With a "boom", the three people on the boat were taken aback.

The location where the white shadow fell happened to be the closest to the boat boss, and the boat boss turned his head to see that the white shadow that fell down was actually a white seabird.

The seabird's two wings were half-open, and its head with a long, pointed beak was tilted to the side, and it was out of breath.

"Damn! Dead birds falling from the sky, it's really unlucky!"

The owner of the boat scolded while throwing the dead bird into the sea, and complained at the same time: "Scallop Island is unlucky, I said not to approach, you have to come, go out to sea and be smashed by a dead bird, this is not a good sign." ”

Ye Zhenzhen comforted: "It's just a dead seabird, we found two on the beach of Moon Bay last night, it seems that there are a lot of dead seabirds recently, is it because there is less food in the sea, and the seabirds are starving to death?"

"There is a seafood breeding area, and there are a lot of wild marine fish and shrimp, how can seabirds starve to death?

Nan Zhiqiao looked up at the flocks of seabirds in the sky, and then looked around, not far from the scallop island, there was a small island on the sea, the brown and black island was faintly white, and flocks of birds flew and landed over the island from time to time.

"Go to the island over there. Nan Zhiqiao pointed to the island not far away and said.

"That island is not 'Seagull Paradise', but it is also a small island designated as a bird nature reserve, from that island about two nautical miles to the southeast, is the 'Seagull Paradise', about a nautical mile to the northeast, is another bird nature conservation island, the three islands are distributed in a triangular shape, the 'Seagull Paradise' is the largest of the three, and it is also the farthest from the coast. Which one do you want to go to?" the owner of the boat asked the two of them for their opinions, and by the way, reminded Nan Zhiqiao that the small island he was going to was not the most famous, and asked the two of them to choose one of the three small islands to visit the island.

"All three go. Nan Zhiqiao replied dryly.

The boat boss was puzzled, "The three islands are almost the same, do you really want to go to all three?"

"Yes. Nan no Qiao confirmed again.

The owner of the boat collected the money to do things, and according to Nan Zhiqiao's wishes, he sailed the boat to the island, found a place where it was easy to moor the boat, parked the boat, and the three of them went to the island together.

The island is full of strange rocks, with little vegetation, and the black and yellow rocks are desolate in the wind and sun.

When the trio reached the island, only a stretch of gentle sand around the coast was walkable, and the rest of the island was high cliffs and sharp protruding rocks on which seabirds could move freely, but humans could not approach them.

The owner of the boat said: "This small island can still come up, the northeast direction can not go up at all, there are cliffs around, there is no place to park the boat on the island, or 'seagull paradise', the island area is large, the terrain is gentle, suitable for tourists to visit." ”

The boat owner introduced the two of them with a slight complaint, while Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen approached the place where the seabirds roosted.

The intrusion of strange humans startled a few seabirds, but most of them remained still, sleeping with their heads twisted or combing their feathers with their beaks.

Ye looked up at the flock of birds perched high on the rocks, all white, the most common birds seen by tourists at the beach, which go to the beach to feed at low tide, but this is their home.

In the cool sea breeze, in addition to the smell of the sea, there was also a putrid smell, like the smell of rotting animal carcasses, Ye Zhenzhen frowned, carefully looked for the source of the smell, looked around, and found two seabird corpses in the cracks of the rocks at her feet.

The carcasses of seabirds have begun to decompose, and the smell of decomposing muscle tissue under the white feathers wafts away in the wind.

"Senior Nan, come and see, there are two dead seabirds here, they seem to have been dead for a while, and they are all starting to rot. ”

Ye Zhenzhen leaned over and stared at the dead bird in the rock crevice, shouting, beckoning Nan Zhiqiao behind him to come and see.

For a long time, Nan Zhiqiao didn't react, Ye Zhenzhen looked back and found that Nan Zhiqiao was in front of another shady rock, pulling his neck to look at the side of the rock.

Ye Zhenzhen walked to Nan Zhiqiao's side curiously, followed Nan Zhiqiao's gaze, and her heart suddenly became furious.

"So many dead birds!"

I saw a pile of seabird carcasses crammed together in layers of huge stone crevices on the side of the shady rocks, and there were hundreds of them.

The carcasses of the seabirds were very intact, and the few dead seabirds on the surface, with their eyes still half-open and slightly cloudy, seemed to have died not long ago.

The owner of the boat also came to the two of them, and when he saw the pile of dead birds, he immediately screamed, "Mom, so many dead birds!"

Nan Zhiqiao went to other places on the island to check out, and there were several such dead bird piles.

The shipowner was uncomfortable and urged: "There are so many dead birds, it's too unlucky, let's leave quickly." ”

Nan Zhiqiao took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of Kojima, focusing on the carcass of seabirds, and after the operation, he put the mobile phone back in his pocket and said to the boat owner, "Next, go to 'Seagull Paradise'." ”

The owner of the boat was eager to leave here quickly, and after hearing Nan Zhiqiao's words, he walked in the direction of the moored boat.

Ye Zhenzhen followed Nan Zhiqiao and asked, "Senior Nan, so many seabirds have died, you should notify the relevant departments, right?"

"Well, I have already informed that the photos just now were sent to the office mailboxes of the Municipal Oceanic Bureau and the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention at the same time, and they will come to deal with it. ”

"The Municipal Oceanic Bureau has the responsibility to protect the island ecology and the marine environment, and a large number of birds have suddenly died, they should have investigated, but why did they notify the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention?" Ye Zhenzhen followed Nan Zhiqiao's side and asked curiously.

"Many diseases are zoonotic, and I am only doing this to give early warning to the disease control department. ”

The owner jumped into the boat and shouted to the two, "All right, come on." ”

Nan Zhiqiao and Ye Zhenzhen hurriedly got off the island and got on the boat.

According to Nan Zhiqiao's request, the boat owner first sailed to another seabird nature reserve island about a nautical mile northeast, this island is smaller and steeper than the small island just now, and the island has no vegetation, it is all bare rocks.

Because of the steep terrain, the boat could not be moored, and people could not go ashore, so the boat owner could only slow down the boat and get as close to the island as possible to let Minami no Qiao take pictures.

Although you can't go up to the island, when the boat approaches the island, you can clearly see that there are many seabird carcasses lying on the rocky walls on the outskirts of the island.

Nan Zhiqiao took pictures of the situation on the island from different angles, and Ye Zhenzhen not only looked at the situation on the island, but also used her mobile phone to take pictures of the nearby sea area and the birds in the sky.

The shipowner controlled the speed and distance of the ship, and sighed: "Although I go to sea every day, I rarely come here, I didn't expect so many dead birds, could it be that there is another bird plague?"

"Bird plague, this has happened here before?" asked Ye Zhenzhen.