A group of "ducks" swimming in front of the door turned out to be small partridges gathering in the Xitang River

The "little ducks" found by the citizens are actually small ducks. Photo by reporter Li Yuan

Mr. Wang, a citizen who lives in the Daguan Famous Garden in Sujin Street, Gusu District, when strolling along the riverview trail, suddenly found that there were several more "wild ducks" in the Xitang River, and he felt very curious, "I have never seen it before, and recently there have been ducks and egrets in the river for a while, which is really beautiful." The reporter then interviewed the bird experts, and it turned out that the "wild duck" in the mouth of the public was a diving bird with the scientific name of "Little Partridge".

Yesterday morning, the reporter came to the Sujin section of the Xitang River, Mr. Wang was holding a teacup and was "incubating the sun" by the river, he told the reporter that their community is close to the Xitang River, and the community has also built a wooden boardwalk along the river, which is very pleasant to walk here in this weather. "I've been here every day lately, and suddenly I saw several more 'little ducks', and they burrowed into the water for a while and then surfaced again, which is really cute." Under the guidance of Mr. Wang, the reporter soon saw the "little ducks" he described, they were in groups of three or five, playing in the water; when they heard human voices, they were not frightened, occasionally diving into the water, and occasionally "Ling Bo microsteped" on the river surface.

Is this "little duck" that the citizens see a duck? The reporter then found Zhou Minjun, an ornith observer at the Suzhou Wetland Nature School, who said after reviewing the photos taken by the reporter that this animal was not originally a duck, but a water bird called "Little Ibis", which often inhabits lakes, ponds, canals, ponds and swamps, is good at swimming and diving, often diving for food, feeding on aquatic insects and their larvae, fish, shrimp, etc. "In the past two years, the water quality of the Xitang River has been continuously improved, aquatic organisms have shown agglomeration and diversity, and water birds living on fish and shrimp in the water have begun to appear more and more."

【Source: Gusu Evening News】

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