Chapter 106 Bald Eagle (XI)
For the entire salmon season that followed, Yu Yiyun stayed in the river fork area, waiting for the salmon to come from afar.
Then, before any other brown bears catch the strongest and liveliest salmon, you can fly over the heads of all the bears to show off.
He chirped loudly, afraid that some bear would not notice him.
After a wave of operations, the hatred value is full.
Xiongxiong: (swear words)
The little fat chick can only catch one salmon at a time, which is not enough to affect the ecology of the brown bear.
But his ostentatious attitude made the bears feel inexplicably humiliated as if they were being pinned to the ground and rubbed.
But no matter how angry the brown bear was, he couldn't do anything to the long-winged bird and could only yell and scream in rage.
When Yu Yiyun heard the roar, the whole bird became even more excited!
It spreads its wings, hovers, and flies lower, passing in front of each bear, letting them see how plump the salmon they have caught are.
The photography team nearby: …
Most of the time, the photography crew has to rely on subjective guesswork to figure out what the wild animals are thinking.
The little sea eagle is an exception and there is no need to guess.
He must be humiliating the brown bear!
Bald eagles and brown bears are not on the same food chain, so what grudge is there between them?
snort!
To talk about the feud between me and Xiong Xiong, I have to start from the previous previous life.
Back then, the evil bear took advantage of him because he was young and weak. Not only did it try to seize the territory left by the mother to the pig, it also took over the dog's prey.
Yu Yiyun couldn't beat Xiong Xiong in those years. She was forced to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. Don't mention how wronged she was!
Now that I have finally grown wings, of course I have to let those bears know the dangers of society.
As for the evil deeds Yu Yiyun had done to Xiong Xiong...
What bad intentions can a little cutie have~
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Salmon are especially delicious before spawning. Occasionally, when Yu Yiyun catches a female salmon with a belly full of roe, she feels extremely guilty inside, but she simply can't stop eating.
From killer whales to bald eagles, all of them eat salmon, but their numbers seem to have been greatly reduced, as if they have been forcibly downgraded by consumption.
But even though Fat Tiger has eaten so many salmon, he still can't tell what salmon tastes like.
The little fat guy is different~!
In line with the principle of not wasting food, every time Fatty catches a salmon, he will find a tall and sturdy tree and slowly taste the delicious salmon.
Many bald eagles eat quickly. If they encounter a smaller fish, they will swallow it whole, including the bones and internal organs, and rely on stomach acid to slowly digest it.
In this regard, Yu Yiyun commented in four words: a waste of resources.
The sea eagle's beak is specially used for pecking. The tip of the beak is like a nail and will continue to grow after being worn out.
Some captive raptors must have their beaks trimmed regularly because their food is too delicate.
I didn't get to savor the salmon carefully in my previous life, so now, Fatty, you need to taste its saltiness carefully.
He used his sharp beak to scrape off all the fish meat, not leaving out any food.
When you come across a salmon with roe in its belly, eat them one by one like candies, never wasting any!
Winter is coming in North America. Not only do bears need to gain weight in the autumn, but bald eagles also need a lot of nutrition to survive the long winter.
There are no lucky ones in nature, and the wild environment is equally cruel to all animals.
Living under the law of 'survival of the fittest', animals in Alaska must show their talents to cope with temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius and darkness lasting up to 20 hours.
Before the cold winter came, Yu Yiyun, who had evolved from a salmon fin killer to a salmon wing killer, would stay on the river bank every day and snatch salmon from bears whenever she got the chance.
He had long forgotten his vow to "control his weight" and not only fed himself well, but also fed the falcons and crows that could not catch fish.
Two birds of prey that did not consider fish as their staple food now eat fish as soon as they open their eyes.
It is estimated that in a few days, they will also be able to evolve the characteristics of seabirds.
Millions of salmon swim through this river throughout the fall, representing millions of hunting opportunities.
Yu Yiyun is very good at seizing opportunities and not wasting every minute of the salmon season.
In addition to hunting on its own, it also used its wings to drive away its brothers and sisters who were squatting nearby waiting for food, forcing them to go into the water to catch salmon.
The two fools realized that their younger brother really couldn't provide them with food, so they had to muster up the courage to do it themselves.
After spending a long time together, Yu Yiyun discovered that the bald eagle had a bit of a "giant baby" mentality.
Sea eagle parents are willing to provide food, and the young birds will always beg for food from their parents.
All the eagles are too lazy to actively catch salmon when they can, or snatch food from other birds' mouths.
Unless they are forced to be unable to fill their stomachs or have to raise their young, sea eagles will stand up straight and reveal their ferocious nature as birds of prey.
Yu Yiyun didn't know how to deal with the sea eagle, but she knew how to deal with the giant baby.
Just cut off all food sources and continue to apply survival pressure.
In order to survive, the 'eagle' blood in the sea eagle awakens, and it naturally takes the step of hunting claws.
Influenced and tamed by Yu Yiyun, the older brothers and sisters finally stood up and took the initiative to start hunting.
For the bald eagle, hunting is like flying, 'it comes naturally'.
The great sea eagle did not learn hunting skills from its parents, so it is naturally impossible to pass them on to its offspring.
Normally, bald eagles that leave their nests in Alaska will first catch the salmon season and gather on the shore to compete with their peers for dead fish in the shallows.
Before you learn to hunt, you must first learn to steal food.
Once the young birds have mastered this skill, they will not starve to death for a while, and can then slowly develop the ability to cook.
Teacher Yunyun had a completely different educational concept. He demonstrated more than ten times, letting the older brothers and sisters see the whole process of catching salmon clearly, and then drove them into the water.
At the beginning, the two sand sculptures were more timid than each other. They only dared to touch the water lightly with the tips of their claws and then quickly retracted them.
The salmon wasn't frightened yet, but I was frightened like a moth.
After several repeated attempts, they finally got used to the touch of the water and the fish.
The sister, being the iron-hearted female eagle that she is, finally mustered up the courage, swooped down as the salmon swam by, and bravely extended her talons.
result--
“Chirp!”
She had too little hunting experience, which led to an error in judgement. She did not have time to adjust her attack as she approached the river, causing her to dive headfirst into the river.
Fortunately, the river was not deep, and my sister floated up quickly, flapping her wings wildly on the surface of the river.
"Chirp!" Help!
"Chirp!" I can't fly anymore!
My sister saw a huge brown bear guarding a few hundred meters away, and was so scared that she cried out "caicailaolao" for help.
In fact, the brown bears were so busy catching salmon that they didn't even notice the bird that fell into the water.
Friends who are familiar with brown bears know that autumn is the most aggressive season for brown bears.
When salmon are caught, only the roe is eaten, and the fatty fish meat is discarded like garbage.
Poultry has a low fat content and cannot achieve the effect of fattening up in autumn, so brown bears are too lazy to even take a second look at it.
——Unless that fat little chick falls into the water!
“Chirp! Chirp!”
Sister, here I come!
Yu Yiyun has been dealing with bears for so long that she knows their habits well. Brown bears in autumn never seem to feel hungry, racing against time to catch salmon, not caring about the lives of other animals.
In this case, let alone a bald eagle falling into the water in front of a bear.
Even if I jump on their heads and poop, it's still... too uncivilized!
Xiongxiong doesn't care, but Xiaofeichu will secretly condemn it.
In front of the brown bear, the little fat boy dragged his sister to the shore by his claws and encouraged his giant baby, "You are already great." "Look at the other one, it doesn't even dare to go into the water."
The brother who was badly dissed didn’t understand the bird language, but he could understand Yu Yiyun’s disgust.
After learning from his mistakes, he finally took the first step in bird hunting.
"Chirp!" Salmon, here I come!
His situation was slightly better than his sister's, as he did not dive headfirst into the water.
…He fell in while spinning.
After a few minutes, Yu Yiyun fished out two drowned chickens from the river. He watched them spread their wings and tilt their heads, waiting pitifully for their feathers to dry.
The helpless little fat bird flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, easily catching a salmon.
“Chirp?”
Is it difficult to catch salmon?
“Chirp!”
This doesn't just require claws!
He cut the salmon in half and fed it to his brother and sister.
Can't give more.
Otherwise, these two lazy birds would be unwilling to hunt again.
In fact, if the brothers and sisters had flown a little further away, they would have found countless salmon remains thrown onto the shore by brown bears.
After spending half a year together, they have been completely tamed by their younger brother.
If the younger brother didn't take the first bite, the two of them wouldn't eat first even if they were hungry.
Yu Yiyun was quite satisfied with the successful training.
Only by overcoming the natural tendency to steal can the hunting instinct of older brothers and sisters prevail and increase their competitiveness in the wild.
The number of bald eagles in Alaska has increased thousands-fold over the past few decades.
Many wild sea eagles that cannot find food in nature or cannot compete with other sea eagles will rummage through human kitchen waste.
Bald eagles can be found in large numbers, from small trash cans in the city to large open-air garbage dumps.
Even though bald eagles are now protected, getting 'food' from humans is definitely not a good thing.
Just as food can be found in human trash cans, poison can also be found.
Many additives that are harmless to humans are deadly to animals.
If we are not careful, the tragedy caused by DDT will come back again.
As a bird of prey in the accipitridae family, the bald eagle has gone through so many years of reproduction and evolution, and it must be able to find a more suitable way of survival with its own abilities.
After the patient teaching and encouragement of Teacher Yunyun, the older brother and older sister tried many times, dried their hair, tried again, and dried their hair again...
One day at noon, the elder sister completed her first hunt and caught a salmon in its belly with her claws.
The salmon swung its tail vigorously, trying to break free from the eagle's claws.
But the bumps and pads at the base of the bald eagle's toes can tightly 'lock' the slippery fish, preventing it from breaking free.
Seeing her sister holding the fish tightly and flying high into the sky, Yu Yiyun was convinced: sea eagles are natural hunters!
Therefore, they were able to gain a foothold in nature by virtue of their own abilities.
Even without food from humans, bald eagles are sure to find new opportunities.
"Jiji?"
“Chichi!”
The brother, who was sunbathing his fur, felt like the sky was falling when he saw his sister catch a salmon.
Sea eagles naturally cannot bear to see their own kind eating alone. If it were any other sea eagle, they would definitely rush over to snatch the food.
After living together day and night since birth, my brother's bad habit of "stealing food" has been completely corrected.
When he was a child, he snatched too much food and was pecked on the head by ravens every day, resulting in his head feathers being sparse now.
Despite his young age, his baldness is very mature.
At this moment, the brother saw his sister successfully catch the fish, and there was only one thought in his mind:
I want to catch salmon too!
Catch two!
As soon as the feathers were dried, the elder brother couldn't wait to set off, carrying out the family's unique introverted style.
After two more attempts, the elder brother also caught a salmon and boasted to his sister at the top of his voice.
The female eagle was not willing to be outdone. Even though she was not hungry, she still jumped into the water to catch fish.
The two sea eagles were like in a battle, taking turns to eat one, and the raven, peregrine falcon and little fat chick next to them were so full that they leaned against each other and burped.
"Chirp." Stop catching.
"Chichi..." I really couldn't eat another bite...
The little fat boy taught his brothers and sisters how to catch salmon, and he began to parasitize with peace of mind.
Every day when he opened his mouth, there was fish to eat, and he fed himself so much that he could hardly fly.
When the salmon season was over, he flew away from the riverbank with his brothers and sisters.
People we met along the way were no longer surprised to see the three chubby little sea eagles.
There are even online breeders with filters eight hundred layers thick, praising the little fat chicks as smart birds.
Feed yourself so fat in advance so you won’t be afraid of the cold in Alaska in winter!
Alaska is located at the northwestern tip of the United States, with parts of the state located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle, and temperatures are relatively low in winter.
When the water freezes over, fish tend to stay in warm, deep waters, making it much more difficult for seabirds to hunt them.
Wild animals have their own ways of dealing with extreme weather.
The bald eagles that live in Alaska are not migratory birds and will not migrate as long as there is enough food.
Their southern relatives, on the other hand, will fly away after eating the salmon, migrating to the southern United States and Mexico to escape the cold.
Animal experts who are familiar with the habits of bald eagles believe that the little fat eagle has strong hunting abilities and has enough fat in its body to keep warm, so it should not choose to migrate south.
According to the laws of nature, he should move to the unfrozen waters near the coast like his peers, huddling together with the sub-adult sea eagles to keep warm and cope with the cold together.
Unexpectedly, before the first snow in Alaska fell, some netizens had photographed a chubby little eagle carrying a raven and flying out of the habitat of a group of sea eagles.
The experts' guess was at least half right; the little fat bird did not choose to migrate south.
In such a cold winter, he actually spread his wings and flew northward towards Canada!
You should know that Canada is closer to the Arctic Circle than the United States. The country is vast and sparsely populated, and most areas will experience polar nights.
Bald eagles are not nocturnal birds, and even though there are some of their kind in Canada, how can I describe the little eagles that fly to Canada to spend the winter?
Joined the National Army in 1949?
Netizens don’t know that Yu Yiyun’s target is not Canada.
The reason why I rushed all the way to Canada was purely because——
"Ga ga?" Crow, are you sure you want to fly this way?
"Huh?" What did you say?
When YaYa Navigation was first launched, it was not yet fully operational and its guidance efficiency was too low.
The salmon season ended, and Yu Yiyun gave the last two fish to Falcon and Mom and Dad respectively, then said goodbye to her brothers and sisters, originally planning to set off alone.
Now the little fat bird has grown its wings and can fly for a long time.
The world is so big, he wants to fool around~
Halfway through the journey, Yu Yiyun realized a serious problem.
I... don't know the way.
What to do?
The sea eagles that Yu Yiyun knew were all native birds of Alaska and had no habit of migrating.
Falcons have adapted to urban environments and are able to find food even in winter, so they don't migrate long distances.
Even if the peregrine falcon decided to migrate, Yu Yiyun would not be able to keep up with it.
The two birds took off at the same time. The falcon had already flown to Brazil, while the fat chick just arrived in Hawaii.
After much thought, Yu Yiyun extended a travel invitation to the ravens, which have the habit of migrating and fly to the southern United States for the winter every year.
Raven was very touched~
After seeing so many birds, it turns out that my baby loves me the most!
The two birds hit it off immediately and set off happily.
Because Little Fatty was so big, the migrating crows were unwilling to take him with them, so the two birds decided to go alone.
As they flew, Yu Yiyun felt that the temperature did not rise, but instead dropped.
"Ga ga?" Baby?
"Ha ha ha?" Are you sure you want to take me with you for the winter?
Ya Ya finally realized that something was wrong and asked a soul-searching question.
"Huh?" What did you say?
"Ga, ga, ga!" Keep flying forward, I understand!
Yu Yiyun arbitrarily misinterpreted the meaning of the crow, spread his wings and accelerated his flight, rising high into the sky to overlook the river below.
With her powerful memory, Yu Yiyun remembered that she had seen this river in a textbook!
If I remember correctly, Mexico is just around the corner!
Yu Yiyun was indeed not mistaken.
However, he overlooked the fact that the textbooks at that time were not geography books, but history books.
After many conflicts, many rivers in Mexico have been incorporated into the United States.
Yu Yiyun flew forward along the river, going in the opposite direction of Mexico.
As it flew, the fat little bird finally realized something was wrong and asked the raven for directions.
The raven lay on his bird son's back, shielding himself with his thick down feathers.
Hearing the call, it stuck its head out and stared at him in confusion.
“…Huh?”
“…Chirp.”
Yu Yiyun finally realized that her poor sense of direction had caused her to get lost and end up at her grandmother's house.
No wonder he felt colder and colder as he flew. He didn't encounter any migrating birds on the way.
Yu Yiyun, who is always young and never knows where to go, has no choice but to fly to the nearest city to study road signs and billboards.
After seeing the address clearly displayed on the road sign, Yu Yiyun became even more silent.
Before he knew it, he had flown across New Mexico and arrived in Colorado.
“Ga, ga, ga!”
Yu Yiyun tried to comfort Yaya.
Although Colorado was not the original destination, it is located inland and is less affected by sea breezes, with a mild climate.
The average temperature in winter is in the single digits below zero, which is barely livable.
Colorado has a low population density and is mostly mountainous and hilly. It is the highest state in the United States. The Rocky Mountains to the west…
etc!
Rocky Mountains!
When Yu Yiyun thought of this mountain range, he felt his dormant DNA move.
He quickly recalled the distribution map of the 50 states in the United States, and then thought about how he had flown all the way here, from Alaska to New Mexico, and then to Colorado, roughly flying in a north-east direction.
According to the current trajectory, as long as I adjust a little bit to the west, I can fly to Wyoming, which is located due north.
Wyoming has an extreme climate, with the lowest temperature reaching minus 50 degrees Celsius and the highest temperature reaching 40 or 50 degrees Celsius. Theoretically, it is not suitable for animals to survive the winter.
If other animals knew that he flew from Alaska to Wyoming to spend the winter, they would definitely complain that "the Eagle Sauce really has something wrong with his brain."
However, Yu Yiyun still wanted to fly over and take a look.
Because Yellowstone Park is there.
When thinking of Yellowstone Park, Yu Yiyun thought of the dogs living there.
I don’t know how the relationship between the princess and the white-haired dog is going, whether the puppy has grown up safely, and whether the husky in Theresa’s house has started to destroy the house...
As he thought about it, an inexplicable impulse drove Yu Yiyun to flap his wings again, and he was eager to fly over and take a look.
Impulsiveness is impulsiveness, but the problem is——
Where to fly?
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The raven crawled out of its bird son's feathers and saw him standing next to a billboard with a map and staring blankly.
"Ga?" The crow called out, not understanding why.
When Yu Yiyun heard the crow's cry, she started to try every possible means and pecked the red dot on the billboard with her beak to represent her location.
Then he pointed in the direction of "North", indicating that he wanted to fly there.
"...Quack?" The raven had no concept of 'north up, south down, west left, east right'. Seeing the fat little bird running around in a panic, it tried hard to understand the current situation.
"Caw?" The raven flew into the air and flapped its wings in a certain direction.
Yu Yiyun raised her voice to express her refusal according to the position of the sun.
He was able to determine his approximate location by the sun.
But after winter, there are more cloudy days than sunny days, and more nights than days. It is difficult to rely on daylight for accurate positioning like the Kruger lion.
"Quack?" The raven changed direction and confirmed with Yu Yijun again.
It was not until the raven flew due north that the little fat chirp excitedly cackled, indicating "just fly here".
"Ga." OK.
"Haha." Next, you fly with me.
The raven is less than one year old and has never experienced migration, but it knows that this is not a normal migration route.
The climate of the place we are going to next is definitely not suitable for winter.
Even so, it still took its bird son all the way north.
Don't understand, but respect.
As for wintering...never mind!
Thanks to the crow's strong survival ability, it can spend the winter anywhere as long as it can find food.
Yu Yiyun chased after the raven and excitedly sang a song in praise of the raven.
After flying for several hours, he was afraid that the crow was too tired, so he carried the crow on his back and continued flying along the original route.
Not long after, the raven recovered his strength and found that the fat little bird was about to deviate from its course and head towards the Atlantic Ocean. He was so angry that he cursed.
"quack!"
I told you to go north but you went west. I have never seen such a stupid bird!
“…Chirp.”
Yingjiang is crying.
In the second half, the raven did not dare to slack off.
Finally, before the cold weather came, I took Yu Yijun to the southernmost tip of Yellowstone Park.
Yu Yiyun looked around and saw... a completely unfamiliar scenery, and fell into deep thought.
So the question is, how many Yellowstone Parks are there in the world?
Could it be that the Yellowstone Park where I live is the Yellowstone of hundreds of years ago?
That doesn't make sense.
Hundreds of years ago, there was no United States.
Just when Yu Yijun was puzzled, a childish wolf howl suddenly came from behind a large rock next to him.
Yu Yiyun looked over in the direction of the sound and saw a few unfamiliar wolf cubs in the orderly period, playing and fighting together there.
Yu Yiyun stared at the little wolf that fought the most fiercely. The more he looked, the more familiar it looked to him, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
“Ahhh!”
The little wolf raised his head proudly, looking like a student recommended by Peking University or Tsinghua University.
In an instant, a light bulb went off in my head, and the name I hadn't seen for several lifetimes came to mind.
Before he could even breathe out, the howl of the wolf leader was heard in front.
The wolf pack members scattered in various places immediately howled loudly to report their situation to the leader.
Yu Yiyun's sharp eyes looked straight at the majestic leader wolf——
Quinn.
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