彰化縣沿海地區由於地層下陷及土壤鹽化，部分農地因而休耕或轉作，人為干擾的減少，使得許多休耕的農地形成沼澤及草原的環境，成為鳥類聚集的場所。福興鄉的福寶溼地有多樣化的棲地類型，吸引許多鳥種棲息。彰化縣環保聯盟向當地居民承租休廢耕農地，做為鳥類的棲息地，希望能使廢棄土地再創造出新的價值。 高蹺?（Himantopus himantopus）屬反嘴?科（Recurvirostridae），在台灣原為不普遍的過境鳥，在西南沿海一帶出現的繁殖族群，近年來有逐漸向中部擴散的現象，也成為福寶溼地最引人注目的觀賞對象。因此利用人工巢島（man-made nest island）試驗的方式，搭配適當的經營管理措施，營造高蹺?的繁殖巢區，以吸引更多高蹺?到此地繁殖。 本研究旨在探討人工巢島是否能吸引較多高蹺?來繁殖及提高繁殖成功率，以及不同方位和不同植被覆蓋度的人工巢島對高蹺?在人工巢島繁殖時，巢的高度和一窩的蛋數是否有異於非人工巢島的情況。 實驗的結果顯示，在設有人工巢島的其中一個樣區中，有高達88.9%的巢是築在人工巢島上，以Apparent method 比較孵化成功率時，有人工巢島的樣區有較高的孵化成功率。在三個樣區共六條人工巢島中，東西向巢島上之巢密度明顯高於南北向的巢島，植被覆蓋度較低的人工巢島巢密度最高。人工巢島上與天然環境中巢的外徑有顯著差異；人工巢島上與天然環境中一窩的蛋數沒有明顯差異。 Along the coast of Changhua County, due to the land subsidence and salinization, part of the plantation turned fallow or re-cultivated with other plants. Human interference had decreased, and thus many fallow plantations have become marshes and grasslands, thus birds gathering. There are various types of habitats in Fubow wetland of Fushin Village in which attract birds to dwell. The Environmental Protection Alliance of Changhua County leases fallow or waste farmlands from the local residents to develop them as habitats for birds. In addition, they expect to create a new value for the waste and abandoned soil. Black-winged Stilts (Himantopus himantopus) were used to be rare winter migrants in Taiwan that bred along the southeastern coast. They have gradually extended their territory to the mid-west of Taiwan, becoming the most attracting birds in Fubow wetland. In order to attract more Black-winged Stilts breed in this area, the man-made islands are used to test if it works. The aim of this study is to examine whether the man-made islands are more available for Black-winged Stilts and increasing the breeding success. Then to compare the height of nests and the eggs of a clutch of the man-made islands which the direction and vegetation cover are different from the nature one. The results show that the proportion of nests built on the man-made island was fairly high in one of the four areas, which up to 88.9%. According to the calculation of Apparent method, the breeding success in man-mad islands is higher than that in natural ones. The nest density of east-west man-made islands is significant higher then south-north ones on the six man-made islands of the three sample areas. The man-made islands have lower vegetation cover have the highest nest density. The diameters of nests in the man-made island and the nature breeding area are significant different, but the eggs of a clutch in the man-made island and the nature breeding area are almost the same.
