There are three major families of shorebirds: 1  Waders, about 220 species, include sandpipers, lapwings, snipes, plovers, stilts and various other species. These birds inhabit coasts and shorelines, as well as other open habitats. 2  Gulls, terns, skuas, jaegers and skimmers form a group of a little over 100 species.
The compass was probably invented in the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) by Chinese fortune-tellers who used the lodestones to construct their fortune telling boards.
But first, you need to find your Chinese zodiac sign and feng shui element; here they are in the chart below. 1900-1910. 1900 - Rat Metal (1/31/1900 to 2/18/1901) 1901 - Ox Metal (2/19/1902 to 2/7/1902) 1902 - Tiger Water (2/8/1902 to 1/28/1903) 1903 - Rabbit Water (1/29/1903 to 2/15/1904) 1904 - Dragon Wood (2/16/1904 to 2/3/1905)