Rare and ugly ducks invite people to feed food Volunteer appeal: Shoot migratory birds please be civilized

On February 17, 2017, in the past few days, the Yuan Dadu Chengyuan Ruins Park has become a gathering place for many photography enthusiasts. They photographed an ugly duck from abroad. The ugly duck, scientific name Chenkai, is a small, sturdy dark-colored sea duck that is very rare in China. This ugly duck, who was left behind on the way to migration, suddenly became a big star. Every day, many photography enthusiasts in the park will set up long guns and short cannons to shoot, in order to be able to catch the ugly duck at close range, some enthusiasts even feed it small fish, loach, vegetable leaves, steamed buns and other food. This makes some bird lovers very worried: "The food fed is too big and difficult to digest, and it will pollute the water quality, and the shooting of migratory birds should also be civilized." ”

<h5>The two sides of the strait are full of photography enthusiasts who photograph ugly ducks photographed by Yang Han</h5>

Yesterday afternoon, although the wind was blowing in the Yuan Dadu City Wall Ruins Park, it still could not stop the enthusiasm of photography enthusiasts. Everyone carried stools and cameras, holding their breath and staring intently at the ugly ducks playing in the water at the drainage of the sluice gate. According to residents living nearby, the female ugly duck flew into the water more than 20 days ago, preying on the water during the day and hiding in the nearby culvert at night. It is understood that this is the first time that the ugly duck has been observed in Beijing, and it is likely that it has landed in Beijing by mistake due to migration and other reasons. The ugly duck breeds mainly in the inland areas of the North Pacific and North Atlantic coasts, including Lake Baikal, Siberia and other places, and winters in relatively warm coastal areas, including the Korean Peninsula and Japan, and is only a rare transit bird in China.

"Let the Migratory Birds Fly" volunteer Yang Han told reporters that after the discovery of the ugly duck in the Yuan Capital City Wall Ruins Park "rested", the arrival of many photography enthusiasts broke the ugly duck's peaceful life. In order to photograph the ugly ducks up close, some photography enthusiasts even fed the ugly ducks loach and small fish and other food. "A colleague once saw a person feeding an loach to an ugly duck, and it propped up a big drum in its stomach, and stood there for a long time without moving, which frightened the people around it, thinking that the ugly duck was broken." Volunteers said that after an hour, the ugly duck eased up, and after finding that the ugly duck could move again, another photography enthusiast continued to feed the ugly duck loach despite the persuasion of the people around him, and at the end of the day, the ugly duck ate three or four loaches in a row. "In fact, there is a lot of food in the water, and there is no need for artificial feeding." The volunteers said they hoped that photography enthusiasts would not hurt this beautiful elf for a photo that they were satisfied with.