On November 10, when Deng Xuefeng, a member of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association, went to Hankou Jiefang Park to watch birds, he found a white-tailed blue-tailed plover moving in the park. It has been verified that the white-tailed blue-tailed plover is the 413th bird species observed in the Wuhan area.
The Yangtze River Network reporter learned that in the afternoon of the same day, Deng Xuefeng carried a camera, telescopes and other equipment to Hankou Jiefang Park to investigate the species and distribution of birds. Suddenly, a small blue-brown bird was seen skimming through a low bush. After a few seconds, the bird jumped onto the branches of the bushes and made a hidden head leak. On the tail of the bird, there are two eye-catching white spots.
On November 11, the white-tailed blue-tailed earth plover preyed on Huang Xiong in Jiefang Park
Deng Xuefeng recognized at a glance that this little bird was the white-tailed blue-tailed earth bird. In his hometown of Chongqing, the white-tailed blue-tailed plover is a common bird, so he is very familiar with its physical characteristics. The white-tailed blue-tailed plover jumped around at the top of the bushes, and finally flew to a willow trunk and stopped, and Deng Xuefeng took the opportunity to take a few photos of it with his camera.
On November 11, the white-tailed blue-tailed earth plover stood on a branch in Jiefang Park
After receiving Deng Xuefeng's report, Huang Xiong, Yao Bo, and other members of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association were dispatched by the association to the Jiefang Park the next day to investigate the field and find out that the white-tailed blue-tailed landwridge photographed by Deng Xuefeng was still sheltering in the park and did not fly away.
Yan Jun, president of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association and bird expert, said in an interview with the Yangtze River Network reporter that their association is mainly engaged in the protection and management of bird resources, scientific research and education, domestication and breeding, wild birds, science popularization, habitat protection and other work. Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Landscape Architecture and Forestry is the business department of the association. According to the provisions of the association's charter, the association may engage in the investigation and monitoring of wild bird resources, the identification of bird species, the establishment of bird databases and the preparation of bird observation reports.
Yan Jun revealed that after the study, the association confirmed that the white-tailed blue ground plover photographed by Deng Xuefeng, a member of the association, in The Liberation Park on the same day was a bird that had not been recorded in the Wuhan area before. At this point, the number of bird species in wuhan's bird list has risen to 413.
The white-tailed blue-tailed plover is a bird of the genus Blue-tailed Plover in the family Grebe, which belongs to the terrestrial wild animals with important ecological, scientific and social value protected by China (three animals). Adults weigh between 20 and 28 grams and are 15 to 18 cm long. It inhabits mainly understory shrubland and above ground and prefers to eat insects and insect larvae. In autumn and winter, the fruits and seeds of plants are occasionally eaten.
On November 10, the white-tailed blue-tailed plover stopped on the trunk of a willow tree in Liberation Park
Yan Jun told the Yangtze River Network reporter that the Jiefang Park is densely wooded, flowers and plants are flourishing, and the environment is beautiful, which is more suitable for birds to survive. Dozens of species of wild birds are stationed in the park, and many others will rest here when they are tired of flying. On April 19 this year, Lei Jinyu, a senior bird watcher in our city, saw a gray-crowned warbler appear in Jiefang Park. The grey-crowned oriole belongs to the transit bird of the Wuhan area and is the 409th species of bird observed in the Wuhan area.
Source: Yangtze River Network
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