Yangzi Evening News Network November 1 (correspondent Wu Jiamin reporter Mei Jianming) At noon on October 31, on the Bund of the River in Nanjing's Gulou District, a night heron fell into the grass next to it due to injury. At this time, after a passing flower cat found out, it was preparing to pounce on it to catch the night heron, and it was just seen by Master Zhao, a patrol security guard passing by here, who immediately drove away the flower cat and saved the life of the injured night heron bird.
The picture shows the rescued night heron.
According to reports, when Master Zhao was patrolling on the Bund along the Riverside, he heard the wild cry of a bird "chirping". Master Zhao fixed his eyes and found a flower cat jumping to catch a night heron. The night heron is struggling to dodge left and right, trying to escape from the cat's mouth.
Considering that this bird is relatively rare in the city and belongs to the second-level protected animal, Master Zhao rushed forward to drive the flower cat away in order not to let the poor night heron become food for the flower cat. Subsequently, Master Zhao picked up the injured night heron, put it in a cardboard box, and brought it water to drink. After waiting for the night heron to rest for a while, Master Zhao placed it on the tree and released it.
According to reports, the night heron is a medium-sized wading bird, generally 46-60 cm long. The body is thicker and fatter, the neck is shorter, the mouth is thin, slightly curved downward, black; the shin is less exposed, the feet and toes are yellow; the top of the head to the back is black and green and metallic; the rest of the upper body is gray; the lower body is white; the pillow is covered with 2-3 long banded white feathers, sagging to the back, which is extremely eye-catching.
Night herons prefer to inhabit and move in streams, ponds, rivers, swamps and paddy fields in plains and low hills. Nocturnal, happy flocks, mainly feeding on fish, frogs, shrimp, aquatic insects and other animal foods, widely distributed in continental Europe, Africa, Madagascar, east through Asia Minor, India, Indonesia, central Asia, southern Asia and other places.
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Source: Purple Cow News