Near the beautiful Creek Park, there is a blue indigo orchard.
At the beginning of July, the fruit begins to ripen, and as the number of tourists increases, so do the number of people picking. Xiaobian also asked the merchant for two small boxes, guarding a corner of the park, tasting and picking at the same time.
Seeing a plant with a fuller fruit, just about to reach out to pick the fruit, but the back of my hand was bitten by some animal, my first reaction was "there is a snake"
, the small box almost came out of hand. Before I could turn back to God, I heard another "fluttering" sound, and a bird flew out of the bushes and landed on a branch not far away and looked at me in horror.
I was horrified and looked at the bird for a few seconds before I reacted that I was pecked by the bird.
Birds attack people actively, and do not fly away, there should be uncunched eggs or chicks waiting to be fed nearby.
I quietly plucked the branches and found a sturdy nest with four baby chicks in it. Afraid that the female bird was too worried, and afraid that the little chick would be frightened, she did not lean up to take a picture.
I stepped back some distance, and the female immediately flew back to the nest, safely sheltering the chicks underneath.
After research, this bird is called "Thick-billed Reed Warbler" (scientific name: Arundinax aedon), which is a national second-class protected animal. Enjoys working in the small patches of jungle, bushes and grasses on both sides of the river valley.
Although it nests in the shrubland of blue indigo, it does not eat fruit. It's a true "carnivorous" animal. The main food is Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera and other flying insects, but also eat locusts, beetles, spiders and other invertebrate foods.
It is described in academic terms as follows: loose frontal feathers with long stems; broad beak with a base width of more than 4 mm; a very developed whisker with secondary whiskers; 12 tail feathers with convex tail feathers; olive brown upper body feathers; and nearly white, slightly stained light brown. The iris is dark brown; the mouth is dark brown, the base of the lower mouth is light yellowish brown; the feet are dark lead brown.
Let's take a look at the photo together to see if it meets the above characteristics?
As I was leaving, I told the caretaker of the picking garden that there was a bird's nest here, hoping that he would remind the visitor not to disturb it easily, and that was all we could do. Not changing is the best gift to nature. (All photos in this article are taken by the editor)
【Source: Yichun Forest Museum】
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