Photo/ Jimu News reporter Zhu Xiyong
Text/Jimu News Reporter Chen Xi
In late summer and early autumn, the sky is pure as sapphire, white clouds are fluffy as cotton, and a line of egrets wave their holy feathers, and the fairy spirit flutters.
This aura scene is staged near the Egret Street of Shuanghu Bridge in Wuchang.
The morning light is faint, and the wind caresses the lake. A group of egrets and middle egrets stood on a row of pontoons in the middle of the lake, or held their heads high, or tightened their necks, their eyes like torches, staring at the movement in the lake; in the shallow water, there were middle egrets walking back and forth with their long legs, leaning their heads low to find the target; even if they soared in the sky, they were still patrolling the lake. Full scan of water, land and air, waiting for a delicious breakfast.
"The egret is very interesting to eat, and the image interprets 'touching the fish in muddy waters'." Yan Jun, president of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association, introduced that it deliberately stirs up the water, stirs the water to scare the fish, the fish have a slight movement, their shrunken necks, will suddenly shoot at the target like a spring, through keen perception and eyesight, generally ten to nine stable, some swallow one bite, some show a fish in the air and then swallow.
Is throwing fish in the air deliberately a showmanship? Yan Jun explained that the egret eats fish, eats raw and peels alive, eats exquisitely, the head must be facing down and the tail is up, so that when it enters the esophagus, the sharp fins will tighten, otherwise, it will be stabbed.
After eating and drinking, the egret will dance on the calm mirror-like lake, admiring its light and graceful dance posture in the "mirror", emitting a burst of fairy breath.
"These egrets are dressed in snow-white holy robes, with yellow and black beaks, and they are of different heights and heights. Mr. Liu, a citizen, was puzzled.
Yan Jun said in detail, the egret has a black mouth and yellow and green feet, and the middle egret is slightly larger, with a yellow mouth and black feet, and it is thick and short.
The canteens of the egret are generally in country lakes or farmland. Some citizens feel that the egret team near the Shuanghu Bridge has been growing and getting closer to people recently, but it is a pity that such a spectacular and magnificent scene is about to enter the countdown.
"The middle egret, the summer migratory bird, is gathering into a large army to prepare to migrate south, so the team in the central city is huge, want to appreciate the friends of the middle egret, seize the time, it will be difficult to see again in October, the egret is also partly a summer migratory bird, so after October the number of egrets and middle egrets will be significantly reduced." Yan Jun said.
Some citizens have coincidentally met the three brothers of great egret, middle egret and egret in Shahu Lake and Fruit Lake, "This is the scenery that only exists in Wuhan in the summer after 2019." Yan Jun explained that the great egret is a winter migratory bird, starting in 2019, every summer can encounter the great egret, but the great egret is 1 meter long, afraid that the "target is too big" to be found, so it is easier to encounter it in the countryside.
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