duck!
duck? What's so strange, there are many wet markets!
But the duck I'm going to talk about today is a very rare duck
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Zhou Huaming/Photo
The Chinese autumn sand duck, a species that survived after the Tertiary Ice Age, has been dating back more than 10 million years, and is a rare bird of Chinese specialty and a national key protected animal. Extremely rare in number, the Chinese autumn sand duck is an internationally endangered animal that is rarer than the Yangtze crocodile.
A hundred years ago, a foreigner came to Ya'an
And recorded in Ya'an saw the Chinese autumn sand duck
But because of its age
The foreigner is vague
We have no idea where he met him
I don't know if the Chinese Autumn Sand Duck I saw was male or female
Yang Jie/Photo
All the time
Bird researchers agree
The Chinese Autumn Sand Duck has sporadic individuals migrating along the Tsing Yi River
However, there is a lack of video evidence
In the near future, the city is the only one
The record of the Chinese Autumn Sand Duck is in 2013
At that time, the town of Dachuan in Lushan County
Once rescued a wing injured
Female adult Chinese autumn sand duck
Unfortunately
The Chinese Autumn Sand Duck was overly frightened by the injury and ultimately failed to survive
This year's migration season is here
One by one, the autumn sand ducks came to the bank of the Tsing Yi River
In the middle of them
Will there be a Chinese autumn sand duck?
Luo Xiangbing, president of the Municipal Bird Protection Association, handed over the photo of the Qiusha duck taken by the Bird Protection Association to Professor He Fenqi of the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for identification as early as November this year, but the reply was:
The autumn sand ducks photographed are basically ordinary autumn sand ducks.
However, it was just December 8.
Zhou Huaming, a bird lover in our city, photographed the figure of the Chinese autumn sand duck!
This is a female Chinese autumn sand duck, and it is also the first time that the Chinese autumn sand duck has been photographed on the banks of the Tsing Yi River in the city, which undoubtedly provides evidence for the speculation of previous bird researchers.
Three days later, December 11
Another bird lover, Yang Jie
I photographed the figure of the Chinese autumn sand duck again
Actually before this
Bird lover Yin Housheng has also photographed the Chinese autumn sand duck
But because the photo is backlit, it is not clear
It is the season of autumn sand duck migration
From November onwards
The Municipal Bird Protection Association is paying close attention to the dynamics of the autumn sand duck
The red-breasted autumn sand duck has been recorded before
Spotted autumn sand duck and common autumn sand duck trail
Red-breasted autumn sand duck Yang Jie/Photo
Spotted autumn sand duck Yang Jie /photo
Ordinary Autumn Sand Duck Yang Jie /Photo
Globally, the genus is divided into five species
Four subspecies in China
They are Chinese autumn sand duck and ordinary autumn sand duck
Spotted autumn sand duck and red-breasted autumn sand duck
This video recording of the Chinese autumn sand duck
It means 4 species of Autumn Sand Duck in China
This year's migration season has come to the Tsing Yi River
What does the Chinese autumn sand duck come to Ya'an?
According to the Municipal Bird Protection Association, the Chinese autumn sand duck only eats small wild fish, and its food chain has extremely high requirements for ecological environmental protection. Whether or not the Chinese autumn sand duck perched in a region is a recognized "touchstone" of the ecological environment.
So, how many Chinese autumn sand ducks are currently staying on the banks of the Tsing Yi River? The Municipal Bird Conservation Society said it could not be determined yet, but it was observed that there could be around three, and it is likely that one male may be present. The Municipal Bird Conservation Association is also continuing to follow up, hoping to capture more footage as evidence.
Reporter: Lu nina
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