Doongee, go fly
Come here
Asking a bird to fly?
Doongee,
Come, (Fly)
Yet the bird never flies
The bird's scared 'cause he's in a high place
A bird.. has a fear of heights?
As the man approaches closer..
Oh my gah I'm flying..!
Shoot
I'm leaving
I'm done with you!!
Don't disown me daddy!!!
What's the story behind this bird and the man which left us speechless is?
The man's house
The birdie is the man's stan
Even following after him to the bathroom?
Dada, are you sure you washed your feet? It stinks!
The Korean Association For Bird Protection : He's a black-faced spoonbill
natural monument No. 205
Streched-long legs like a crane
with pure white fur
And a distinctive black beak
Doongee, Black-faced spoonbill, The man's stan
*Careful with the pronunciation* Uh? How did you meet(not meat) him?
Someone reported him(Doongee) who floated down in the monsoon
Then I found him completely worn out
Doongee was washed away by the rain during the rainy season Rescued exhausted Doongee in critical condition
*Rescued exhausted Doongee in critical condition then*
For weak Doongee, the man took extra care to look after him
With his devote care, he became healthy
but the problem is
Poop
He's TOO healthy
*Proud* Wow, my Doongee pooped again
He's even grateful that he poops well
Thank me later
Where Doongee goes,
poop bombs
Thanks for being in good shape
If there's one thing that worries him,
He used to be as tiny as my fist
Now that he's grown much bigger (than when he was first discovered)
I think I need to train him in a larger space
Create an environment similar to nature
and provide a live prey
for Doongee who's been kept indoors
Look here, Doongee, here
After teaching him how to move the beak side to side
After the man, he moves his beak side to side
His hunting skills are still clumsy
Quickly asking the man's help
Okay, it's here
Here
As the man finds the prey for him
Eating it up
(Proud) He ate it!
Doongee's hunting practice continues
Gulp
He eats well
This time, flight training
Will Doongee fly well?
Dada, look!
Flying so perfectly as well ♥
He'll have no problem dwelling in nature
Now slowly getting ready to live in the wild...
One island where wild black-faced spoonbills live with no human beings
Look over there
Your family is over there
Upon seeing the group of black-faced spoonbills
He reacts
Watching carefully for a while
But I like my dad! I don't want to leave!
As if nothing has happened..
he acts cute to the man
The Korean Bird Research Center : I thought he would join the group
But he's too familiar with humans as he was raised by them
So he needs to be separated from the man first
Doongee has been raised by the man since young
For Doongee, the man is perceived as his mom already
Now the time has come to release him to nature..
In the enclosure where the black-faced spoonbill group dwells,
he needs to be separated from humans first and adapt to nature later
Doongee can't mingle with the others in the group
Carefully approaches and hunts
The black-faced spoonbill keeps trying to lord over him :(
Shoo!
Yongu Yeo Zoo Species Conservation Research Center : If he can't overcome this hurdle,
he won't be able to go back to nature again
As if he's also aware of such fact
he pushes forward with hunting despite the others' unwelcome attitude
Succeeded in hunting
That's how Doongee slowly infiltrates into the group
A few days later
I couldn't sleep at night because
I was so concerned whether he adjusted to new surroundings or not
Under the staff's permission, the man goes inside
Thankfully Doongee seems fine
Doongee
This voice is?
Doongee approaches the man
Crew : Does he recognize you?
Yeah, he's coming
He really does
DAD I missed you ;(((((
How have you been? Oh, it hurts..
I'm about to cry..
"Doongee, you have to do everything on your own from now on"
Dada, no worries ;) Come again to see my beautiful face!