Chapter 188 Bald Eagle (Twenty)
In May, Alaska is in beautiful springtime, and it is the season for bald eagles to raise their chicks.
Yu Yijun raised his head, shook off his dew-covered feathers, and looked at the familiar sea ahead.
It turned into a bird again.
With the previous experience of being a cat and a dog, Yu Yiyun was not too surprised.
The problem is, right?
Why return this season?!
There is endless spring ahead.
There are flowers blooming all around.
The sea breeze brought a light salty smell, and the plump prey called him.
Yu Yiyun could only watch helplessly, lying motionless in his nest.
Beneath the fluffy and soft belly feathers, there lies a nest of... uh.
Yu Yiyun lowered her head and looked at the seven bird eggs under her belly.
You're telling me this is a nest of eggs?
What kind of bird am I? I have seven treasures in one birth!
Bald eagles mature at around four years old and enter their breeding season.
Big Fatty and his brothers and sisters in the same nest found a mate almost at the same time and started sitting in the nest to incubate eggs.
Their family perfectly inherited the genes of their parents, and each nest laid three eggs.
Under the influence of Big Fatty, the eldest and second oldest birds learned how to raise cubs diligently since they were young, and taking care of two baby birds was not a problem at all.
The problem is, there is one more egg...
Raising three chicks was beyond their means.
The eldest and the second oldest are indeed siblings. They stared at the extra eggs for a while and came up with a solution at the same time.
The two eagles held the eggs, flew stealthily to the younger brother's nest, and quietly put them into his cradle.
The fat bird and its female partner returned to the nest with branches in their beaks. When they saw the two eggs inside, they were so angry that they almost spoke in human language.
"Chirp!" Bad bird!
"Chirp!" My nest is not built yet, how could I not know whether eggs have been laid or not?
You can be angry, and you can curse.
You can't eat the bird eggs that are placed in the nest, right?
The big fat bird quickly built a nest and began to hatch a nest full of cubs.
In order to prevent the chicks from fighting due to lack of food, especially the early-hatched nephews and nieces bullying their own birds, Big Fat Bird and his partner must hunt more diligently.
Fortunately, our big fat bird has rich hunting experience. Even though there are two more baby birds in the nest, we still feed them until they are plump and round, so full that they can hardly fly.
When the brothers and sisters saw this, they were not grateful at all.
When raising chicks the next year, she not only handed him her own eggs, but also passed them to him the eggs that their parents could not hatch.
Later on, the Big Fat Bird has become a qualified incubator for live bird eggs.
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Yu Yiyun stood up slightly and counted the balls under his belly again.
No matter how you explain it, seven eggs are a bit too many.
Also, one of the eggs is obviously two sizes smaller than the other eggs. Is it a real bird egg?
Yu Yiyun tapped the bird egg gently with her beak and confirmed that it was 250% not a bald eagle egg.
Judging from the color and shape, could it be a cuckoo egg?
What’s wrong with this stupid bird? It actually let the cuckoo lay its eggs in its nest!
Yu Yiyun felt as if facing a formidable enemy and was just about to take the bird eggs out.
"Coo."
Along with the cry, a familiar falcon flew over and landed beside Yu Yiyun's nest.
"Coo."
The falcon turned half a circle, jumped into the nest and checked the mini bird egg.
Just at this moment, a small crack appeared at the place where Yu Yiyun had just hit with his beak.
Then, a small gap appeared along the gap.
“…”
Yu Yiyun was a little panicked.
Judging from the falcon's attention to the egg, this egg is most likely its.
The situation is different for falcons and sea eagles. They can hatch not only 3 eggs, but even 6 eggs.
Some time ago, Falcon accidentally offended a nearby eagle owl boss and was marked for life by the boss.
As we all know, the leader of the Owl Family is extremely vengeful and is known as the King of the Night.
Even if it cannot outfly the falcon during the day, it can still kill the entire falcon family under the cover of night.
When the breeding season came, Falcon was afraid that an eagle owl would come and cause trouble, so he picked the one with the highest hatching rate and entrusted it to his apprentice.
Even if an eagle owl finds the fat bird's nest, it will probably give up when it sees how big the bird is.
Unexpectedly, Yu Yijun pecked the eggshell because she didn't understand the situation clearly at the moment.
This is the lone egg entrusted to him by Falcon, representing the hope of the Falcon family this year.
In the end, she pecked it herself, and Yu Yiyun felt extremely guilty and almost fell to her knees...
“Ka——”
With a slight cracking sound, the eggshell broke a little more from the inside.
Yu Yiyun was stunned and looked at the egg carefully.
The falcon flapped its wings happily and praised its apprentice for being so capable that he actually hatched the eggs for it!
"Gugu~"
The incubation period of bald eagles is about 35 days, which is relatively fixed.
The incubation period for falcons fluctuates between 28-35 days, and if fewer eggs are incubating during the same period, the chicks will hatch earlier.
Although there are many eggs in a sea eagle's nest, the sea eagle's large body can provide a higher incubation temperature for the eggs.
The only falcon egg that was put into the nest last actually hatched earlier than the sea eagle egg.
The newly hatched falcon has learned to open its mouth wide and beg for food before its feathers have even dried yet.
The fat bird's partner had not returned with food yet, so the falcon quickly flapped its wings to find prey for its only chick.
Yu Yiyun used the tips of her wings to bring the chicks together to keep them warm while continuing to incubate the eggs.
After a while, the female sea eagle finally flapped its wings and spun to the edge of the nest.
Bald eagles have the characteristics of eagles, and females are about 20% larger than males.
Due to the fat bird's special talent, the couple look similar in body shape and look like a perfect couple.
If no sound is made, it is difficult for people observing the bird's nest to determine whether it is a male or female bird incubating the eggs.
“Chirp!”
Yu Yiyun fluttered her wings and greeted her partner whom she had never met before.
His partner ignored him and lifted up the big fat bird to check the hatching status of today's eggs.
As Yu Yiyun stood up, the falcon chick fell out from her wings, making a pitiful and weak sound.
The bald eagle has a small brain, so it is difficult to determine the species from the appearance of its eggs.
However, birds of prey in the family Accipitridae still have some ability to distinguish, and can make basic judgments based on their sounds and appearance.
There is a huge difference between the Eagle Family and the Falcon Family, so it is impossible to fool them.
Yu Yiyun was a little nervous, fearing that her partner would find out that this eagle was not theirs and would bite the only eagle in the falcon family to death.
Unexpectedly, the female eagle stared at the falcon for a while, listening to it whimpering with its mouth wide open. Without thinking much, she fed it some of the meat she brought back.
“…Chuck?”
Yu Yiyun was stunned.
He whispered to the female eagle that it was just a falcon.
The female eagle turned to the stupid male bird and looked at him with caring eyes.
"Oh huh?" I know, can't you see?
The female eagle chose to mate with this special stupid bird and has experienced too many strange things over the years.
Tracing back to the origin, from the day they met, the big fat bird had already shown characteristics that were different from ordinary birds.
Normally, during the bald eagle courtship season, male bald eagles will attract the opposite sex through dancing.
Only this sea eagle, like a free-running chicken, hopped in front of the opposite sex.
At first, the female sea eagle thought he was too fat to fly.
After a while, the male eagle came back with a bunch of flowers in its beak.
Little Man thinks sending flowers is very romantic, but Sea Eagle doesn't get it at all.
Flowers are nothing more than food body parts.
When a sea eagle can eat meat, it will never want to touch that thing.
The female sea eagle ignored the gift from the stupid bird and was about to flap its wings and fly away.
The big stupid bird flapped its wings, blocked her way, and made a cooing sound, and conjured up a small fish.
There was also a flower in the little fish's mouth.
“Chirp~”
Eagle, I'll catch fish for you to eat!
The male sea eagles around danced hard, hoping to win the favor of this outstanding female bird.
In the distance, some sea eagles have formed a pair and are beginning to circle in the magic of love in the sky.
The female eagle looked at them, then looked at the strange male bird beside her, and finally accepted the gift.
In the following years, the female eagle encountered too many strange things.
For example, the big stupid bird will teach its young to climb trees early on, will go to the beach to trade with killer whales, and will even have nothing better to do than quarrel with beavers in the sea.
The most outrageous thing is that he has to help other birds hatch a lot of eggs every year.
The female birds that grew up with the female eagle all thought it was a strange bird.
After spending a long time with him, the female eagle felt that all the eagles in Alaska were all the same and her own big stupid bird was incomparable.
Now, the big stupid bird has just hatched a peregrine falcon. What's so surprising?
Yu Yiyun never expected that Big Fatty's partner would be so receptive and was circling around him excitedly.
"Oh!"
The female eagle immediately drove away her mate.
It’s not that she is a straight-laced woman and doesn’t understand romance.
After being together for several years, the female eagle finally understood why the big stupid bird did not perform the courtship dance.
He was so fat that his feathers were all solid underneath.
When it flies in circles in the air, its falling speed is definitely faster than other birds, as its own gravity breaks through the earth's gravity.
The female eagle didn't want to be smashed into pieces with him, so every time she saw the big stupid bird dancing, the vigilant female eagle would immediately stop.
"Oh!"
Get out there and catch some fish!
“…Chiu.”
...Okay.
The fat bird spread its wings regretfully after being sternly stopped by its partner.
I can no longer show off my graceful dancing skills.
Yu Yiyun rode the wind and quickly flew to the seaside.
It is spring time, and many little people and animals gather on the beach.
A few little people went sea fishing in a boat, and sea eagles landed on the boat and on their bodies, screaming louder than each other.
"Oh oh?" Man, why haven't you caught it yet?
"oyi?" Can you do it?
"Oh oh!" The bird is almost starving to death!
As the saying goes, fishermen know no borders. The few little people fishing on the boat are just like some novices who attract wild cats while fishing and are eager to catch fish to feed the cats.
Anyone who knows about fishing knows that this sport is a sport where you end up empty-handed seven out of ten times.
Seeing that he had not caught any fish for a long time, the sea eagles flew around in disappointment.
The fisherman was anxious and shouted to the sea eagle, "Don't worry, I'll catch it soon!"
It would have been fine if he hadn't shouted, because once he did, even more sea eagles flew away.
Yu Yiyun flapped her wings and deliberately landed in front of him.
The fisherman saw another big bird with a shiny body and white feathers coming. He knew at a glance that it had a good diet, so he said to him confidently:
"Eagle, I'll catch a big fish for you right away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bald eagle in front of him flapped its wings and flew out, quickly snatching up a big fish that had just jumped out of the water.
Many sea eagles catch large fish and are carried into the water by the fish.
He was different. He pecked the fish twice skillfully, causing the fish to flop over. He then grabbed its fins and tail and flew into the air.
The people on the shore watched the sea eagle fly away and teased the fisherman.
"You still want to feed him? He's the best sea eagle in Alaska at catching fish!"
"Why don't you beg him to teach you how to fish!"
Yu Yiyun: No, no, I still have eight birds to raise at home.
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