The Chinese merganser duck, the Chinese national duck, is known as the giant panda among birds, and is as famous as the South China tiger, Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkey and giant panda, and is a national first-class protected bird.

In addition, it is also known as the living fossil of birds, which is a living fossil species that survived after the Tertiary glacial period, more than 10 million years ago.

In 1864, the British collected a specimen of a male duck cub in China, and then named it "Chinese merganser", this bird is generally mainly bred in northeast China and Siberia, and generally winters south of the Yangtze River in winter.

However, since the reform and opening up, the rapid economic development in the south has also caused serious pollution, and actions such as sewage discharge, excessive water extraction, and sand dredging have affected the habitat of mergansers, making the problem of choosing their wintering habitat even more uncertain.

These news were told to Ao Muyang by Zhu Jingjing and Ma Yi, and they also told Lao Ao that now mergansers will even stay in the north for wintering, they were originally migratory birds, but they were forced to become resident birds by humans.

"Isn't that a good thing? They limit their habitat, so can't you set up a protected area?" asked Ao Muyang.

Ma Yi took a puff of cigarette and sighed: "What a good thing, alas, how cold it is in the north in winter, if the mergansers stay behind, they will freeze to death!

Every year, their Chinese bird-watching organization conducts a joint operation to find the Chinese merganser duck, which spans most of China and involves ten major river systems such as the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Pearl River.

Because the Chinese merganser duck lives by diving and fishing, it has very strict environmental requirements for the habitat, and it must be clear and rich in food in rivers and reservoirs, and there are not many freshwater environments that meet such conditions.

What's more scarce is that Chinese mergansers like to nest in trees, and the tree cavities are generally more than 10 meters above the ground, which requires them to have large trees, preferably forests, by the rivers and lakes where they breathe.

When listening to these news, Ao Muyang looked up at Ambergris Lake.

In winter, the lake is exceptionally cold and clear, and the water is like thick glass, not stained with dust.

During this season, the activity of plankton in the lake is poor, and the activity of fish, shrimp and crabs is even worse, which leads to the extraordinary clarity of the lake.

On the shore of the lake there is a ring of large trees, which are also specially protected, because in the summer the branches are natural shade shelters, and every shade of the trees can be used to entertain tourists.

There are not many mergansers who come to Ambergris Lake, according to statistics, there are twenty-five, which is a small group, and they like to live in groups.

Ao Muyang admires Zhu Jingjing and his party very much, these people have spent a lot of effort to protect the birds, and they have also suffered a lot, and their skin is tanned and rough, similar to their old fishermen who eat sea rice.

The first is out of admiration, the second is to know more about the mergansers, and the third is to appease the emotions of the group, after all, today scared them enough, so Ao Muyang invited the team of the bird watching organization to dinner in the evening.

The steamed crabs caught before have been fattened, and Lao Ao steamed a pot, as well as a large eagle claw shrimp, which can be eaten simply by blanching in boiling water, full of umami.

Chickens, ducks and fish were served one after another, Ao Mudong went to bring wine over, and a table of feasts was laid out.

Ao Muyang looked at the wine and food, and said, "What, you wait, I'll go to Brother Kang to get a smoked rabbit or something, he just got a pot of smoked goods today." ”

He went to Ao Mukang's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that the two of them were doing it again.

Ao Mukang chased Ao Xiaojun with a broom, Ao Xiaojun jumped up and down, the dodge kung fu was like the boxing champion Mayweather, he couldn't beat him.

Ao Muyang smiled and asked, "What's the matter, Brother Kang?"

Ao Mukang's face was pale and he wanted to speak, Ao Xiaojun cried and shouted with a sad face: "Uncle Xiaoyang, help, don't blame me this time, you really don't blame me!"

"Don't blame you?" Ao Mukang snorted angrily and said, "Damn, my brother-in-law gave me a bottle of puree Lao Baigan a while ago, and I didn't want to drink it, but as a result, as a result, this kid Madeh added salt to me!"

Ao Xiaojun said loudly: "Dad, you didn't tell the whole story, you said that this bottle of wine is too light, and I was kind enough to help you add salt to the wine!"

"You're pretty uplifting. Ao Mukang picked up the broom and continued to chase.

Ao Xiaojun dodged in embarrassment, he couldn't help but shout: "Dad, I warn you, if you beat me like this again, I will do anything!"

"Can you do math problems, can you do English problems, can you do physics, chemistry, biology problems?" Ao Mukang worked harder.

As soon as he heard this, Ao Xiaojun encouraged himself to float on the water for a while, and escaped over the wall.

Ao Muyang entered the house to take smoked rabbits, smoked chicken gizzards, and smoked pig's trotters, and at this time he saw that the family tree had been hung on the wall directly north of Ao Mukang's living room, and there were chickens, ducks and fruits under the family tree, as well as the Wenquxing electronic dictionary......

"It's been a family tree so early. Ao Muyang said.

Ao Mukang sighed: "There's no way, let the ancestors come out and watch Xiaojun, the bear child, do his homework, I can't stand it myself, and I hope they will give me a dream and point me out how to educate my children." ”

"Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!"

Ao Muyang sighed and went out, and then smiled crookedly.

This big meal is a beautiful treat for Zhu Jingjing and his entourage, their unit belongs to the business establishment, which is an iron rice bowl, but there is no meat in the rice bowl, and the salary is enough to feed the family, and there is a subsidy for going out, but the big guys are reluctant to spend it, try to deal with it.

Therefore, someone opened the bed of the second pickup truck before and found a lot of instant noodles, ham sausages, and compressed biscuits.

And Ao Muyang entertained big fish and big meat, the fish is delicious hairtail fish, golden pomfret, the meat is free-range goat meat and stupid chicken that eats insects to grow fat, plus steamed crabs and eagle claw shrimp, this is a big meal!

In addition, Ao Muyang also opened a room for them in the name of the village committee, originally they brought a thick tent, wrapped in a coat and slept like that at night.

This condition is naturally incomparable with the fisherman's house, and this hospitality in the village really flattered everyone.

They thought that Ao Muyang had some plans, but they didn't mention anything, just let them eat and live well in the village.

Zhu Jingjing and Ma Yi pondered for a while, and immediately decided to try their best to leave the temporary merganser ducks in Ambergris Lake, and if the ducks stayed here, they would be able to stay here.

Otherwise, the merganser ducks will fly to another lake in the wild, and they will have to continue to sleep in the wind and snow for many years.

During this time, there were empty rooms in the village, so Ao Muyang left them temporarily.

Of course, he can't entertain a group of people to eat and drink every day, he has to lead the team to the sea.