Photo by Wen Jinming. As the weather warms up, migratory birds return to the north one after another, and the South Park of Aosen Park welcomes a "rare guest": seven wild whooper swans. Bird-watching enthusiasts rushed to hear the news and raised their cameras to capture the graceful figure of the whooper swan.
Photo by Wen Jinming. Look, it's a whooper swan! "In the Aohai Sea in the South Park of Aosen Park, the whooper swans playing gracefully in the water and foraging for food attract the attention of many tourists. They swim leisurely in the calm waters, arranging their feathers and resting with their heads in their wings. On the shore, tourists stop to watch.
Photo by Wen Jinming. According to the records of the China Bird Watching Record Center, there were very few records of whooper swans in the South Park of Aosen Park in the past, and the stay time was very short, but this time the seven whooper swans have been staying for more than ten days. The whooper swans are more vigilant, except for eating on the shore, the rest of the time they keep a distance of twenty or thirty meters from the crowd on the shore. Wen Jinming, a junior student, said.
Photo by Banchuan people. Photography enthusiast Banchuan made a special trip from Fengtai, and he photographed whooper swans among the reeds on the northeast side of Okumi. "The whooper swans were divided into two groups, one with two and the other with two large and three smaller ones. The whooper swans who are resting stretch their waists and kick their legs from time to time, elegant and lazy. Banchuan said.
Photo by Banchuan people. Li Li, director of the Beijing Black Panther Wildlife Protection Station, introduced that whooper swans are national second-class protected birds, with a body length of about 16 meters, with a wingspan of 24 meters and weighs about 12 kg. Whooper swans fly up to 8 kilometers and feed mainly on aquatic plants and grains on land.
Photo by Banchuan people. Judging by the body shape and coat color of the whooper swans, the whooper swans staying in Orson Park are from the wild and quite healthy. They fly in from Shanxi or Shandong, are expected to stay for about a month, and then continue to Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Siberia. Li Li said.
Photo by Banchuan people. Li Li introduced that the whooper swan family was on the way to the north, considering the limited physical strength of the baby swan, they would stop for a short time on the way. The water area of Aosen Park is wide, the aquatic vegetation such as reeds, cattails, and aquatic plants are abundant, and there are "companions" such as wild geese and mallards on the water surface. "In recent years, with the restoration of wetlands and the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment, migratory birds can be seen landing and resting on the relatively large lakes, parks and country parks in the urban area. Li Li said.
Photo by Banchuan people. Bird-watching enthusiasts mentioned that while watching the beauty of swans, some citizens are also feeding wild whooper swans. Li Li reminded: "The whooper swan migrates long distances, and the food it finds on its own is the healthiest and safest. The snacks, biscuits and other foods fed by the public are not conducive to the health of whooper swans, and if they eat plastic bags by mistake, the damage to whooper swans will be even greater. The whooper swan has an alert personality, and the public should not make big body movements, do not make loud noises, and watch birds in a civilized manner when watching the whooper swans. ”
Photo by Wen Jinming. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
*: Beijing**client reporter Shi Yue.
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