Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Sun Yan Correspondent Zhu Zhixiang Zheng Ruru
In early summer, Lishui Fengyang Mountain, green mountains, babbling streams, birds chirping. How many species of birds can you see here in a 24-hour period?
The first Bird Observation Invitational Tournament (hereinafter referred to as the Bird Watching Competition) in Lishui in 2020 was held in Lishui Baishanzu National Park, attracting birdwatchers from all over the country, observing as many as 133 species of birds in 24 hours.
Spotted Partridge Horse
What is a bird watching race? It is a competition that counts the number of bird species observed in a specified area and within a specified time. In Europe and the United States, bird watching is a very popular event, but it is still rare in Zhejiang and other parts of the country, and Lishui is the first time.
Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Lishui... A few days ago, more than 50 bird watching enthusiasts from inside and outside the province formed teams according to the region, divided into six roads, and started a one-day bird watching tour of Fengyang Mountain, the top of Zhejiang.
Red-headed biting crane Wu Xiaoli photo
At the beginning of the competition, before reaching the scenic gate, there were all kinds of pleasant birdsong on the side of the road. Birdwatchers quickly got out of the car and looked out, and soon found the South China crowned willow warbler and the chestnut-headed warbler. "In Fengyang Mountain, these are the two most abundant birds." Li Xuan, executive director of the Yeosu Wildlife Conservation Association, who was invited to participate in the competition, introduced it.
After entering the scenic spot, 6 teams began to disperse their activities, some to the source of the Oujiang River, and some to climb the main peak Huangmaojian.
Birdwatcher Chen Guanghui is from Wenzhou, and he formed a team with Qian Cheng and Zhou Jinfeng to participate in the bird watching competition for the first time, and rushed straight to Huang Maojian, the highest peak of Fengyang Mountain.
Along the way, accompanied by the incessant shouting of yellow-cheeked, South China crowned willow warblers, and chestnut-headed warblers, the three of them came to the mountain forest and overlooked a gray willow warbler jumping around in the branches, It should be a brown-bellied willow warbler. Qian Cheng raised the shutter, and the Wenzhou squad added the first new species.
Red-bellied eagle Photo by Song Jianyue
Climbing to the top, in the distance, the cries of the middle cuckoo are melodious and pleasant; in the near distance, a few brown-bellied willow warblers sing and puff their wings, three or two brown-headed crows are holding branches and leaves to prepare for the nest, and the brown short-winged warblers that are rare in other places are sneaky drills... One, two, Wenzhou squad recorded one by one.
During the record, the sky darkened unconsciously, and the Wenzhou squad returned to the camp. On the way down the mountain, the gray-crowned warbler, the black-chined phoenix, the red-horned owl, and the collared ibises captured all the way and harvested them full.
The next day, Chen Guanghui, who was still unfinished, got up at four o'clock in the morning and went up the mountain alone in the dark to continue his bird watching journey. Along the way, he recorded the yellow-bellied horned pheasant, harvested the Star Wren, met the big family of white wagtails resting in the trees, and saw the black-chinned phoenix and ibises doing shameful things in the shadows...
As the sun rose, Chen Guanghui also joined his teammates to fight in Oujiangyuan, and photographed the white-eyed owl warbler and the little fairy bird.
White Bird Xi Heng photo
"Our team recorded a total of 88 species of birds in this competition, which is the most for each team." Chen Guanghui said happily that what made him even happier was that he had met many like-minded bird watching friends, although he also had regrets, but he looked forward to coming back next time.
In the end, according to the bird species recorded within the Baishanzu National Park within 24 hours, the representative team of Wenzhou, Lishui and the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment ranked in the top three of all the teams, and won the first, second and third places of the best record award, respectively; the Lishui representative team won the supreme bird species award of this competition for recording the brown-bellied giant fairy bird for the third time in Zhejiang Province.
In addition, the team of the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment also won the best prediction award for accurately predicting the number of birds recorded in this competition before the competition. The rest of the teams also received commemorative awards.
"It's amazing that in just 24 hours, you can find so many birds in the Fengyang Mountain area, which has exceeded the number of birds recorded in the fengyang Mountain historical records." Li Xuan said expectantly that when summer comes and amphibians, reptiles and insects appear in large numbers, Baishanzu National Park will be an incredible world.