Very rare!Chaohu has just discovered this kind of bird ...

Just now, the Northern Lake also found that rare birds in China, the smallest geese duck, appeared in Chaohu. This scene was photographed by photographer Xia Jiazhen. This is also the first time in Chaohu to discover cotton puppets.

It is understood that cotton is the smallest geese and duck in China. The head is round and short. The beak is very similar to the beak of the goose. The bird's body is about 30 cm in length and the weight is close to 200 grams. Because it looks like a cotton ball from a distance, it is named "cotton". Cotton is very small in China. It is estimated that there are no more than 2,000 in China. In the latest "National Key Protection Wildlife List", which was promulgated in 2020, it was listed as a national secondary protection animal.

At the end of 2021, the Chaohu Management Bureau of Anhui Province launched the "Chaohu Biological Resources Survey and Ecological Repair Demonstration Project (Basic Investigation Research Part)" project. Yu Lei, a member of the project team investigating, told reporters that this year was the first time that cotton was found in Chaohu, and whether it was breeding in Chaohu Lake continued to observe. Surprisingly, in recent days, bird watching enthusiasts have taken photos of cotton breeding in Huangpi Lake, Lujiang County. Essence "Huangpi Lake appears every year, and it is rare to see them in Chaohu." Yu Lei said that cotton puppets were found in the nationwide wetland park of Chaohu Peninsula last year.

It is understood that because of the small courage and high requirements for the breeding place, it is not easy to find them. "Cotton 洞 needs to build nests in the tree cave, so in addition to its habitats, in addition to having good habitats, rich waterweed, and artificial interference, there must be a large and suitable nest tree." Cotton 凫 凫 ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ““ ”is also the same. The only summer migratory bird in Hefei geese. "Most geese and ducks are flying in the autumn and winter seasons to overwinter, and the spring is flying away. After these friends flew away, they came to Hefei to breed in summer." Therefore, cotton puppets have also become Hefei A beautiful landscape in summer bird watching.

It is reported that the cotton -founding of Chaohu is the 256th type of birds discovered in Chaohu Bird's survey this year. In the first half of this year, a total of 256 species of 56 families and 56 families of the Birds of the Lake Lake, of which 4 were first protected by national first -level birds; 42 types of national second -level protection birds; World Nature Protection Alliance's endangered species of red lists above the critical level or above There are 18 types of bird species; 1 type of bird -unique birds; 12 new records of birds around Chaohu Lake, 4 of which are the new record bird species in Anhui Province, and one is the new record bird species in Hefei.

Bird survey has important guiding significance for environmental protection around the nest lake and the entire Hefei area. This survey will provide basic data for future scientific setting bird protection areas, reasonable setting bird watching areas and facilities, major engineering projects, epidemic disease monitoring, and bird rescue. Anhui Province bird experts said that when Hefei builds a major engineering project, it should avoid the key areas of bird distribution (ie, winter migratory birds overwinter and summer migratory birds, bird breeding areas) and bird migration channels. Organized after scientific demonstration or consulting experts. The survey and monitoring of bird migration channels will also help the monitoring of bird epidemic diseases and actively carry out bird rescue during migration.

Source/JAC Morning News

All media reporter/Zhang Mengyi

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