Beijing Wanping Lake bird notes, a pair of cross-tailed golden plover and black-throated stone plover

Wanping Lake is an artificial wetland park built in recent years, and with the treatment of the environment, the birds in the lake area have gradually increased. Golden orbital plover is one of the recent migratory birds on the beach, due to its petite size, the plumage is close to the surrounding environment, and when disturbed by humans, the golden orbital plover will first remain stationary, so it is difficult to be found, if you can see a pair of golden orbital plover tail process at close range, it is also a rare thing.

The golden orbital plover is a small wader with a body length of 15–18 cm , a golden yellow around the eyelids , and a white band around the hind neck. It often inhabits lakes, river beaches or rice paddies, and is a migratory bird that winters in Africa and breeds in Europe and western Asia at other times.

In the dry reeds on the shore of the golden trout, two male birds of black-throated stone birds are catching insects, which are also recorded by camera.

The male has a black head and black back and shoulders with a slight brown chestnut feather, gradually graying to the waist, and the upper tail covert is white; the neck side has white spots, also has brown chestnut feathers; the flight feathers are black brown, the outer covert feathers are black and the inner covert feathers are white; the tail feathers are black; the thorax is chestnut brown, and the abdomen gradually fades to light chestnut brown. He usually likes to stand on the branches of shrubs and small trees, and feeds mainly on insects.