According to the Hangzhou Meteorological Observatory, it is expected that in the next seven days (October 27 to November 2), Hangzhou will be dominated by cloudy weather, with weak rainfall, and the light rain process will occur from the night of the 29th to the morning of the 30th and november 2nd. The temperature is generally more suitable, and it is slightly cooler in the morning and evening. The minimum temperature is 11 to 14 °C, and the maximum temperature is 19 to 23 °C.
The sun is mild, the breeze is gentle, and the West Lake, accompanied by a gentle fragrance of osmanthus flowers, has become a good place for tourists from all over the world to travel in autumn, which is not, as one of the four major winter migratory birds that come to Hangzhou for winter, the Mandarin duck has also arrived in Hangzhou to open their "winter vacation mode".
Lu Jianli, a member of the Hangzhou West Lake Mandarin Duck Guard, said: "Early yesterday morning, a total of 30 foreign Mandarin ducks came from the middle of the Lake in the middle of the Lake in The North of Xihu Lake, and they dragged their families and mouths from the far north, showing some fatigue, timidly alert and very high, and have been circling around the lake, observing everything around them. As soon as you encounter a situation or are disturbed, you will fly in the direction of Xiling Bridge. In general, most of the Mandarin ducks from the north who come to the West Lake to overwinter will concentrate on the West Lake State Guesthouse in Xili Lake and the waters of JinshaGang in places where there are few tourists and relatively hidden places."
How to distinguish which Mandarin ducks are from the north and which are native Mandarin ducks?
Unlike the native Mandarin ducks who stay in the West Lake, the Mandarin ducks from the north are not familiar with the environment, are more afraid of life, dare not go near the shore, and will find the surrounding tree holes if they rest, but the native Mandarin ducks will be much bolder, they will rest in groups on the shore of the West Lake, and from time to time they will block the way of tourists and walk in front of tourists "domineeringly".
Lu Jianli said: "Because after a long journey, the Mandarin ducks from the north are thinner and smaller than the Mandarin ducks in the West Lake, and the sail feathers on the backs of several male Mandarin ducks have not yet grown well, and they are a small group of them very tight, and the vigilance is very strong, while the Mandarin ducks in the West Lake look relatively large, and the coat color is also very bright and gorgeous."
Now they don't know each other very well, but after a while they know each other, they can live together very harmoniously, and it will be a little difficult to distinguish which are foreign and which are native.
The beautiful and harmonious ecological environment of the West Lake embraces the growth of every little life. The reporter learned from the West Lake Mandarin Duck Guard that most of the Mandarin Ducks in the West Lake are left behind in the West Lake and this year's new generation of Mandarin Ducks, there are 180, plus the three waves of northern flying in the North Lake observed yesterday, the number of Mandarin Ducks in the West Lake is expected to exceed two hundred.
In addition to the Mandarin duck, there is also a "regular visitor" who came to Hangzhou for winter as early as the middle of last month, it is the most cold-afraid winter migratory bird cormorant in the West Lake, every year is the first batch of wintering migratory birds to come to the West Lake, a winter can almost come one or two hundred, the battle is huge.
"Dongsi", vice chairman of the Zhejiang Wild Bird Association, said: "Generally, cormorants come to the West Lake to winter at the end of September and the beginning of October, but due to the weather and other factors, it will also be advanced or delayed, this year it will arrive on September 9, more than half a month earlier than before."
There are four major winter migratory birds that winter in the West Lake – cormorants, mandarin ducks, weaver girl silver gulls and autumn sand ducks. "Dongsi" introduced that when the weather is colder, the Weaver Girl Silver Gull will come in early November, and the ordinary autumn sand duck will not come until the middle of December on the coldest day.
When the time comes, come to the West Lake to find their figures, here to remind everyone that civilized bird watching, no feeding, no interference is the greatest protection for birds!