On a summer afternoon, although the sun was still a little scorching, Liu Junhao's courtyard was filled with a few Qingzhuang who had just come out of the shell and walked around their parents in the courtyard to ask for food, and the shrill croaking sound was loud.

Seeing the movements made by these little guys, Liu Junhao didn't have to guess to know that they must be the descendants of the first generation of Qingzhuang. Those few are hatched from water ducks, and without Lao Qingzhuang's words and deeds, their ability to build nests is slightly worse. In addition, they have been with humans for a long time, and their vigilance is not so high, so these Qingzhuang simply choked some reed leaves when they built their nests. Qingzhuang, who had just come out of the shell, also inherited the bloodline of their parents, and within a few days, they jumped out of the nest and ran all over the yard.

Zhao Weidong and others sat under the grape trellis and drank chilled watermelon juice and chatted, looking extremely comfortable. To say that Liujiagou is really a good place where people can relax physically and mentally, when the breeze blows, the rights and wrongs of the unit are left behind, and the rest is only relaxed.

A few men are just talking nonsense, and they have talked a lot about national affairs, national customs, and so on. Eventually, several of them had a tendency to fall asleep. Such a rest after eating and drinking can only be described in two words - enjoyment.

Zhao Weihong and Zhang's mother were not idle, a few of them went into the house to look at the photos, and Zhang Qian explained on the side. The more the women talked, the more excited they became, and laughter came from time to time from inside the house...... Liu Junhao couldn't help but sigh that women are still in good spirits.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, we have found something strange again." After a while, Xiao Haoyu rushed into the courtyard. Needless to say, my head was covered in sweat.

"What treasure did you find again?" Liu Junhao asked curiously. Isn't it true that there are so many rare things in the neighborhood that have not yet been discovered, how can a few children just turn around and find them.

"We were looking for lotus pods to eat outside, and guess what we found on the lotus leaves?" The little guy sells Guan Zidao.

"Two frogs are fighting......" Seeing his mysterious appearance, Liu Junhao's curiosity really rose. Except for the frog who likes to squat on the lotus leaf, other things don't seem to have this habit. Of course, there is also an insect called the water fly. It is a larva of a dragonfly, without wings, and usually prefers to lurk in the wet mud or aquatic weeds of ditches. Generally speaking, insects are afraid of fish, but this little thing is different. It is carnivorous and ferocious from birth, and loves to hunt aquatic insects, and even catches small fish and tadpoles in larger sizes.

The water fly spends most of its time in the water and only climbs onto the lotus leaf when it molts.

"No, we found a bird's nest on the lotus leaf, and even the hairy children said they had never seen it......" Xiao Haoyu looked very excited.

"It's normal to have a bird's nest on the stem of a lotus leaf, I thought it was a rare thing. What is the size of the bird's nest? If it's big, it's Qingzhuang, and if it's too small, it's Lu Miaozi. Liu Junhao speculated. It is said that these two birds rarely build nests on lotus leaf stems, but few are not absent.

"It's not on the lotus stem, it's on the lotus leaf. And the hairy boy saw it just now, saying that it was not Qingzhuang Wo. The little one corrected.

"What...... On the lotus leaf, "This bear child won't be dazzled, right, can a bird's nest be built on the lotus leaf?" It's the first time Liu Junhao has heard of it.

"Well, you go out and have a look."

This was indeed a rarity, and the people in the courtyard flocked to the toon tree. Following the gestures of a few little guys, Liu Junhao finally saw the strange bird's nest. The middle of the ditch is relatively deep, so the water of the lotus leaf is not very high, and it is more floating on the water. The bird's nest is rested on a lotus leaf with a diameter of about one meter, and the appearance of the bird's nest can be clearly seen through the gap: the top is made of cattails, and there are many feathers in the middle. Due to the obstruction of the lotus leaf, Liu Junhao did not see the bird eggs in the nest. But what is certain is that the bird's nest is in this position, and it is indeed the first time he has seen it.

"Xiao Hao, what kind of bird's nest is this?" Professor Zhao asked, he knew Liu Junhao's expertise in recognizing birds' nests.

"Well, I really don't know." Liu Junhao's eyes were sour, and he was not sure what a bird's nest was. He felt a little like a chicken nest, but when he thought about it, he didn't feel like it. The characteristics of the people are obvious, and they are generally nested in the barren grass on the surface of the water. Another is that when the water rice chicken builds a nest, it will use its mouth to rotate all the surrounding grass together, which is similar to a hammock, and the nest is in the hammock.

Liu Junhao's ability to identify the water seedling chicken nest was learned from the old man Liu, and the old man recognized the water seedling chicken nest as a must, and he didn't know where he learned the ability. He casually glanced at the water and grass, and he could always see which piece had a nest of water straw chickens. And we know where the nest is, whether there are eggs in it, and so on.

It can be said that when Liu Junhao was a child, he didn't eat less water rice chicken eggs. Well, every time he was hungry, he would cry and make trouble, asking Old Man Liu to find him water and chicken eggs to eat. He still remembers the taste of the eggs: the egg whites are smooth and elastic, without a fishy smell, very fragrant and tempting. The egg yolk is the essence of it, and after condensation, it is not as dry and difficult to swallow as ordinary bird eggs, on the contrary, it has a very noodle feeling, and eating it once can make people taste it for a few days.

The old man, like Liu Wuye, pursues a sustainable development strategy. A nest of water rice chickens usually lays two eggs, rarely three or four, he will leave one in the nest every time he picks up, in order to keep a seed. If you catch them all, you won't have any eggs to pick up in the future.

Liu Junhao has been following the old man for a long time, and naturally learns his craft. It's a pity that when it was his turn, he didn't have a chance to perform, and there were fewer and fewer water stalks every year. The eggs of the water rice chicken are also far away from him.

"You don't know, what kind of bird is this?" Professor Zhao was surprised.

"Let's dig up this nest and we'll know." The hairy child's face showed an eager expression.

"How do you want to dig it?" Liu Junhao now also has plans to get the bird's nest up to see what is going on. The bird's nest seems to be stable on the lotus leaf, but it is as dangerous as an egg, and if you throw it with a bamboo pole, it will definitely fall into the water. If you don't go into the water, it's hard to say that this nest is taken down. There are drawbacks to going into the water, the lotus leaf stalks are dense, and people will definitely slip out of the legs full of red marks when they go inside.

"I have a way!" As soon as his voice landed, Tongtong raised his little hand, "Hold it up with a wooden basin"

It's a good note, the little girl will draw inferences, they did it last year when they were picking water chestnuts.

So, a few little ones carried the tub out of the courtyard. They all scrambled to make it to the wooden basin, and for the sake of safety, Liu Junhao still let the hairy child take on this important task.

The hairy children's wooden basin was paddled smoothly, and it took less than two minutes to row to the ruffles. He turned his head to look inside the bird's nest, then pinched the bird's egg in his hand and shouted, "Uncle Xiaohao, it's the water straw chicken nest." ”

"Really" Liu Junhao also nodded after seeing the color of the bird's egg.

"It's really strange how the water rice chicken would put the bird's nest on the lotus leaf." Professor Zhao shook his head vigorously.

Liu Junhao also felt very puzzled, but when he thought of the Qingzhuang in the courtyard, he felt that it was purely normal. Don't be a non-mainstream! Having said that, this nest is enough to hang, and if the water in the ditch flows a little faster, the bird's nest may be washed away.

"Bird eggs for your family Wukong to eat." When the hairy boy came ashore, he handed over the egg.

As soon as the monkey saw the egg, he was so excited that he stretched out his paws to catch it.

"Do you have a head, monkeys often steal birds' eggs, aren't you helping it to abuse?" Liu Junhao snatched the bird's egg. In order to steal and eat bird eggs, Zhang Qian gave political lessons to monkeys. It's a pity that this guy has been taught repeatedly, and he always has to steal it every once in a while. Fortunately, it didn't dare to harm the birds in the yard, so Liu Junhao turned a blind eye.

"Let's send it back quickly," he said, and stuffed the eggs to the furry child.

"Isn't it?" This guy doesn't want to bother a second time now.

"Wait, it's not a water straw egg." Liu Junhao suddenly felt that the bird egg in his hand was a little strange. This color is indeed very similar to that of the water straw chicken, but it is nearly twice as large. He took a closer look, and saw that it was much darker than the water rice chicken egg, and there were some blue spots on it.

"Why not?"

Liu Junhao explained the difference between the two in detail, and the hairy child also nodded vigorously.

It's not a water rail, what kind of bird is it? Everyone's curiosity was aroused again.

The mystery was soon revealed, and a water fowl in the shape of a wild duck flapped its wings and flew over. The bird was very shrewd, and when it saw so many people watching on the shore, it just kept spinning in the low air, hovering for four or five minutes and did not fall into the lotus pond.

"Hey, this is a mandarin duck, not a ......" Liu Junhao felt that this bird was very strange. The bird's feathers were bright, and its beak looked like a duck by all means, but it had a cockscomb on its head. Looking at the body again, it feels like a goose, and the claws are like the claws of an eagle.

It was the first time he had seen it.

"We're not going to find a rare bird, are we?" Seeing him shake his head, Zhao Weidong became excited.

"I've seen this bird from the information, it seems to be called a painted dolphin...... Professor Zhao exclaimed uncertainly.

"How can a painted dolphin be like this, isn't it a Dutch pig?" Zhao Weidong thought that the old man was wrong, so he hurriedly followed behind to correct it.

"This one is also called a painted dolphin, and it is a rare native duck animal. In the last few years, some people have raised it in the south, but what is the matter with this colorful dolphin, it actually came here to settle down, and it is also strange to say that it is a nest. The old man was a little puzzled.

"Everybody go back and let it fall." It is a blessing to attract colorful dolphins, which shows that the ecosystem of Liujiagou is getting better and better.

After everyone retreated into the distance, the bird fell from the sky, and finally quietly dived into the lotus pond