What are you looking for this bird for? Old Liang asked suspiciously.

"We are students at xx university. This time I went to the mountain for scientific research, uncle, where did you find the crested ibis? Sun Yutao asked with some excitement.

"Just in the mountains of Daqingshan, I was only a teenager at that time, and I followed my father up the mountain to hunt. I've seen it several times," Old Liang stared at the picture for a long time, and finally replied.

"And after that, I mean, have you seen it in the last ten years?" Xu Dongfang's inquiry was quite eager.

"I haven't been up the mountain much in years, but I haven't seen him again."

Hearing him say this, several people were a little disappointed again. However, one thing is certain, that is, there used to be crested ibises in Daqingshan, and even before the 70s, these guys were still active in the mountains, and then they disappeared for various reasons.

"Where is it, do you think about it carefully, have you ever seen a bird's nest?" Liu Junhao asked again.

"It's like on the back of a toad, and a few times I've seen them catch fish and eat them at the water's edge. But I haven't seen the Vermilion Bird's Nest yet, where is that guy building a nest? ”

"On the tree, it's the same as Qingzhuang." Sun Yutao answered this question for him.

Bidding farewell to Lao Liangtou, the three of them embarked on the journey home again.

Along the way, Sun Yutao and Xu Dongfang's emotions were not too high. Liu Junhao felt that the atmosphere was dull, so he said with a smile: "Why do you look dejected, didn't people say it just now, I've seen it before."

"There are many people who have seen the crested ibis before, and it was a very common bird that was widely distributed in the Soviet Union, China, Japan and Korea a hundred years ago. However, in the last 100 years, the number of crested ibises has declined sharply, and the distribution area has also shrunk sharply. The water flow near Daqing Mountain is dense, there are many fish and shrimp in the ditch, and there are also tall trees on the mountain, which is very suitable for the survival of birds, so it is not uncommon for crested ibises to exist in the past. What we want to investigate is whether anyone has seen a crested ibis in recent years, and only sighting reports in recent years are valuable......," Xu Dongfang explained, explaining that they had come out at their own expense this time, and to be honest, there were some thoughts in their hearts that they did not trust authority.

China is a vast country with many mountains and forests, and there are many places suitable for the crested ibis to grow. Although the expedition team claimed to have spent more than three years to visit more than 260 historical distribution points of the crested ibis in 16 provinces, it was finally discovered in the Hanzhong area of Shaanxi. However, real scientific researchers know that due to technical limitations, the scientific research method used the manual net census method, which was simple and rough, and it was easy to cause omissions.

There is also the fact that birds are naturally afraid of people, and once someone intrudes on their habitat, they will definitely avoid it, which can also cause technical errors. Just because you don't find it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. When the expedition team investigated the crested ibis in the 60s, except for one exception found in Kangxian County, Gansu Province, there were no sightings for a long time after that. At one time, it was even thought that the crested ibis had become extinct in the wild in our country.

Liu Junhao didn't have so many ideas, this crested ibis was originally very far away from his life. If you really find it in Daqingshan, you will be naturally happy, and you won't be particularly depressed if you can't find it. What's more, he didn't have much hope in the first place.

He was depressed that he had promised too much at Liu Guangju's house. Although the toad's back is not far from Liujiagou, it also takes seven or eight hours to walk, and it can't walk back and forth in a day. According to Xu Dongfang, the crested ibises generally forage in the early morning, which requires them to wait by the stream as early as possible, so they need to stay in the mountains at night.

This made Liu Junhao very entangled, spending the night in the mountains, the unpredictable situation was too much. No one can say for sure whether there are wolves in Daqing Mountain now, but from time to time there are rumors that someone has seen them from afar in the mountains.

It's okay to say when you encounter a lone wolf, and the three of them don't have to be afraid. But if you really encounter a pack of wolves, those three people are definitely not enough to stuff people's teeth.

You need to bring a small skin, it is a police officer at night, in case something really comes to you to find it in time. Thinking of the grass leopard last time, Liu Junhao felt that it was not safe to only bring a small skin, after all, two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and a few grass leopards and a dog will definitely not be able to cope with it.

Bring Professor Zhao's soybean beans? He thought about it and dismissed the idea. Take both dogs away, and the two families will have nothing to guard the door. In case something happens at night. The two families are far away from the village, and it will be annoying when the time comes.

It's best to wait until you go back to the village to borrow a dog, but most of the dogs in the village are earth dogs, this thing looks at the door is OK, really wait for a wild boar wolf or something, maybe run faster than people. Thinking about it, there are only the two macular skins of Liu Wuye's family and the sixth aunt's family. They are the offspring of Xiaopi, and they maintain excellent genes, and they should not back down when they encounter any danger.

It's still a bit rare to have a dog at home, and you can't greet anything at all, when will you let Zhao Guangming bring the panther over.

That's right, why did you forget Zhao Guangming, this kid, he fed two wolf dogs. The last time the panther fought the wild boar, it was also quite brave. Go back and call this kid and ask him to send the panther over earlier.

Back in the courtyard, Xu Dongfang and the two chatted for a while, and then turned around and left after discussing the meeting time tomorrow.

Liu Junhao saw that the time was not early, so he went into the house and called Zhao Guangming.

He had just told him on the phone that he was going to borrow a panther to go up the mountain, when the goods became excited on the other end: "You're going up the mountain, really?" Wait for me, I'll send the panther to you right away. ”

Hanging up the phone, Liu Junhao was still a little stunned, this person promised too quickly.

In less than half an hour, the sound of "buzzing" motorcycles sounded outside the courtyard, followed by Zhao Guangming's shout: "Liu Junhao, I'm here." ”

"Come on, come on, what are you doing with such a loud voice, Black Panther?" Liu Junhao turned his head to look behind him, but there was nothing.

"I just met your little skin at the entrance of the village, and two dogs are playing wild there." Zhao Guangming just tied up the motorcycle. He asked impatiently, "You really want to go up the mountain, I'll go with you tomorrow." ”

"What are you going to do, I've got something to do." Liu Junhao didn't know where this person's strength came from, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Damn, what's the matter, don't you just go to the mountains to look for the crested ibis," he muttered for a long time, and suddenly a sentence popped up, "By the way, what is the crested ibis?" ”

"No, you can jump down from the top of the second floor of my house right now, so you can know what the crested ibis is." Liu Junhao admired this person's loneliness and ignorance, and he didn't even know about the crested ibis.

"What are you doing on the second floor of your house, damn, you're going to die" Zhao Guangming has been thinking about going up the mountain, so his brain reaction is half a beat slower than usual.

"This is a kind of rare bird, there are only 2,000 of them in the world, and we also had one in Liujiagou decades ago."

"A few thousand or less?" Zhao Guangming asked ignorantly.

"Get out" Liu Junhao directly gave this kid a word, what enlightenment.

"Lao Tzu won't get out, when will you leave tomorrow?"

"Got up the hill on time at seven o'clock. Are you really here? Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Liu Junhao took it seriously.

"Of course, buddy has been trying to go up to the mountains to hunt these days, but none of my friends have the heart to do so. This is just right. Someone gives a pillow when you are sleepy. Together, I have a crossbow to protect you, and by the way, I can also hunt a pheasant for you to open meat. ”

"We went to protect the birds, but you went to hunt the birds, what kind of thoughts are you kids?" Liu Junhao now gritted his teeth with hatred for him, this person didn't come to dismantle the stage on purpose.

"Pheasants don't need to be protected, I don't believe you kid hasn't beaten them." Zhao Guangming's words made him completely shut up, and he had nothing to say.

But it's good to let Zhao Guangming go, one more person has more strength. Like this kid just said, grab the crossbow. Even if you encounter an animal such as a wild wolf, you are not afraid.

Liu Junhao thought about it and agreed to go together in his heart, but some things must be said clearly: "We are going to spend the night on the mountain tomorrow......"

"That's good, I can play one more day." After the discussion, Zhao Guangming left on a motorcycle again.

When it was almost dark, Pippy and the panther couple finally returned to the yard. Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and looking at Xiao Pi's appearance, you know that this guy has taken advantage of it in the afternoon.

When Zhang Qian came home from school, Liu Junhao told her the news that he was going to camp in the mountains again.

"Be careful, don't be so impulsive when you encounter wild beasts, and don't go down to the river alone to catch water monkeys like last time. What if something happens? Zhang Qian originally supported her husband to go up the mountain to find the crested ibis, but now that she heard that she was going to spend the night on the mountain, she became worried again. When he went to bed at night, Zhang Qian deliberately held his ear and admonished.

She knew her husband, and as soon as her brain was hot, personal heroism immediately began to flood, and last time she dared to jump into the weir pond and fight with the fire.

If Liu Junhao knew what Zhang Qian was thinking at this moment, he must have felt that he was more wronged than Dou E, which was the time when he took the initiative to jump down, it was obvious that Liu Qiyong's kid suddenly jumped overboard, and he stood unsteadily on the boat and fell into the water.

Early the next morning, Liu Junhao was awakened by the sound of a rooster crowing. He looked at the time, it was already six o'clock, and he didn't continue, getting up and packing.

Although there are macular skins and black leopards to escort them, this time they have to go to the mountains, and any accidents can happen. Naturally, he didn't dare to hold it up, and he must make sufficient preparations. Last night, I borrowed a three-strand steel fork from Liu Wuye, and I brought a short knife of my own. In case of wolves, grass leopards are also easy to defend.

After packing up his things, he began to wash his face and brush his teeth, and Zhang Qian also got up early to cook.

"Liu Junhao, Zhao is here." Before he finished brushing his teeth, Zhao Guangming's motorcycle had already stopped outside the hospital.

"Came so early, didn't you eat?" Hearing the voice, Liu Junhao hurriedly lowered his mouth and invited him to sit in the courtyard.

"No, I'm going to eat at your house, I heard that my brother and sister's craftsmanship is good." Zhao Guangming grinned and took the backpack off the car.

"You kid. It should be called sister-in-law. Liu Junhao smiled and slapped his shoulder.

"You're here" Zhang Qian heard Zhao Guangming's voice and also came out to say hello.

"Hello sister-in-law," the kid called quite simply.

The three of them had eaten, and Xu Dongfang and the others also came to report with backpacks. The two were slightly surprised when they saw Zhao Guangming, but they didn't say anything when they knew that he wanted to hang out. As long as it doesn't affect their investigation, multiple people are fine.

Today's weather is just right, the four of them did not delay, led the hounds, and headed towards the depths of the mountains with the morning glow.

"Xiao Hao, what kind of play are you playing, the devil went into the mountains to sweep?" As soon as I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw Liu Junqi sitting on the big bluestone with a window screen bag from a distance.

"We accompany people up the mountain to inspect the birds, what are you doing, run to the mountain early in the morning."

"Hey, catch bees. Yesterday afternoon, my daughter-in-law went up to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, and found a nest of wild bees at the crucian carp bones, and I wanted to get them home as soon as possible. No, the bee catchers have all brought it. Liu Junqi said and raised the window screen bag in his hand.

"That's right, let's stop by and walk together to see how big that honeycomb is." Zhao Guangming, this kid doesn't know the way at all, but he wants to follow up and see how to catch bees, so he opens his eyes and talks nonsense.

"There are definitely not as many bees as Xiao Hao's house, this kid is lucky, and the bees fly to the yard when he sits at home." Liu Junqi's words revealed envy. If you want to say that there are no people in Liujiagou who are not angry with Liu Junhao, good luck will fall on their heads every day when they sit at home.

"I'm also taking a chance, let's go along and have a look? There is also a mountain stream in the direction of the crucian carp bone. Liu Junhao said modestly, and then turned his head to look at Sun Yutao and the two, after all, people are the ones who are in charge.

"Well, we'd like to see how to catch bees, too."

Unifying their opinions, the five of them walked towards the crucian carp bones in unison.

It was not long after the sun had risen, and it was the time of dew in the mountains, and in a few moments, the shoes of several people were damp, and the sides of their trouser legs were covered with grass clippings.

Along the way, from time to time, you can see all kinds of butterflies with their wings closed, stopping at the stamens of the flowers, motionless. This is the best time to catch butterflies, the humidity in the air is high, and the butterfly wings are sticky with moisture, and they can't fly at all.

The insects are immobile, but the birds are active, jumping from branch to branch and catching delicious food.

Zhao Guangming, this kid is like he has never been on the mountain in eight lifetimes, walking on the road and chattering non-stop, from time to time picking up a crossbow and aiming at the birds in the trees.

Liu Junhao frowned when he saw it, and finally took this thing down and put it in his bag.

"What are you doing, it's so inconvenient to put it in your bag, and you won't have time to take it out when you encounter a wild boar......"

"If I encounter a wild boar, will I block in front of you, you take a crossbow and aim blindly, what if there is an accident?" Liu Junhao reprimanded angrily. With the nose of the little skin, the appearance of wild boars is estimated to have been warned early, and they have time to reflect.

Besides, such a large group of people, even if the wild boar encounters it, they will take the initiative to retreat