Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and the birds and flowers compose the city movement.
The beautiful Xiangzhou, where countless dreamers stop and take root, is also a lovely hometown where all kinds of birds are haunted by their dreams.
Do you want to meet these bird neighbors?
With love and respect for nature, let's:
Record with light and shadow, capture with the lens, tell with stories, interpret with popular science, in the streets and alleys, in the mountains and forests, on the shore of the tidal flats, in the blue sea and sky, and the birds have a beautiful encounter in Xiangzhou!
Most of the tourists who come to Zhuhai for the first time have a special habit, which is to go to the viewing platform on Gongbei Lovers' South Road to have a glimpse of Macao.
Walking on the road of lovers in winter, it is really very enjoyable, basking in the warm sunshine, blowing the pleasant sea breeze, and on the tidal flats after the low tide, there are a few egrets and other water birds swimming and foraging, adding a bit of wild interest.
At this time, you will be surprised to find that there are always a few special pairs of water birds in the shallows of egretsBlack and white color scheme, head down and sneakWalking in the mud, but fresh and dusty, like a light elf, they areThe anti-billed sandpiper [yù] is a winter migratory bird that comes to Zhuhai as a guest.
The Sandpiper, a vertebrate, is a migratory bird that inhabits lakes, ponds and marshes, or seashores and saline marshes, and sometimes near artificial rice paddies or fish ponds.
The Sandpiper breeds in the northeastern, northwestern and northern parts of China, and winters in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River. In southern coastal provinces such as Guangdong, Fujian, and Hong Kong, winter migratory birds are common.
The sandpiper is a small to medium-sized wading bird. The body color is concise and clear, mainly toBlack, white, and gray are dominant, and the feathers are black and whiteIf you are dressed in a playful panda costume, the top of the head is black from the forehead to the back of the neck, the wingtips, the wings and the shoulders are black, and the rest of the body feathers are white. The mouth is black, slender and upturnedThe good name is "the lady with the mouth up".It's not like it's pouting out of anger.
The beak of the sandpiper curves sharply upwards to form a graceful arc, which is not a sign of its pride, but a need for foraging.
When they bow their heads to feed,The tip of the beak is attached to the ground, and the curvature allows it to dig through food in the mud and sand like a scythe。So, the sandpiper buries its head in the way, swings its head from side to side, and its long, curved beak sweeps out the small animals hiding in the mud like a minesweeper.
The Sandpiper eats a lot of food, and from a distance, the flocks of Sandpiper sweep the mudflats like deminers.
SandpiperIt feeds mainly on small invertebrates such as small crustaceans, aquatic insects, and mollusks。The end of the beak has a very sensitive sensory tissue that can sense food and filter out sediment. The "sickle-shaped" mouth sweeps back and forth, and when it touches a small fish and shrimp, it opens its mouth to clamp it, and then raises its head to swallow it.
The beak of the sandpiper determines that it is highly dependent on shallow tidal flats for feeding, socializing and population survivalThe vast and fertile shallow tidal flats are an essential environment for their survival.
Gongbei in front of the platform for viewing MacaobIt is the most characteristic coastal shoal in the urban area, the gentle beach surface is formed by mud accumulation, superimposed with the minerals on the land brought by the city's rainwater outlet, and the sediment on the seabed is stirred by the turbulent tideThis small bay is home to a large number of plankton, which in turn attracts a large number of fish, forming a perfectly rich food chain. In the vast tidal flats exposed after low tide, birds scavenge for exposed food at the head of the tide in the direction of the tide.
It is included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State that are beneficial or have important economic and scientific research value".
Included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016 Ver 31 - Least Hazardous (LC).
At present, the most convenient location in Zhuhai city is locatedGongbei Bay in front of the Guanao platform on Gongbei Lovers' South Road。The sandpiper in this area is not very resistant to humans, as long as everyone does not act excessively, the sandpiper sweeping back and forth to forage for food is still very close to the shore.
The color of the sandpiper is not gorgeous, but the right black and white color scheme is very classic and durable. Let's go find the sandpiper now!These elegant and generous birds never disappoint.
Editor: Lu Manlin (intern).
Design: Lu Manlin (intern).
Preliminary review: Yang Ying, Liu Shuang.
Reviewer: Wang Biao.
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