Chapter 370: Viewing the Wild Goose Tower
The old village chief is amazed, he has lived in Chujiazhai for so many years, and it is the first time he has seen so many big birds stop in Chujiazhai, and there will be some migratory birds stopping in the past, but it will definitely not be so spectacular.
After Fu Shenglin bandaged the two geese, he asked the second aunt to bring some rice out for them to eat. The people present simply wanted the two geese to recuperate at home.
"It's like a goose!" Xu Bimei observed for a while and said.
"The wild goose was originally the ancestor of the goose, can it not be?" Speaking of which, geese are actually domesticated geese by humans, and geese also have a name, called proto-goose.
We saw that the back, shoulder, tripolar flight feathers and tail feathers of the two geese were dark brown, and the feathers were light brown; lower back and waist black-brown; The lower part of the anterior neck and thorax are pale flesh-red; the top of the head and occipital area are tan; pale cinnamon-red on the lateral side of the head; The whiskers and throat are brown-red and white, and the middle of the back of the neck is coffee-brown.
Professor Wen told everyone that this is the most traditional wild goose, called Hong Yan. It is customary to call the wild goose a wild goose or a black-billed goose to distinguish it from another type of bean goose.
Although its flight law is opposite to that of the swallow, the mood of people welcoming the "return of the geese" in mid-autumn is almost exactly the same as welcoming the swallows coming from the south. According to research, the north was originally the homeland of geese, and later the earth experienced several glacial periods, in order to forage for food and avoid the cold, the harsh winter, forced to move south, and then in the warmer climate, the glaciers have been transit, but they formed this migration habit in the history of evolution, but it has been preserved. Professor Wen said.
The two geese were very wary of other people, except for Chu Jiaqiang and Fu Shenglin, even Professor Wen and other experts who studied animals did not give face, which made everyone depressed for a while.
"It seems that they are afraid of humans." Chen Wu said.
"Isn't he human?" Li Quan pointed at Chu Jiaqiang and wondered.
"Huh! They are by nature, and after being harmed by humans, no one will keep a certain distance. As for that kid, don't compare him with him, he has a natural aura close to animals, and he can't be envied. Professor Wen said with a smile.
"When I used to go to Taihu Lake, I saw a lot of these geese." Someone spoke.
The expert on the side nodded and explained that the wild goose often forms a large flock with other wild ducks that come to winter, and floats in the waters of Taihu Lake in Suzhou and Shanghu Lake in Changshu, and feeds in the water and spends the night in the grassy beach by the lake. In February and March of the following year, they flew back to their hometown to give birth and breed, and the chirping of the geese as they migrated high in the sky could be heard for miles away.
"It's not easy to catch such an alert guy!" Zhou Furong sighed.
However, Ding Jianhui and the others shook their heads: "It's too easy to catch them, as long as you play a trick, it's not difficult to catch them without missing them." In ancient times, there were clever hunters who took advantage of their habit of living in groups and caught them at night. ”
They quietly sneaked into the river beach where the geese stayed overnight at night, deliberately lit a fire to disturb the "wild goose slaves", and then put out the fire. When the wide-eyed vigil saw the scene of the fire being extinguished, the wild goose slave immediately sounded the alarm, and the geese woke up, saw that there was nothing wrong, and shouted and stopped. Hunters use this trick again and again, over and over again.
The wild goose slave is loyal to his duty, and the police must report it, and the wild goose mistakenly believes that he has been deceived and pecks the wild goose slave angrily. In the end, either the wild goose slave was wronged and pecked to death, or when the wild goose slave called the police again, the birds fell asleep and ignored it, so the hunter's plan finally succeeded, and the wild goose fell into the wind and was captured. This is really a "tragedy" in the life of birds.
"Of course, you must not use this method." Finally, those biologists warned.
The two geese squatted in the corner to rest, and the wren flew over to say hello. I have to say that birds still get along very well with each other, of course, natural enemies like snow sculptures are another matter.
"Strange! Aren't geese flying south in autumn? Now winter is almost over. Someone questioned.
"What's so strange about that? They begin to fly south in the fall. At that time, it was already very cold in the far north, so I could only fly south, but when I flew to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the climate was already warm, so I stayed there. By this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are also starting to get colder, and some of them will shift their positions here. A PhD student explained.
Soon after the geese by the river fell, they began to go into the water in search of food. They have come all the way and are already exhausted, so they can only replenish quickly, eat for two or three months, and return to their hometown again after recuperation.
Those shooting enthusiasts have already squatted down and started to act in a hidden place not far away.
In order not to disturb the lives of these geese, the research institute held a small meeting, and the old village chief also participated. At the meeting, the main discussion was on how to meet the needs of tourists without affecting the geese.
Eventually, the institute plans to fund the establishment of a goose viewing platform, which will temporarily list the area where the geese have landed as a pedestrian no-go area, and will only open it after the geese leave.
After the decision, the old village chief immediately notified the fifth uncle and asked the fifth uncle to lead his construction team to build the viewing goose platform as soon as possible. Originally, it was to prepare a high platform similar to the platform, but when Chu Jiaqiang learned the news, he hurriedly found Ding Jianhui, the old village chief and others to tell him what he thought.
According to Chu Jiaqiang's idea, it is to build a bamboo building with bamboo, which is three stories high, and can be named Guanyan Tower. This fund can be paid by him, and this building has a role in addition to watching the geese. He's going to let his wife run it, isn't she going to open a café, a bar, and a teahouse with her sisters? It just so happens that the first floor drinks coffee, the second floor drinks alcohol, and the third floor drinks tea.
"Hmmm! That's a good idea! When the time comes, we will also go up for tea. Ding Jianhui said with a smile.
"I knew you kid was going to step in." The old village chief has no opinion, it is good to build a bamboo building, it looks elegant.
After informing them, Chu Jiaqiang went to the fifth uncle again to explain the matter. After that, he rushed home and designed the bamboo building with Liang Yu and others.
"When the time comes, hang a wind chime at the four corners of each floor." Ye Caiping suggested. At this time, the frame of the bamboo building has come out, and it will be almost enough to retouch it again.
"If you design it like this, I don't know if you can build it." Chu Jiaqiang opened his mouth and said, I have to ask the fifth uncle about this matter, I am afraid that the actual construction ability will not be able to keep up with people's ideas.
These three-storey bamboo buildings are all made of bamboo as construction materials, which inevitably makes people worry that they will not work in practice.
After it was completely done, Chu Jiaqiang took it to the fifth uncle to take a look. The fifth uncle looked at it for a while, smacked his lips, and then said: "It's not that it can't be done, as long as the bamboo is of good quality, I'm afraid that the bamboo can't bear it, let me think about it first." ”