Wuhan Evening News (reporter Chen Qixiong) A water bird wearing a beautiful phoenix crown swims in the Middle Han River to forage for food, sometimes diving in the water for tens of seconds before surfacing to breathe. On December 14, Guan Ai, who lives in The Hanyang District of Wuhan City, asked after taking his video data: What kind of bird is it?
Crested ibises swim in the waters of the Cheongcheon Bridge of the Han River foraging
Photo by correspondent Guan Ai
Guan Ai, a man in his 60s, said in an interview with reporters that morning, when he passed the Hanyang Bridge of The Qingchuan Bridge in Wuhan City, the Han River, he saw a beautiful water bird that seemed to be wearing a black-brown phoenix crown on its head, swimming back and forth on the river.
When it sees someone approaching, it swims to the middle of the river; when it sees someone far away from it, it swims toward the river. It sometimes dives its entire body into the water, sneaks for twenty or thirty seconds before it emerges from the water to breathe. Guan Ai said that the water bird looked like a wild duck but was definitely not a wild duck.
Yao Bo, a senior member of the Wuhan Bird Watching Association and an expert in birds, told reporters that the bird Guan Ai saw was a crested ibis. It is a terrestrial wild animal with important ecological, scientific and social value protected by the state (three animals), and it is also a common bird in Wuhan area.
Crested ibis, also known as white in the waves, water old croak, water donkey. It is the largest bird among the partridges, with adults 50 to 60 cm long and a weight of 0.5 to 1 kg. Its neck is long and often upright. It is a master swimmer with a very developed flap on the toe. In order to peck at the fish and shrimp in the water, it can sneak in the water for tens of seconds in one breath.
Crested ibises like to build floating nests in the reeds of rivers or lakes with the leaves of aquatic plants. It loves to eat fish, shrimp and aquatic insects, and occasionally eats small amounts of aquatic plants. It appears on the Han River because it can easily find food in the Han River.
Editor-in-charge: Zhang Yanping