For a long time, many people thought that I could write, I could take pictures, so I had the opportunity to get involved with bird watching, many people also called it "bird thing", and I was not surprisingly called "bird man". There are a few colleagues surnamed Lin around me, and in order to distinguish, people directly call me "Forest Bird".
Blue-backed eight-colored plover, a national second-class protected animal
Bird watching
I've always thought it's something that photographers with long guns and cannons do, although I like photography and I like to photograph birds, maybe I'm short-sighted, just shoot and then send a circle of friends (now I know that some bird works can not only compete, but also make a profit by signing a contract). When I really came into contact with it, I realized that I still knew a lot. Bird watching is not only a matter that photographers like to photograph, but also some professors and scholars conduct scientific research on birds through observation and monitoring. Bird watching provides data for the study of birds and biodiversity. Of course, the above behavior is carried out without destroying nature and disturbing the habitat of birds. I am here in the Nonggang National Nature Reserve, the former Guangxi University professors through long-term scientific research, for the first time found a bird distributed only in the reserve, rare in number, to commemorate the discovery of the place is also for the public to know, because it is named "Nonggang Spike Osprey", its whole body is mostly dark brown, the cheeks have crescent-shaped white spots, living in the seasonal rain forest clam forest.
Lane hill spikes
It is also because of the bird watching activities, the local villagers, relying on the unique advantages of the Nonggang National Nature Reserve, practice the green development concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", build bird pits according to local conditions, regularly feed corn, bread worms, grains, etc. (not captive, through regular feeding to guide birds to come, and do not destroy nature, nor disturb bird life), convenient for bird watching enthusiasts to observe and shoot, and gradually formed an industry, driving villagers to increase income. The bird watching economy came into being, and I am the one who serves the bird watching economy.
Bird watching economy
Some villagers collect fees by building bird pits, which we call monitoring points, to attract bird watchers to come to the bird watching research or shoot. Gradually, the villagers found that this could drive income, and spontaneously built homestays to serve visitors, and the bird watching economy and industry gradually took shape. In the past, the villagers' concept was relatively backward and liked to eat birds, but now they can make birds rich through birds, and the villagers' thinking has gradually changed, and they have slowly changed to love birds and protect birds through the development of bird watching. I have witnessed it with my own eyes, it is a picture of people and nature living in harmony, after the bread worms are placed at the monitoring point, by whistling, the birds come in groups to feed, you stand next to them or even chat normally, they will not be frightened, because they are used to it, and they know that we will not hurt them. Of course, the villagers will generally build a simple shed, so that the birds will not be found, but also convenient for bird watching, to avoid wind and rain.
Many tourists come here, not only because there are many birds, but also because of the green water and green mountains, fresh air and beautiful scenery.
When I first got involved in bird watching, I also learned that there are many bird watching associations across the country, and I also know that there are many bird watching enthusiasts, and my job is to let more people watch birds and love birds and protect birds, attract more bird watching enthusiasts to come, drive the development of bird watching economy, and let the whole country know that here adhere to the concept of green development to promote the construction of ecological civilization. This is Longzhou County, Guangxi, and I am a forest bird.