Chapter 287: Chinese Mergansers
Zhang Tao himself knows that this project does not rely entirely on the reservoir. Instead www.biquge.info build an artificial channel about ten meters wide downstream of the reservoir, and then pass by the edge of the film and television city.
The river is actually used as a viewing point for the film and television city, and then willow trees will be planted on both sides, an ancient attic will be built, and some boats will be placed in the middle of the canal.
In line with the intention that it cannot be wasted, these streets will be planned as commercial streets, and the attic will be used as a restaurant at that time, and it will be used as a scenic spot during filming.
It's probably the kind of filming in places like the Qinhuai River, and Zhang Tao is not very clear about the specific details. There is a special team in charge of this, and he just heard it from his mother.
After returning home from the town, Zhang Tao's mother still hasn't rested. Seeing that Zhang Tao was normal, he didn't pay much attention to him without drinking much, and he watched the TV series seriously.
She is now feeling more and more powerless about Zhang Tao, as long as this guy doesn't cause trouble, she will be at ease. The children grow up safely, for Zhang Tao's mother, it is more important than how much money she can earn.
The next morning, Zhang Tao came back from exercising outside, his mother had already made breakfast, and after eating some by himself, he went to work, leaving Zhang Tao at home alone.
The others haven't come back at this time, so Zhang Tao is still playing the role of a housekeeper now. The panther finished his breakfast, walked slowly under the eaves, picked a comfortable place and squinted his eyes to continue sleeping.
This guy is getting less and less active now, and he sleeps every day except for eating. When I saw the female dog, I didn't even look at it, and I thought about it back then, and it was as fierce as a tiger.
Zhang Tao looked at its posture, and inexplicably felt that he seemed to be a little sleepy, as if this thing would be contagious, and his two eyes began to fight.
At this time, two five or six-year-old children walked from the front of Zhang Tao's house with a duck in their arms, looked at the duck cautiously, and then argued with each other whether the thing they caught was a wild duck or another bird.
"I'm telling you, this is a mallard. You see this beak is like a duck, and its feet are like. A little kid pointed to the duck and said.
"Like, isn't it? Can a panda be called a cat? The other child immediately retorted, "When have you ever seen a duck with a hat?" ”
Zhang Tao was a little amused when he heard the words of the two of them arguing, and immediately opened his eyes and looked at the duck in the arms of the two children. At first glance, he thought it was a wild duck, but they had already banned the capture of some rare birds here, and it seemed that wild ducks were too.
In addition to hares, pheasants and wild boars, which are often sold, and muntjac and roe deer, there are people in other towns who manage this area. However, in recent years, muntjacs, roe deer, and hares have rarely gone to the mountains to catch them.
The muntjac and hares on the other side of Zhangtao's reservoir have given those at the Agricultural University a new direction of research, and they are wondering if they can stock these animals in an area.
In particular, the roe deer is an animal with high medicinal and edible value. The wild ones are not easy to catch, and they will also disrupt the ecological balance, so this stocking model is the best model.
"What are you doing with this duck?" Worried that the two children would kill the wild ducks, Zhang Tao immediately got up and asked the two children. These two children are a little younger, and they don't know much about Zhang Tao's coquettish past, so they are not very afraid of Zhang Tao.
"Uncle Zhang Tao, this is what I picked up in the field. It looks like it's hurt, and I'm going to take it home and raise it. A little child said with a smile after hearing Zhang Tao's words.
Well, a very caring child, you should give this child a compliment. But did he use the wrong words to call himself?
Uncle? Zhang Tao touched his face, and it seemed that his title had inadvertently changed from brother to uncle, which was a tragedy.
I used to call me brother, but after I went to high school, the children here slowly changed their name to themselves, and they all called uncle. And the children here are also very distinct, those who call their brothers must be afraid of themselves, and those who call uncles are generally not very afraid of themselves.
It seems that my brother is really old, and there is only the legend of my brother in the rivers and lakes. Legend has it that this kind of thing doesn't seem to be very scary, only real prestige can be scary.
"This duck is very precious, you can't raise it, can you leave it to me?" At this time, Zhang Tao saw that the duck's head was a little different from that of a wild duck, with a beautiful feather crown. I didn't think it looked like a mallard, so I told the two children.
"Yes, but Uncle Zhang Tao, you won't eat the duck secretly, right?" The child agreed very quickly, but when he was about to hand it to Zhang Tao, he asked Zhang Tao as if he suddenly remembered.
"Well, the wild duck can't be eaten, so my uncle bandaged it." Zhang Tao paused after hearing this, it seemed that he had really eaten wild ducks, and now he told the two children that wild ducks could not be eaten, which seemed to be a little weak-hearted.
Maybe Zhang Tao's fame is too great, or maybe his current appearance is really easy to give people a good impression, and the two children really gave Zhang Tao an animal that resembles a wild duck in their hands.
Zhang Tao took a look, this guy was injured in his wings. It's not a gunshot wound, it seems to have been bitten or pecked by some animal, revealing a large wound, which Zhang Tao can't see.
The wound medicine used by someone in his family was taken out at this time and treated by the bird, and it didn't matter if it could be used or not, it was better than not at all. The bird didn't resist much during the whole process, and was quietly dealt with in Zhang Tao's hands.
At most, because of the pain, his body shook several times, and Zhang Tao saw it like this, and his technique became lighter. I hope these pills work, otherwise this guy will be in pain.
The two children watched from the side, and when they saw that Zhang Tao had really treated the bird's wound, they watched it for a while and left. The bird was so quiet that they didn't think it was interesting to look at it for a while, and children still like to be noisy.
Zhang Tao thought about it after disposing of the bird, and called Professor Zhang. The old professor's friend is still in the town, and he is doing some research into the town's terrain to deduce what animals might be there.
After answering the phone, Professor Zhang told Zhang Tao with a smile that they were here in Huangpu Village to investigate, and they would soon be able to come to Zhang Tao's house to see the bird.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Tao made a simple nest for the bird and let it lie in it to recuperate. The injury on its wing is estimated to be less than ten days and half a month, and I am afraid it will be difficult to heal.
Professor Zhang and Professor Song soon came to Zhang Tao's house, and after seeing the bird quietly squatting in the nest next to Zhang Tao, Professor Song was very excited.
"Chinese merganser! I actually saw the Chinese merganser! ”
Zhang Tao and Professor Zhang Lao didn't know much about this, and looked at the excited Professor Song curiously, not knowing why he was so excited.
"Chinese mergansers, a genus of mergansers in the duck family, commonly known as scale-wing mergansers, is a unique and rare species in our country, and it is rare now." Professor Song gently stroked the bird lying in the nest to recuperate.
"This beak is flattened on the side and pointed at the tip, which is different from the flattened beak shape of other species of the duck family. The beak and legs and feet are red, the head and upper back of the male duck are black, and the lower back, waist and tail are covered with white feathers; white wing mirrors on the wings; The long feathers on the top of the head are extended into a double crown. There are black fish scale markings on the flank feathers. ”
What Professor Song said was exactly the same as the bird lying on his stomach, proving that this bird was indeed the Chinese merganser duck he was talking about.
"The bird is found in fast-flowing rivers in wooded areas, sometimes in open lakes. Pairs or families in groups. Diving to prey on fish. It mainly inhabits streams, river valleys, meadows, ponds and meadows in broad-leaved forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests. ”
What Professor Song Lao said is a bit similar to the environment on Zhang Tao's side, where there are coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests, rivers, streams and reservoirs near large reservoirs.
"This bird is a species that survived after the Tertiary glacial period, which is more than 10 million years old and belongs to the national first-class key protected animals."
"However, the earliest name was not our country's, and the Eagle people collected a male duck specimen in our country in 1864 and named it 'Chinese merganser'. Because this duck nests in a natural tree hole, some people call it 'the duck that will go to the tree'. ”
Professor Song's introduction was very detailed and professional. It's a pity that for the other two, it doesn't make much sense. They knew that this duck-like bird was a very rare bird.
"I saw a few of them two days ago, but because they were far away, I couldn't see them clearly, so I couldn't draw conclusions. Now it is certain that there are indeed Chinese mergansers here, and there are quite a few of them, which is great news. ”
Old Man Song said a little dancingly: "I need to find a few people to apply together, and use this town as a natural animal sanctuary, there are too few mergansers in our country." ”
"Well, Professor Song, if this place becomes a nature reserve, won't it be troublesome if those wild boars and other scourges harm the crops?"
There is a reason for Zhang Tao to ask this question, in his previous life, because of the mountain closure measures taken here, there were herds of wild boars coming out to harm the crops for a while, and the timid people did not dare to go to the fields alone.
"Well, this can be hunted and killed by the officials at that time, after all, human survival is more important." Old Man Song was stunned after listening to Zhang Tao's words, and then replied uncertainly.
Zhang Tao was silent after hearing this, he didn't understand this, so he didn't know whether he was zoning a nature reserve here, or not, let's take a look first, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.
The merganser duck Old Man Song was ready to take it away, after all, it was much safer in his hands than in Zhang Tao's hands. However, the merganser duck seemed unwilling to leave Zhang Tao's side, and when he saw that Old Man Song wanted to catch him, he immediately hid beside Zhang Tao and did not cooperate at all. (To be continued.) )