The Surging News reporter Yao Xianglu
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During the construction process, it was found that there was an owl hatching eggs in the brick cracks of the outer wall of the third floor of the building, and a construction engineering team in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, used stone slabs to separate the protected area, pulled up the cordon, and stopped work locally, waiting for the young birds to fly out of the shell and then resume work.
"The owl was found on May 7, about the size of an adult's fist, and was crouched in the brick cracks of the outer wall on the third floor of the renovation building, motionless, as if it were incubating eggs, and the workers immediately stopped working and called the police." Liu Yong, project supervisor, told The Paper on May 10 that www.thepaper.cn wildlife experts who arrived at the scene with the police nudged the owl with a branch, and when it was frightened, it got up and revealed four eggs.
Hu Zuyue, head of the Xiangshan Wildlife Conservation Association, told the surging news that the owl that was found is called the collared owl, which is a national second-level protected animal, and its breeding season is from March to June every year, and the incubation period is generally 20 to 25 days, and after the young birds come out of the shell, the feeding period left in the nest is about 15 days. The eggs cannot be moved during incubation, and if they are moved, the incubation will be stopped.
"The workers protected the scene on the same day, leaving a quiet space and only guarding it and not disturbing it. Although the construction period will be delayed, in order to protect the owl incubating the eggs, the construction party and the owner have reached an agreement and decided to wait for the young birds to fly away before proceeding. Liu Yong told the surging news.
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