Recently, in Chongxin County Jinping Town Guancun and Yujiawan near the bank of the River found an ordinary eagle in the river to catch rats, or on the telephone pole or in the branches, the flight speed is steady, prey is fast, with a pair of sharp eyes tightly staring at the place where there are rats, once the target is found, quickly pounce on the past, the general prey is difficult to escape the sharp claws, after catching the prey will quickly leave, to a safe place to eat, and then continue to look for the next target.
Buteo buteo is a medium-sized bird of prey with a body length of 50–59 cm. The body color varies greatly, the upper body is mainly dark brown, the lower body is mainly dark brown or light brown, with dark brown transverse spots or longitudinal stripes, and the tail is light grayish brown, with multiple dark transverse spots. When flying, the wings are broad, with distinct white spots at the base of the primary flight feathers, white under the wings, only the wingtips, wing corners, and outer edges of the flight feathers (pale type) or all black brown (dark type), and the tail is scattered and fan-shaped. When soaring, the wings are slightly lifted upwards in a shallow V-shape. Its natural habitats are mountains , fields , forests and forest margins.
The common eagle is included in the list of wild animals under national key protection in China and belongs to the national second class protected animal. Listed on the IUCN 2012 Red List of Threatened Species ver3.1 - Low Risk (LC).
Common birds are widely distributed in our county, but in small numbers. At present, in the forest areas of our county and the fields of ancient villages, it is found that flying alone and feeding on rodents, in addition to rodents, it also eats animal foods such as frogs, lizards, snakes, hares, birds and large insects, which is of great significance to the prevention and control of forest and crop rodents and should be protected.
(Photo: Yan Heping, Text: Chongxin County Rong Media Center)
【Source: Pingliang Municipal People's Government_Department Information】