153.First Kill (4/20)
The two men have nothing to do with the two in Durban, they are tourists from the United Kingdom, they came to South Africa to watch wild animals by car, and the man is a bird watching enthusiast, so he was a little angry when Yang Shubao spoke out because his birdwatching process was interrupted.
Because the birds are elusive, once the bird-watching process is suspended, it is not easy to resume observation, and it is not clear where the birds have flown to, and then find a needle in a haystack.
The two of them are now driving here by chance to see a few rat birds, rat birds are so rare, they have only seen them in the jungle near Table Mountain after coming to South Africa, and there are so many tourists near Table Mountain that the rat birds are frightened and quickly fly away.
"I thought we'd never get a chance to see them again, you don't know how much I was annoyed, man, I was just that, I had a crash for days, and guess what happened when we stopped the car to take a break, and guess what?
Yang Shubao smiled and said, "Then your luck is really good." ”
The beard nodded vigorously: "Yes, God forbid." But it didn't stay on the front of the car for long, and it flew away again, into you, didn't it, Somya?"
The young woman said, "Yes, we saw it join up with a few other rats and birds and flew in and landed. A flock of rats, we saw a flock of rats in the savanna, it was incredible!"
Yang Shubao said: "Okay, then you can continue to observe, but it is not too early, I am afraid they will not fly out again, if you want to watch then it is best to come back tomorrow." ”
Somya asked, "Yes, they didn't fly again, so I would like to take the liberty of asking, can you allow us to enter your reserve to observe them?"
Yang Shubao shrugged and said, "I'm afraid I have to say that it's a pity, this is a private domain." ”
"But we've inquired, and you're a protected area. The beard said anxiously.
Yang Shubao said: "Yes, this is a protected area, but it is a protected area under construction, and it has not been opened to the public for the time being......
"Then we'll pay for it!"
"How much?" Lao Yang subconsciously asked, and then he felt wrong and added two sentences, "No, I mean that this reserve is now accepting donations, if you are willing to donate a sum of money, then you are welcome to visit." ”
Anyway, the Tree of Life has been covered with Transfiguration, and now the reserve is not afraid of being seen.
Sophia was willing to buy tickets because they didn't cost much, but if she chose to donate a sum of money, she would not be interested.
But her husband apparently didn't think so, and rat birds were too valuable for birdwatchers.
He touched his nose and said, "A thousand rands is okay? ”
Yang Shubao wanted to say that he accepted the scanning code, but unfortunately South Africa did not have this technology, and he did not have the network if he had this technology.
A thousand rand is fine, at least better than nothing.
Sophia could also accept the money, a thousand rand was only fifty-five pounds.
The bearded man's name is Jonad, he took out his wallet and paid a thousand yuan, and Yang Shubao took them into the turf and let them look and shoot at will.
However, it was better to keep the area around the Tree of Life, and he whispered a few words to John, telling him to bring the bulging-bellied viper, which had just been brought into the reserve, into the elephant grass, and at the same time bring out the rats and birds.
Jonad and Sophia had been outside for a while, and they had roughly determined where the rat bird had landed, so after a rough walk around the sanctuary, they wanted to go into the elephant grass.
Yang Shubao stopped them and said, "Be careful, it's very dangerous here, there are several kinds of snakes such as rock pythons and bulging-bellied giant vipers, so you'd better stay away from it." ”
He carefully pulled away some of the elephant grass, and the bulging-bellied viper, which had just been thrown in, was puffing out its belly angrily.
It just so happened that John had already led the rat bird out, so the two did not go close to the elephant grass again, but chased the rat bird and observed, watching and shooting one by one.
The development of the reserve in the direction of tourism is the most common way, this is the first batch of tourists received by Yang Shubao, so he is still quite dedicated.
He gave them homegrown bananas, mangoes, and cucumbers, and Jonad was already thirsty, so he took the cucumber and took a bite, and the juice splashed in his mouth with a crunching sound.
So he was amazed and smiled: "Wow, it's very crisp and sweet, this cucumber is good." ”
Sophia smiled politely and said, "Mangoes are also sweet. ”
The little lion slowly walked out of the elephant grass, and a mouse bird circled over its head twice and then landed on the door of its head and began to comb its feathers, the little lion did not care, and walked slowly and leisurely.
Seeing this, Jonad didn't care about eating cucumbers, so he hurriedly beckoned to his wife and said, "Hurry up, give me the camera!"
The lion cub walked towards them, and Sophia was a little nervous: "There are still lions here?"
Yang Shubao said: "No, there is only one female lion with a cub, and they are not in danger. ”
The lion cub had never seen a camera, and he walked over to the long camera and tilted his head with a puzzled expression.
Jonad seized the opportunity and took a picture of the lion cub in front of him.
He is an avibor photographer, so he spends most of his time observing and photographing birds in the reserve, and in addition to rat birds, he also watches and photographs birds such as lovers' parrots, ringing honey eagles, Egyptian spirit birds, and guinea fowl.
He was amazed by the beautiful white spots on the feathers of the guinea fowl, and Yang Shubao did not tell him that these guinea fowl were not wild fowl, but that he had raised them and were ready to eat.
Sophia observed for a while and then said to Yang Shubao: "You still have a long-tailed copper nectar bird here? I thought this bird only lives in Madagascar." ”
Jonad said casually: "No, there are also on the African continent, it belongs to the sunbird, and there are a total of 52 species of sunbirds found on the African continent, but there are more long-tailed copper nectar birds in Kenya and fewer in South Africa." ”
Yang Shubao followed and saw a small black bird standing on a golden insect repellent chrysanthemum, this bird had a long, curved beak and a long tail, and the sides of its body were covered with fine copper-green feathers from its head to the wings, and the rest of the body was all black.
He hadn't noticed the bird on the ground before, and if Sophia hadn't reminded him, he might not have been able to spot it in a short time.
The two were even more excited by the new discovery, and they stayed in the reserve until sunset, when the light deteriorated.
Entertaining tourists for the first time is still a very novel feeling for Yang Shubao, he thinks that in the future, there will be more animals and birds, and the territory will be expanded, and he can charge tickets or engage in tourism.
It's a way to get money.
So, he had to take the new territory to the east.