Winter to spring,
As the weather warms up,
The red-billed gull began to quietly "change clothes",
It also means they're ready to go home.
In Cuihu Park, flocks of red-billed gulls frolic on the water. The feathers on the elves' heads had begun to change color, some only a handful of them, some obviously gray, and some of the entire head turned pure black, as if wearing a black veil.
Some visitors from afar have also noticed this change.
Tourist: "It's the first time I've seen so much, there are white, black. ”
Tourist: "Some are white and some are black, and I also want to ask the locals what's going on." ”
Experts from the Bird Association say that the feathers change color, and that is when the red-billed gulls begin to change their feathers.
Wang Zhibin, deputy secretary-general of the Kunming Ornithological Association: "The red-billed gulls that come to Kunming begin to moult in February every year and replace them with summer feathers, which we also call breeding feathers, like the breeding feathers of red-billed gulls and brown-headed gulls, that is, the head will turn black, one is that it enters the breeding period, and the other is that it is sexually mature." ”
Wang Zhibin introduced that after the red-billed gulls are moulted, they will fly back to their habitat to breed offspring.
Wang Zhibin, deputy secretary-general of the Kunming Ornithological Association: "Every year, Kunming's red-billed gulls gradually begin to leave Kunming after March 10 and return to their breeding grounds, and it will be until the end of April when all seagulls fly out of Kunming. ”
Citizens who like red-billed gulls should seize this time for more than a month to see these elves. Citizens said they were looking forward to the red-billed gull's return next year.
Citizen: "Looking forward to it, looking forward to it every year, walking around Cuihu Park with my dog to feed the seagulls is the happiest thing for me every day." ”
Citizen: "I am looking forward to it, relatives from other provinces in the family, the first choice is to go to Cui Hu or to the dam to see the seagulls." ”
Reporter: Gao Shanjing Gui Qi
Source: YNTV2 Urban Barcode