"There are 3 black swans on the Qikong Bridge of Dianchi Caohai, and now there are more and more people watching the swans, and I don't know where the swans came from?" On October 14, Mr. Zhang, a citizen, reported to reporters that there were beautiful black swans in Dianchi Lake, and sent pictures and videos to reporters. Subsequently, the reporter contacted Wang Zhibin, deputy secretary general of the Kunming Bird Association, who told the reporter that the three black swans were bred by some enterprises or units around Kunming, and later they escaped into Dianchi Lake to live freely, so they have not left.
At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th, the reporter came to the Qikong Bridge of Caohai in Dianchi Lake, and did not see the black swan after looking for a long time here. Subsequently, the reporter contacted Mr. Zhang. "I also heard that black swans can be seen in Dianchi Lake, so I took the time to take a look. I didn't expect them to be afraid of people, they are very close to people." Mr. Zhang said that he saw a black swan in the sea of grass on October 12, when there were still many onlookers. Some tourists also pick aquatic plants and take the initiative to feed them, and they are also very close to people, taking the initiative to eat the grass that people feed.
The reporter asked a staff member on duty near the Qikong Bridge in Caohai in Dianchi Lake, he said: "There are indeed black swans here, and there are 3, they all look like adult swans, but they don't appear here every day, they haven't seen them in the past two days, and even if it's a day, black swans will only appear in this place for a while, not all day can be seen, sometimes they will fly to other places in Dianchi Lake." ”
Where did these 3 black swans come from? The reporter interviewed Wang Zhibin, deputy secretary general of the Kunming Bird Association, who said: "These three black swans have appeared in the grass sea of Dianchi Lake for several years, they were originally raised by people to watch, and then escaped into Dianchi Lake and became wild black swans. Wang Zhibin said that in the past, there were many enterprises and units around Dianchi Lake that had raised black swans. Originally, it was bred for people to watch, but later some black swans also bred offspring and escaped from the breeding place and entered the Dianchi Lake.
Wang Zhibin introduced that the black swan is a bird animal of the family Duckidae. black swan with tidular gray feathers on its back; The neck is elongated, often curved into an elegant "S" shape; beak bright red, with a "V" shaped leucorband at the tip; The iris is red, tarsal and webbed black. Its physical characteristics are that the whole body is white, except for a small part of the primary flight feathers, the rest of the body feathers are bright and black. The black swan is a rare species native to Australia and was not known until the 17th century.
Regarding the three black swans that appeared in Dianchi Lake, Wang Zhibin said: "Now they are also very close to tourists, and there is no problem for people to watch and take pictures, just don't disturb them too much." ”
Source: Kaiping News
Reporter: Zuo Xuejia, Zhou Keyu, Wang Yuheng
Editor: Feng Yan
Review: Zhong Ling
Final review: Peng Deguang