwe-CNN oluzibophezele ekubikeni ngezinselele zemvelo ezibhekene neplanethi yethu, kanye nezisombululo. Iplanethi Engapheli kaRolex Uhlelo lubambisene ne-CNN ukuze kuqwashiswe abantu kanye nemfundo mayelana nezindaba ezibalulekile zokusimama kanye nokugqugquzela isenzo esihle.

“Ngizimisele, ngaphezu kwabantu abaningi, ukubhekana nokungakhululeki okuthile.”

Yileyo ndlela umthwebuli wezithombe waseMelika u-Tim Laman aphethe ngayo amanzi ekhuphuka phezu kwamadolo endaweni eyixhaphozi yomfula phakathi kwamabili, ikhamera yakhe intanta eduze kwakhe. “Ngazifaka esimeni esithile,” uyavuma.

U-Laman wayeseSigodini sase-Orinoco e-Venezuela efuna izinyoni ezibomvu tebhu, izinyoni ezibomvu ngokusawolintshi ezihlala phakathi kwezimpande zomhlume kanye nezindawo ezinamathelayo zodaka lapho kuhwalala. Wayefuna ukuthwebula izinyoni kusihlwa nasekuseni ekukhanyeni — okwakusho ukuchitha ubusuku esihlengeni esimisiwe esiphakathi nomfula. Kodwa ama-tide charts ayewasebenzisa ayengaphelele futhi, lapho ilanga lishona, amanzi aphuma phezu kwesihlenga.

“Ngachitha ubusuku bonke ngimi emsamo, ngilinde ukuthi amagagasi ehle, okuyinto egcine yenzekile ekuseni,” kusho uLaman. “Laphuma ilanga ngase ngibuyisela ikhamera yami ngathola ezinye izithombe zezinyoni.”

Ishothi yalolu hambo ehlanganisa ikhava yencwadi yakhe entsha yezithombe, “Iplanethi Yezinyoni,” ethwebula izinyoni zindiza, eqhathanisa nesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza kanye nenyanga egcwele ekhazimula kancane.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi bekufanelekile, sekukonke,” encokola. Uthi lokhu kungahambi kahle bekukubi kakhulu, nakuba ngemuva kokuchitha amashumi amathathu eminyaka ethwebula izinyoni, usezibeke ezimeni eziningi ezibucayi ephishekela isithombe esihle.

Izithombe zika-Laman eziguqukayo zinikeza ukuqonda kokuthi izinyoni ziphila futhi zinyakaze kanjani — njengalolu phondo lukabhejane oluthwele igundane liya esidlekeni salo e-Thailand. Ikhredithi: Ibungazwe ngu-Tim Laman

“Lapho ubamba umzuzu wenyoni lapho indiza, isuka, noma (ikhwelana), uthwebula umzuzwana ngesikhathi,” kusho uLaman, othemba ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe uzogqugquzela abantu ukuba banakekele izinyoni, kanye nezindawo ezihlala kuzo. .

“Zingolunye lwezinhlobo zezilwane zasendle ezithakazelisa kakhulu futhi eziqashelwa kalula, abantu abangazibona ukuthi kusedolobheni noma ezweni,” uyanezela: “Ukwenza abantu bazise futhi banake kakhulu omunye wemigomo yami. “

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ULamani waqala ukuthanda ukuphila kwakhe konke ngezinyoni zasezindaweni ezishisayo ngenkathi enza ucwaningo lwe-Ph.D. emahlathini emvula aseBorneo. Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, wafaka indaba ku-National Geographic mayelana ne izinyoni-zepharadesi yaseNew Guinea, isiqhingi esishisayo eNingizimu Pacific sahlukana phakathi kwesizwe sasePapua New Guinea empumalanga, ne-Indonesia ngasentshonalanga. NgokukaLaman, le ncwadi yayingakaze ibe nezithombe ezinyonini: “Bekubukeka njengeqembu elingathathwanga kahle ngempela futhi lingabongwa,” uyanezela.

U-Laman uvakashele eNew Guinea izikhathi ezinhlanu ukuze athole lesi sihloko, ethula izithombe zezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-15 zalesi sici. Kodwa wayefuna ukwenza okwengeziwe, futhi wakwenza umgomo wakhe ukuthwebula zonke izinhlobo ezingu-39 ezaziwa isayensi ngaleso sikhathi (kusukela ngaleso sikhathi lelo nani liye landa lafinyelela ku-45).

Phakathi kuka-2004 no-2012, umLaman kanye nesazi sezinyoni u-Edwin Scholes benza uhambo oluyi-18 oluya eNew Guinea, bachitha izinsuku ezingu-544 lapho sezizonke. ULamani wathatha cishe izithombe ezingu-40,000, waba umuntu wokuqala ukuthwebula zonke izinhlobo zezinyoni zasepharadesi ngekhamera.

Lo mzamo omkhulu uthola isahluko sonke sencwadi, esiveza imibukiso yezinyoni ezimangalisayo nezimibalabala zokukhwelana.

Le nyoni eyipharadesi eyivelakancane eluhlaza idla esihlahleni esithanda kakhulu eSigodini saseTari ePapua New Guinea. Ikhredithi: Ibungazwe ngu-Tim Laman

Uthi: “Uma usuyitholile indawo yazo lapho zizalela khona, ngokuvamile zifika njalo ekuseni,” enezela ukuthi wayechitha amahora angu-8 ngosuku “engaboni,” indawo yokukhosela ecashile esetshenziswa ososayensi nabathwebuli bezithombe ukuze bahlole izilwane zasendle. eduze, elinde izinyoni.

Uphinde wathwebula izithombe zezinyoni ze-paradise esezingene kumadokhumenti ezilwane zasendle, okuhlanganisa “Ukudansa Nezinyoni” ku-Netflix, futhi ufake isandla ocwaningweni lwesayensi.

U-Laman ungumsunguli we-The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Birds-of-Paradise Projectlapho amavidiyo nezithombe zakhe kugcinwa khona kungobo yomlando ukuze ososayensi bakusebenzise ocwaningweni.

Kwesinye isenzakalo, umsebenzi kaLaman wanikeza ukusekelwa kocwaningo lwe-DNA olwahlonza uhlobo oluhlukile lwezinyoni zasepharadesi. “Lapho sesiqophe indlela eziphatha ngayo futhi sembule ukwakheka kwamapayipi owesilisa, kwacaca ngempela,” kusho uLaman.

Okunye funda emibaleni nasemicikilishweni yokudansa yezinyoni zasepharadesi ezibukisayo ezisetshenziswa cishe Iziqeshana zevidiyo eziyi-1,000 egciniwe, okuvumela abacwaningi ukuba benze “ukuhlaziya okuningiliziwe kokuvela kwemibukiso yezinyoni zasepharadesi, ngaphandle kokuya eNew Guinea,” kusho uLaman.

Uhlobo oluphambili lwehlathi

U-Laman uyilungu elisungula iNhlangano Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yabathwebuli Bezithombe Zokongiwa Kwemvelo, futhi umsebenzi wakhe udlale indima ebalulekile ekongiweni kwemvelo.

Isithombe sakhe senyoni enkulu yepharadesi ekushoneni kwelanga saba ubuso bomkhankaso wokulondoloza imvelo ophumelelayo eNew Guinea, owavimbela uxhaxha olukhulu lwehlathi lemvula ukuba liguqulwe libe indawo yokutshala umoba.

Isithombe sika-Laman sale nyoni enkulu yepharadesi e-Indonesian New Guinea saba ubuso bomkhankaso wokongiwa kwemvelo wokusindisa ihlathi lemvula. Ikhredithi: Ibungazwe ngu-Tim Laman

I-New Guinea iyikhaya le- ihlathi lemvula lesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeningemva kwe-Amazon neCongo, kanye ne I-80% isaphelele ibalulekile njengekhaya lezilwane zasendle kanye ne ukukhipha i-carbon.

Nokho, izinhlelo zokugawulwa kwemithi ezimbonini, ukusebenza kwezimayini, amasimu kawoyela wesundu kanye nemiklamo emikhulu yengqalasizinda kusongela ubuqotho bala mahlathi.

U-Laman uthemba ukuthi izinyoni-zepharadesi zingaba uhlobo lwe-flagship ye-New Guinea, futhi “zilethe ukunaka kwabantu kuleli hlathi elibalulekile okufanele sizame ukulivikela.”

Uzimisele futhi ukukhombisa abantu ukuthi izilwane zasendle ezinhle azitholakali nje ezindaweni ezikude: “Iplanethi Yezinyoni” igqamisa ubukhazikhazi bezinyoni egcekeni lakubo e-Lexington, eMassachusetts, njengama-blue jay neziqophamithi ezinqwabelene. ULamani uthemba ukuthi abafundi bazoxhuma izithombe ezisencwadini yakhe nezilwane zasendle abazibona nsuku zonke, futhi bathathe isinyathelo sokuvikela amaphakethe emvelo noma kuphi lapho bekhona.

“Izinyoni zikhona yonke indawo, kusukela e-Antarctica kuya e-Arctic kuya ezindaweni ezishisayo,” kusho uLaman. “Uma singakwazi ukuvikela izindawo zokuhlala zezinyoni, khona-ke kuyindlela enhle yokuvikela izindawo zokuhlala kukho konke okunye.”

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Uhlobo oluphambili lwehlathi

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