Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Yang Jing Correspondent Li Wenyao Photo: Reed
As a Hangzhou native, you will go to the West Lake from time to time to "swing". This time the flowers are blooming, which is the most beautiful time of the year. But have you ever noticed another group by the West Lake— birds? On April 10th, Qianjiang Evening News invited Gao Yijie, a teacher at Hangzhou Dadiye Nature School, to lead everyone to a bird watching class by the West Lake. In just one morning, everyone quickly started as "Birdman".
Pelicans
moorhen
Egrets flutter fish
Spot-billed duck
night heron
Red-winged blue-tailed plover
blackbird
Far Eastern
Yellow finches
Spotted woodpecker
Night herons eat fish, woodpeckers catch insects, bald quails eat fruit...
The world in the telescope is wonderful
The meeting place of the day was in a parking lot in the Maojiabu scenic spot, and at 8:30 in the morning, everyone arrived at the scene. The first time I took a bird watching class, I had no experience, only a few people brought their own telescopes, and everyone seemed to have such an idea: it was best to see birds this trip, and it was a leisure trip if you couldn't see it. However, when the teacher sent the bird-watching telescope that he had brought over to everyone, he quickly realized that this lesson was too interesting.
The scenic parking lot is a hundred meters to the east, and you will reach Siri Lake. Following the teacher counterclockwise, everyone saw many birds on the lake in addition to the training of rowers. Some rest on wooden stakes in the middle of the lake, some swim around in a loose way, and some fly high in the air.
Egrets, night herons, black water pheasants, spot-billed ducks, pelicans, squid... Gao Yijie taught everyone to know the various birds seen on the spot, and their living conditions in the telescope also surprised everyone.
Night herons are birds often seen by the West Lake, only to see a night heron hovering in the air swooping down on the water, a fish weighing one or two pounds has been caught in the mouth in an instant. I saw it stop on a wooden stake in the lake and began to enjoy the delicious taste of the hand. In two or three minutes, the whole fish had been eaten into the stomach, then drank a few sips of water with his head down, crouched on the stake and began to rest and nap.
For the impression of the woodpecker, most people have seen pictures of it catching insects on thick trunks. When Gao Yijie told the tree branch that looked like a sparrow-sized bird whose scientific name was Spotted Woodpecker, was catching insects, everyone didn't even think about it, "I always thought that woodpeckers were very big, eating bugs on tree poles, I didn't expect such a mini one." ”
nest
Along the way, we also saw bald eagles eating fruit in trees and two crows in the throat of Bige. And what makes everyone even more reluctant to move is the "Bird Island" located in the southeast, there are many birds parked on a tree, and many bird nests have been built densely on it, and a night heron is breaking a branch and going to build a nest...
Just half a day
Quick start as "Birdman"
While walking, once observing and learning things, there are still many prepared people in the bird watching team, and Xiaoping is one of them.
Xiao Ping told her that her family lives in Liangzhu, where the ecological environment is very good. I was having breakfast two days ago when suddenly a beautiful bird stopped on the balcony in front of the living room. When she saw it, she carefully stepped forward and took a picture of it through the glass window.
After that, she sent to the almighty WeChat circle of friends to inquire about what bird? Some people said that it was a wild pigeon after reading it, and some people said that it was a black pearl bird, and Xiao Ping's heart was still bottomless. At the scene of the event, she asked the teacher for advice on her unsolved mystery, "Now I know that this visitor who hurried to my house is a 'wild pigeon', the scientific name is the pearl-necked dove, and I hope that it can come again in the future." ”
The "glutinous rice" who lives near the Xixi wetland came to participate in the activity with my husband and brought his own telescope. "The two of us are retired and usually visit Xixi Wetland. Recently found a bird watching pavilion there, the environment is very quiet, there are many birds, so I bought telescopes and tripods, and when I have time, I will go to see. I just don't know what they're called, so I'll learn them today and go back and observe them again. ”
According to the "China Bird Observation Annual Report 2020", there are 1456 species of birds and 81 common birds in China. The most common bird is the well-known sparrow, the second most common bird stops in front of the window, most people only call it a "wild pigeon", the scientific name is the bead-necked dove; the third and fourth are the white owl (jí líng) and the white-headed grebe (bēi). And the group of birdwatchers has also expanded from the inherent impression of those who carry long guns and short cannons, which are common in parks, to young people. Today, many young people are also using this outdoor activity as a new way to socialize.
"In China, if you know 10 species of birds, you can count as a 'bird man.'" Gao Yijie said that in fact, the birds are not so mysterious and distant, and the unique West Lake Scenic Area is a good place for bird watching. There are both beautiful scenery and beautiful things here, and it is also very interesting to walk in the green to enjoy the scenery, and it is also very interesting to see the birds in the scenery by the way.
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