Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Tang Xufeng Correspondent Zheng Qi Zheng Huan
It's the breeding season for owls.
A few days ago, in the beautiful seaside scenic spot Songlan Mountain Resort in Xiangshan County, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, when workers were renovating a newly completed hotel, a squeaky bird call was heard in the cement brick crack of the balcony on the third floor, and the sound was sharp and soft. The workers leaned down and looked inside, and it turned out that there was an owl lying inside.
A worker flicked the owl with a small stick, and it was not afraid of people.
The sharp-eyed worker found the eggs under the owl's body, pure white, a total of four. It turned out that the mother owl was hatching the egg baby.
"I heard that owls are protected animals." The decoration workers did not dare to be careless, and immediately told the news to the project department, and after the project department came, they did not know how to deal with it. While notifying the local wildlife conservation association in Xiangshan, they discussed and blocked the owl's nest with a baffle, and the area was temporarily renovated.
Owls were spotted in this crevice
Liu Yong, the on-site construction supervisor, told the Qianjiang Evening News and Hourly News reporter: "We protect this area, wait for the eggs to hatch, fly away, and then start working." Close the doors of the protective places and try to leave a quiet space without disturbing them. ”
After Hu Zuyue, head of the Xiangshan County Wildlife Conservation Association, came to the scene, he couldn't help but praise the workers' awareness of animal protection. "If the workers don't find out, the brick cracks will be blocked during the renovation process, so the owl family will be too pitiful." Hu Zuyue said.
The hourly news reporter learned that the balcony of the owl hatching baby is on the side of the mountain, and not far away is the woods. For the owl that leaves the obox at night, it is possible to go out to forage for food at night. And when the baby hatches, the owl father will also catch some bugs from the mountain and fly back to feed the chicks.
Although the owl is small, it looks cool, but it is a small bird of prey. The workers of Xiangshan Found that the owl was two fists in size, its coat was somewhat pale, and there was not a single branch or grass in the place where the eggs were hatched, but small cement bricks.
Fan Zhongyong, a senior bird expert in Zhejiang, said after looking at the photos provided by the hourly news reporter that this is the most common type of owl, the scientific name is the collared owl, which is a national second-level protected animal. Their breeding season is from March to June, and they are very particular about breeding nests, in addition to nesting in tree holes, many hidden corners are where they live.
Hu Zuyue, president of the Xiangshan Wildlife Conservation Association, also said that they had received clues from citizens and had seen owls hatching eggs on the hood and air conditioner at home.
The hourly news reporter saw on Douyin that not long ago, there were also owls hatching and brooding on the roof beams of an old house in Lishui, and a local media carried out a slow live broadcast. The love of owmin mothers and fathers for their children and the cute appearance of the babies can be felt through slow live broadcasting.
It is reported that the incubation period of the collared owl is 22 to 29 days, and the brooding period is 18 to 26 days. Next, the chicks leave the nest and fly to the trees, where they are fed and trained by their parents, during which time they grow from chicks to young birds.
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