At about 10:00 a.m. on September 15, the suburban police station of the Shangzhou Public Security Bureau received a call for help from the enthusiastic yao, saying that there was an unknown bird in his yard, suspected to be a wild protected animal, and asked the police for help.
After the police arrived at the scene, they found that the bird was not large, the head feathers were mainly brown and vertical and horizontal, the back feathers were dark brown, the abdominal feathers were white, the mouth was pointed and slender, and there was no obvious trauma on the body surface, but it lost the ability to fly. Because this bird is not a common local bird, the preliminary inference may be that it was found after being injured and fell during the migration, and the police thanked Yao and took the bird back to the police station for temporary protection. Subsequently, the police contacted the forestry department to take the birds to the wildlife protection station for rescue. After being inspected by the staff of the forestry department, it was determined that the bird sent by the police was a pond heron, which belonged to the national second-level protected animal. The staff said that artificial feeding observation will be carried out for a few days, and when it resumes flight function, it will be released.
Knowledge popularization: The pond heron (scientific name: Ardeola bacchus) is a typical wading bird, with a body length of about 47 cm, white wings, and a brown longitudinal stripe. Breeding plumage: dark maroon on the head and neck, purple sauce on the chest. Winter: Brown longitudinal stripes when standing, white body and dark brown back when flying. The iris is brown; the mouth is yellow (winter); the legs and feet are greenish gray. Usually silent, with a low croaking sound when arguing. It inhabits rice paddies, ponds, swamps, and groups of 3-5 individuals or 3-5 animals forage in paddy fields or swamps, and are not afraid of people. The diet is dominated by fish, frogs and insects, and the food composition of young chicks and adult birds is similar. During the breeding period, the nest is in the tree or bamboo forest, the nest is shallow disc-shaped, composed of branches, dead branches of fir, bamboo branches, tea branches and vines, etc., and there is no other bedding in the nest. Eggs are laid in early and mid-May, with 3-6 eggs laid per clutch. It is found from Bangladesh to China and Southeast Asia. Wintering solstices in the Malay Peninsula, India and the Sunda Islands. It was included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State or of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.
(Shangluo Public Security Media Center)