Chapter 344: Mute Swan

On this morning, Mrs. Wan and Mrs. Hong went to feed the chickens, ducks and geese, and when they came back, their faces were full of doubts, and they muttered: "There is no reason! ”

"What's no reason?" Wan Lao asked puzzled.

"When I was feeding this morning, I found that there were a lot more white geese, and I don't know where they came from. Now that we are fighting against our white goose, I am afraid that there will be a fight in a while. Mrs. Wan said.

The others were also surprised, this village seems to have a big white goose here in Chu Jiaqiang, right? Quite a few words where there is still a white goose? From another village? Not that tough, right? If many words are true, their own big white goose will definitely not agree. They have made the backyard their own territory, and foreign goose mouths are naturally not allowed to enter.

"You're not mistaken, are you? A lot of words could be ducks? I haven't heard of anyone in the village who has a white goose. Yan Lao said with a smile. He has been here for a few months and knows the situation in the village well.

"How can it be a duck? The body feathers are white, the tips of the head are brownish-yellow, the mouth is reddish, and the forehead has a black wart. Is ducks like this? ”。 Old Madam Hong shook her head and said. They are all at this age, can't they tell the difference between a duck and a white goose?

At this time, Professor Wen and Fu Shenglin pondered, the two glanced at each other, and then walked outside together. Chu Jiaqiang and the others didn't know why, and they also followed.

When I arrived at the back garden, I found that my big white goose was staring at a group of white geese not far away, and neither side dared to move. A closer look may notice that the white geese have a longer neck than the big white goose.

"Those white geese probably fell in love with the small fish and shrimp in the big ditch, and they refused to leave. The big white geese also held their ground, just not letting them come forward. Mrs. Wan smiled. She likes this conscientious white goose very much.

Professor Wen and Fu Shenglin saw that the so-called white goose beak was red, the beak armor was brown, and there was a black wart-like protrusion at the intersection of the base of the beak and the forehead, which was very obvious. pale brown from the top of the head to the occipital region, black at the first bare eyes, tan with iris, long and pointed tail feathers, dark gray feet, and black appendages, claws, and webs. The body shape is similar to that of whooper swans, and the main characteristics are that the eyes are black and connected to the base of the mouth in a triangular shape, the base of the mouth and the edge of the mouth are black, and the front end is slightly lighter, similar to the cinnamon color.

Spotting these features, the two involuntarily cried out: "Mute swan!" ”

At this moment, the swan in the mouth of a professor couldn't resist the temptation at first, stretched his neck and went towards the ditch, and instantly picked up a small fish.

The fuse of the war was immediately ignited, and the big white goose "goose goose goose!" The ground yelled, flapped his wings desperately, and slammed into it. And those swans also made a hoarse and low "hissing" unkind sound.

Immediately a scuffle broke out, and soon some white feathers were flying. Seeing this scene, Professor Wen and the others were anxious, and immediately said to Chu Jiaqiang: "Hurry up and stop the white goose!" They are rare and protected animals, mute swans. They also knew that they couldn't stop calling these white geese, and they only listened to a few people such as Ling Chu Jiaqiang.

Chu Jiaqiang immediately clapped his palms, and then drove the white goose aside. The white geese were still unkind, and retreated very unwillingly, their eyes still fixed on the mute swan.

"They must have come to spend the winter, by the way, Jiaqiang, you Chujiazhai also had swans come to spend the winter before? How I didn't hear about it. "Professor Wen is in a very good mood, looking at those mute swans is like looking at a bunch of treasures.

At this time, Fu Shenglin was still silently counting, and after a while, he determined that there were more than 120 mute swans in this group, which could be regarded as a large group.

Chu Jiaqiang shook his head: "In winter, there will definitely be some migratory birds coming." But I haven't seen this kind of swan, and I don't know if anyone else has seen it. ”

"That's weird." Professor Wen thought about it at random, and did not continue to ponder this reason. It is not surprising that there are migratory birds coming, and it is very likely that these swans are coming with them.

He hurriedly informed Ding Jianhui and the others, and the group of scientists who were still eating breakfast heard the news, dropped the dishes and chopsticks and hurried towards Chu Jiaqiang.

Looking at those mute swans walking awkwardly on the ground, Xu Bimei wrinkled her nose and said, "Aren't the swans very beautiful?" Why are these walks so stupid? ”

"Mulobus swans are also migratory birds, inhabiting lakes, rivers or swamps. He walks awkwardly on the ground, but is an excellent swimmer. They are alert by nature, often swim with their wings raised, their necks bent back, their heads lowered forward, and they move in pairs or in families. ”

"There are many swans of this kind in the world, but they are the least one in our country, and hundreds of them have been found in a few small lakes in the north before. Hehe! I didn't expect so many to fly here at once. Fu Shenglin was still looking at those swans closely.

At this time, Ding Jianhui came from a distance with a large group of people: "Where is the mute swan!" After getting closer, he found that the mute swan he was looking forward to was hostile to the white goose in Chu Jiaqiang's house.

Seeing this group of swans, those people were all Professor Wen and Fu Shenglin's expressions, and they were very happy. But seeing the white feathers scattered on the ground, he looked at Professor Wen in confusion: "You were going to catch them just now?" What's going on with those feathers? ”

There were a lot of eyewitnesses just now, and as soon as Ding Jianhui asked, someone replied: "No! Seeing those menacing white geese, they had a fight just now. If it hadn't been stopped in time, it might not have been as simple as a few feathers now. ”

"Ugh!" Only then did those people think of the temperament of Chu Jiaqiang's white geese. Remind me of the mute swan's main diet on aquatic animals and plants, including roots, stems, leaves, buds and seeds of aquatic plants, such as cattail, goldfish algae, cedar leaf algae, eyeweed, etc., and also eats algae and small aquatic animals. In this way, there is a contradiction between them, and it is strange that they do not fight.

Looking at those swans, it seemed that they wanted to settle in this backyard, but Chu Jiaqiang's white geese were eyeing each other, looking desperately pinched, and those scientists also had a headache. A young doctoral student suggested: "Jiaqiang, see if you can let your white goose move its position and let the mute swan stay for two or three months." ”

One person even said: "White geese are nothing unusual, seeing that they are so big, they are simply stewed." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Wan and the others swept over, and the person suddenly didn't dare to talk nonsense. You know, Mrs. Wan has a lot of affection for these white geese.

Chu Jiaqiang squatted down and touched the goose head of the big white goose that led the way: "There is no way, I can only let them run in slowly." Maybe those swans can't bear it and will move to the reservoir, which is actually not bad. ”

The news of the arrival of the mute swan soon spread throughout Chujiazhai, and those tourists rushed to see the strangeness.