Reporter Meng Xiangdong, reporter of Henan Society, Li Gardenia, correspondent of this newspaper, Shen Dong.
Look at the one with a round raised head and no crown feathers, it is the male of the Bar-headed Pochard. ”
On February 12, in Dashiqiao Township, Xichuan County, Deng Tianpeng, head of the Shengwan Conservation Station of the Management Office of Henan Danjiang Wetland National Nature Reserve, who was conducting daily monitoring of migratory birds, met a group of tourists from other places who came to watch birds.
Not only do we have a lot of rare birds here, but there are also a lot of tourists who come from other places to watch and photograph birds, and I am now working part-time as a 'bird guide'. Deng Tianpeng, who carried the telescope, said that around the Spring Festival every year, it is the season when a large number of migratory birds come to Xichuan for wintering, and it is also the busiest time of the year.
Since joining the management department in 2008, Deng Tianpeng has witnessed the increase in the number of bird species in the reserve from more than 100 species to more than 410 now, and as many as 10 species of national first-class key protected animals have been monitored.
In the early years, most of the birds were photographed, but in these years, some rare birds can be photographed, and we have monitored a stable wintering population of black storks for 10 consecutive years. This year, the 'Oriental Jewel' crested ibis returned to the Danjiang Wetland for the first time in 70 years, and also welcomed 28 Oriental White Stork, the 'National Treasure of the Bird World', for the first time. Deng Tianpeng said that in the past 16 years, rare birds such as Baer's Pochard, Great Bustard, and Kestrel have been his "guests in the mirror".
Birds are the most ecologically impartial appraisers. The greater the species and number of rare birds found, the more it proves the effectiveness of the ecological construction of the reserve in recent years. Deng Tianpeng said that the ecology is getting better and better, not only for many rare birds to create a "paradise" to inhabit, "bird watching economy" is also becoming more and more popular, many people come to "consume for birds".
Tourists from other places come to watch and photograph birds, and a bird-watching platform is specially built in the village. My business at this farmhouse is also much better than in previous years. Liu Xincui, a villager in Guojiaqu Village, Dashiqiao Township, said.
Relying on a reservoir of clear water, the local development of homestays, farmhouses and other cultural tourism industries. "We are building several villages along the reservoir into homestay clusters, expanding the 'bird-watching economy' to nearly 10 adjacent villages, and in the future, the average annual income of farmers in these villages can reach 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, and the new model of 'ecology + bird watching + tourism + research' will become a new economic growth point." Yao Yunting, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dashiqiao Township, Xichuan County, is full of confidence.
At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity for the villagers to return to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year, Deng Tianpeng also presented the villagers with the "Color Atlas of Birds in Henan Danjiang Wetland National Nature Reserve" that he participated in making. "This basically covers more than 400 kinds of birds in the Danjiang wetland, and after everyone knows and understands birds, if someone comes to watch birds, they can eat and live here, and they can earn money all year round. ”