Chapter 111 Bald Eagle (XVI)
Having seen so many newborn sea eagles, Yu Yiyun actually felt that their thin necks, big heads, and sparse gray feathers seemed...
Okay, it's still a little ugly.
The fat boy who is obsessed with looks quietly looked away and silently repeated "turn on the fatherly love filter" three times.
After all, it was hatched by our own parents. We can't just throw it away just because it's ugly, right?
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It is spring now, and chicks of various birds are hatching one after another.
Yu Yiyun was once influenced by the famous fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" and believed that swan chicks were not good-looking.
Only after seeing it with my own eyes did I realize that the little swan really looks like a little duck, no wonder it can be mistaken for a real duck.
Baby swans are not common, but young ducklings are everywhere on the streets.
The little duck is covered with bright yellow fur with black patterns and has a round head.
It is very independent. Not long after hatching, after its feathers have dried, it can stand and eat on its own. Within two days, it can follow its mother and jump into the water.
The baby wild ducks are lined up in a row, twisting their short tails left and right, looking so cute.
Yu Yiyun lowered her head again and looked at the clownbird in the nest with a thin neck and a big head, which could neither stand nor eat on its own. She felt a deep gap in the world.
What can I say?
Where there is comparison, there is harm.
"Chirp." Yu Yiyun comforted her clownbird.
"Chirp, chirp." Don't be fooled by how cute they are now. When they grow up... they will still be very cute.
"Chirp!" But it doesn't matter, I'll teach you how to eat those cute guys!
“Chichi!”
“Chirp!”
The two baby birds flapped their wings and responded loudly, their calls exactly the same as their older brother and sister.
Yu Yiyun listened carefully and found that the little girl hatched by her brother could imitate her sister's cry.
The little boy hatched by his sister squeezed his throat to imitate his brother's cries.
They work hard every day to feed each other's mini figures, how can this not be considered a love-hate relationship?
Although sea eagle chicks are ugly, they grow very fast, changing their appearance almost every day, and they are covered with down in just a few days.
There are two chicks in the nest, and each bird has 4.5 parents.
The little fat chick, the falcon, the crow, and the eagle that hatches itself each count as one.
The other parent gets half the share.
Even if the other parent is clearly biased, they would like to have the word "double standard" written on their face.
The chick, which enjoys 4.5 portions of love, is still the fastest growing chick this year.
Not long after they were one month old, their weight had already reached two kilograms, and their round bellies looked like Little Fatty 2.0.
This made Yu Yiyun very worried, fearing that the two little ones were too fat and would not be able to fly in the future.
——Bao.
Worry about yourself first.
One month after the chicks are one month old, Alaska enters a difficult summer.
The days are getting longer and the temperature is rising rapidly.
The fish in the shallow waters near the coast all hid in the deep waters, making it impossible for the bald eagles to see or eat them, so they could only stay at the beach and stare blankly.
In previous years, when encountering this situation, the sea eagles habitually used their innate skills to steal food from other animals.
Anyone who has studied sociology knows that when overall resources are limited, sea eagles do not produce but only plunder, which will sooner or later lead to a supply shortage in the market.
Gradually, the supply within the sea eagle group was insufficient and the phenomenon of food snatching became serious.
Almost every nest of young sea eagles is starving because there is too little food.
For a sea eagle family with more than two litters, it is considered lucky if it can raise one chick.
This year, things have changed subtly.
The fish near the coast dive into deep waters, and the young sea eagles immediately set off, flying in unison to the western Pacific coast dozens of kilometers away.
Yu Yijun flew the fastest. Just as he arrived at the wide coastline, male sea lions had already climbed ashore and started fighting.
The little fat chirp folded its wings, perched on a high rock, and chirped to cheer them on.
"Chichi~" Lion, use some strength~
"Chirp!" Haven't you eaten yet?
When the sea lions heard the birds singing, they recognized the robbers from last year and a tragic scene of them being defeated in the fight and being surrounded by bald eagles to eat them appeared in their minds.
Several male sea lions were still frightened and stopped flapping their fins immediately.
The female sea lions haven't come ashore yet, and they've been fighting each other to the death in advance. Isn't it a good deal to get a cheap robber sea eagle?
When Yu Yijun found that the sea lions stopped killing each other, she was not disappointed. She spread her wings and followed the sea lions to fly over the sea.
Not long after the sea lion entered the water, the fish in the deep water were frightened and driven to the surface of the sea.
The fat little one seized the opportunity and picked the biggest one.
Before the sea lion could pounce on it to grab the fish, it swept across the sea like lightning, giving the poor sea lion a mouthful of wave.
The sea lion emerged from the sea and roared in the direction where the evil eagle flew away.
“Howl!”
“Howl!”
"Howl, howl, howl!"
Yu Yiyun could not understand the "lion language", but she could feel that they were greeting her from head to toe.
"Chichi~" Don't be angry~
The little fat bird was calm and composed as he comforted the grumpy sea lion.
"Chirp~" I'll come again tomorrow~
“Howl!”
The sea lion was completely helpless and furious.
Yu Yiyun caught the free fish and happily went home to feed the cubs. She also chewed up the fish bones to provide calcium for the two chicks.
The two little fools have been spoiled and have big appetites.
They knew that Yu Yiyun fed them fairly and fed them by holding water, but they still opened their mouths wide and moved closer to their favorite male mother.
The bird's nest is quite big, but the two chicks are already one month old and are almost the same size as the adult birds.
The chirping birds all rushed over at the same time, squeezing the little fat bird so that there was no place for him to stay.
He picked up the fish and moved it to another position. Before he could catch his breath, two huge mouths of the abyss appeared before his eyes again.
Yu Yiyun then realized that without her noticing, the two little creatures had learned to stand and walk, and their speed was much faster than that of ordinary baby birds.
You know, it took their bird-shaped incubator about one and a half months to stand up.
"Chichi~" Great~
"Chirp, chirp!" It's worthy of being hatched by me!
Yu Yiyun praised the young chick excitedly, but then she felt something was wrong.
Generally speaking, the first thing chicks learn is not to stand, but to eat independently.
The two little ones can stand up, which proves that their bone strength is well developed. Why do they need the big bird to feed them personally?
As a test, Yu Yiyun cut the fish in half and placed them in front of the two chicks.
"Chiji!" Mommy, feed me!
"Chirp!" Mommy, feed me first!
The two baby birds didn't even look at Yu Yu, they just opened their mouths wide and continued to beg for food.
“…Chirp.” Okay, okay.
Yu Yiyun couldn't stand the noise anymore and subconsciously thought that 'the one-month-old chick needs to be fed', and was about to feed the baby as usual.
"quack!"
The crow on the branch nearby suddenly called out.
When Yu Yijun heard this, he immediately flapped his wings and flew over.
The clever Crow jumped to the side, and then jumped again, motioning Yu Yijun to stand in the shade of the tree with her.
Yu Yiyun cooperated and stood over. From this angle, he could just see the situation in the nest.
After realizing that their 'mother' had left, the two baby birds walked around, searching helplessly for a long time.
As if they were sure that their mommy would not come back, they silently lowered their heads and began to peck at the fish meat themselves.
Yu Yiyun: “!!!”
Where did this scheming sculpture come from? !
The way you two are so friendly is much better than your brothers and sisters.
The two little guys' appetites grew bigger and bigger, and half a fish was obviously not enough to fill them up.
Twenty minutes later, the older brother and sister returned to the nest with their prey at the same time and made sounds to call their hatched cubs.
The two cubs heard the sound and excitedly gathered around.
Without waiting for the two sand sculptures to stop, they pecked at the fish impatiently, without any sign of begging for food from the big bird just now.
“…”
Yu Yiyun finally understood.
They don't need to be fed, they just need their mom to feed them.
Soon, Yu Yiyun discovered that the two green tea birds were not only in front of her, but also pretending to be feeding her.
They may also show signs of developmental delay, be timid, and appear to need their mother's care.
Although he could already jump, when he saw Yu Yiyun appear, he immediately lay down in his nest and pretended to be weak and unable to walk.
"Jiji." Mommy, hug me.
"Zhazha!" Mommy, hold me first.
Yu Yiyun reasonably suspected that if the situation continued to develop in this way, the two of them would probably reach the age of leaving the nest and pretend to be stupid birds that could not fly, trying to compete for her favor.
Teacher Yunyun is good at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. What kind of students has she not seen?
He immediately changed his training model and started encouraging education.
When they find a baby who has mastered a new skill, they will get extra close to that baby and catch a little rabbit as a reward.
As expected, within a few days, the two chicks inherited the family tradition of "involution" and began to compete with each other in practicing flapping their wings.
"Jiji!" Mommy, praise me!
"Chirp!" Mommy, praise me first!
"Chirp, chirp~" Good, good, good, all praise~
Considering that the cubs were only over one month old and their wings and spinal structures were not fully developed, it would be too difficult for them to learn to fly. Yu Yiyun did not teach them to fly immediately, but instead taught them her natural skill - tree climbing.
Climbing trees seems to be a useless skill for bald eagles.
But the little fat bird proved with his own example that as long as you learn to climb trees, your destiny is in your own hands!
Sure enough, after the two baby birds learned to climb trees, they could no longer stay in the nest and would go outside for a walk whenever they got the chance.
The animal experts who were observing the two baby birds couldn't stay still either!
They re-examined past research data on bald eagles and began to consider whether to overturn and conduct a new study.
How could Yu Yiyun have known how much trouble she had caused to her foreign counterparts with her own efforts?
Recently, the little fat girl has been preoccupied with another thing.
As the female sea lions came ashore one after another, the top fin hunters that followed them arrived as expected and gathered on the beach.
Several killer whales emerged from the sea, opened their big eyes, and looked for familiar birds on the shore.
When they saw the little fat bird flying over, they all showed confused expressions of "Dude, who are you?"
"Chirp! Chirp!" It's me! It's me!
"Hahahaha?" We agreed to be good friends for life. You actually forgot me!
"...Squeak." Little bird, I haven't forgotten you.
The killer whales looked at Fatty and chatted with the little bird.
As a killer whale, whether it is 1 year old, 5 years old, or 20 years old, the shape of the dorsal fin and eye spots are the same.
But birds are different, there are new changes every year.
Even for the same bird, the feathers it grows each time will not be exactly the same.
What's more, the little fat chick they saw last year was only three or four months old and had not yet experienced its first molting period.
Today, the little fat chick is already a sub-adult bird over one year old. Its body is larger than that of an adult bird and it looks like two completely different birds.
Even though they looked like two completely different creatures, the killer whale still recognized Fatty Choupo from his voice.
In their travels around the world, they have only encountered three animals that are fluent in various whale languages.
One of them is a little guy, and the second one is this fat chick.
Yu Yiyun was not hungry for the time being, so he jumped onto the back of the big eggplant and played whack-a-mole with the blowhole fountain while reminiscing about the past with his old friend Whale.
During the conversation, a passing whale suddenly mentioned that he had learned "excellent techniques for catching sea lions".
After hearing this, the little fat bird subconsciously asked, "Should we jump onto the shore to catch it?"
"Squeak!" How do you know!
"Gugu?" Do you also know this poor and cute little guy?
Yu Yiyun was not surprised to hear them mention the little guy.
If No. 9119 was living in Yellowstone National Park, it would make perfect sense for Hill to be in the ocean.
Although Yu Yiyun is not clear, why didn't it cause confusion in time and space when he was a dog, a big eggplant, a fat bird, and perhaps a pig and a pig, all living on the same timeline?
But think about it again, and let's leave out the factor of "Yu Yiyun".
Yunxiao, No. 9119, Ubangcovi, Hill, and now Eagle Sauce, they are elves living in nature, enjoying their own wonderful journey.
The soul named Yu Yiyun only participated in their lives for a short time.
We are lucky enough to see the magnificent world through their eyes.
A mere metaphor is not enough to shake the original life trajectory of animals.
"Chichi~" I know you~
"Chirp, chirp!" He is the cutest little killer whale!
Yu Yiyun was too lazy to delve into the reasons and began to extract information about Hill from the killer whale.
This group of passing whales did not gather on the same coast as the little guy last year. The news about Hill was basically heard from other whale groups during casual chats.
"Squeak." The little guy is looking for his mother.
"Coo!" He has been searching for a long time.
"Buzz buzz buzz." The group of whales we met two days ago had seen the little guy. They said the little guy was swimming towards this side.
"Hmm?"
This way?
Yu Yiyun's sense of direction is not very good, but his geography is pretty good.
He carefully recalled Hill's journey in searching for his mother, and found that he took many detours in the early stages.
Later, between the "place to eat salmon" and the "place to eat sea lions", I passed by a beach and met a clever little man...
etc! ! !
Yu Yiyun reorganized her thoughts.
'Salmon-eating place' refers to the Southern Resident Whale habitat, located in Canada's Vancouver Islands, on the west coast of the North American continent.
The "place where sea lions are eaten" is located on the coast where Yu Yiyun is located, approximately near the Bering Strait.
The entire journey from Alaska to the Bering Strait is less than a hundred kilometers!
In other words…
Yu Yiyun raised his head and looked at the boundless ocean.
Judging from the time, Hill will swim across the nearby ocean soon.
Is this what you mean?
Yu Yiyun realized this and felt a little uneasy. He flapped his wings and planned to patrol the nearby sea area.
“Chirp!”
His partner called him over, slapped a fish with his huge tail fin, and gave the fat little fish a 'sucking' sound as if it were a pet.
"Squeak." Bring your fish.
“…Chi!”
Yu Yiyun then remembered the important matter and planned to rush ashore to help Big Eggplant catch the sea lion.
Big Eggplant looked at the dense group of sea eagles on the coast and wagged its tail in rejection.
"Squeak." Your companions will help us catch the sea lion.
"Chirp." Yes, exchanging sea lions for fish.
“…”
Yu Yiyun remained silent.
The trade chain between birds and fish has been completely established.
I really want to know what Tagore thought about this.
Yu Yiyun took the fish given by the killer whale and returned to the nest to feed the two chicks. At the same time, she was surprised to find that:
The two little guys were already able to come to the ground and flap their wings to fly close to the ground.
Although the flying height is less than five centimeters, it is still a huge improvement for them.
There is no need to worry about falling to death when flying on the ground, so the young birds can practice without any worries, and their progress is simply amazing.
It is estimated that in half a month at most, they will be able to fully control the wings.
When the chicks learn to fly, it means they can leave the nest and become independent, no longer completely dependent on the sea eagle.
While Yu Yijun was pleased, she couldn't help feeling lonely... uh.
When the two little guys found their mommy coming back, they immediately looked at each other and folded their wings and pretended to be walking chickens.
“Chichi!”
“Chirp!”
They seemed to know that once they learned to fly, they would have to leave their mother and nest, so they didn't want to be discovered that they could fly.
Yu Yiyun called the baby birds over and fed them mouthfuls of fish, even though she knew the baby birds could already eat on their own.
He chirped softly, trying to tell the eggs he had hatched: Even if you can fly, you are still my babies.
The baby bird cannot understand its mother's language, but can feel her tenderness.
From that day on, the chick worked harder to practice flying.
While other young sea eagles have not yet learned to flap their wings, they have already mastered the tricks of taking off from the ground and soaring at low altitudes!
Yu Yiyun looked at the two little guys in silence, always keeping a height of less than ten centimeters. She really wanted to shake their shoulders and shout:
You guys should fly for me!
It can only fly ten centimeters, what's the difference between it and a walking chicken? ! !
Yu Yiyun observed silently for a while, and seeing that it was really confusing, he simply decided to turn a blind eye.
He said hello to his companions, flapped his wings and flew into the sky.
After getting along for a long time, the birds around them all knew that when the little fat bird made that sound, it meant that he would not return to the nest for several days.
Birds don't have a strong curiosity and don't care where the fat little bird goes after being away from home for so long.
From the moment it hatches, humans have been paying close attention to the little fat chick. They are so curious that they even want to install a locator on him!
Unfortunately, the little fat bird flies very fast, and humans have tried to track it several times, but all have ended in failure.
Today, as usual, they observed this amazing bird, watching its back disappear over the Pacific Ocean and then lose track of it.
I originally thought that this observation would end in failure like the previous ones.
But two days later, someone discovered a little sea eagle in the area between Alaska and the Vancouver Islands.
Upon hearing the news, the staff sighed in unison:
Oh, he still likes Canada so much~
If there is a bird language translator in the world, they will definitely ask the little sea eagle: Who is Canada?
Is it worth it for you to fly there every day and pass by the gate three times without entering?
How could humans know that Yu Yiyun did not want to "pass the test three times".
It was just that I got lost a few times before and just happened to go around it.
After several consecutive explorations, the little fat bird searched for landmarks along the way but still could not find the familiar coast.
After flying for two days, Yu Yiyun was tired and stopped on the shore to think about the life of a bird.
Speaking of which, during the two years when I was Fat Tiger, I rarely went ashore.
Hill has swam in so many oceans that even if he came across a familiar coast, he probably wouldn't recognize it.
Yu Yiyun was defeated by her own sense of direction and was about to give up the plan of "looking for Hill" and go back to the bird's nest to raise her children.
Suddenly, his sharp eagle eyes locked onto a familiar figure near the coast.
There were several small boats parked on the coast, almost all of them were tourists.
One of the ships had a particularly different style. She did not feel relaxed on vacation at all. Instead, she looked towards the coast in alert, constantly picking up her phone to talk to her companions who were somewhere unknown.
"This is No. 24. No target found. Over."
After a few minutes, she asked in frustration, "Didn't anyone notice? Was the eyewitness report wrong? Or did the baby change direction midway?"
"I'm so worried about the baby. If this continues... ah!"
The girl was halfway through her words when she suddenly screamed.
She looked up and found a majestic bald eagle with sharp eagle eyes on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" asked the companion on the phone.
"Nothing. A sea eagle landed on my shoulder. He must be hungry."
As the girl spoke, she took out a turkey leg and handed it over.
Eagle sauce didn't even glance at her, standing on her shoulder and continuing to look out at the sea.
The little fat bird doesn't know the direction or the coast, but it recognizes this little human.
When I was a killer whale, I even let this little guy touch my pectoral fins.
"Chirp!" Humph, heartless human beings!
"Chirp, chirp!" You forgot about me so quickly!
"Don't you like turkey legs? Then I'll buy you fish later."
The little guy tried to communicate with the hawk, and said patiently, "I have something to do now, can you wait a little longer? I'll buy two..."
“Chirp!”
"Three? Four? Can I give you the fish pond?"
The little fat bird was so angry that he almost exploded when he heard that she was only talking to him. He spread his wings and pushed the little man's head forward.
The girl then noticed that there was a little cutie coming over to take a look at the distant coast.
Not finding the target he was looking for, the little guy turned around and prepared to leave.
"Ah! It's Hill!"
The girl was so excited that she shouted for the boat to start and thanked Yingjiang incoherently.
"Thank you, thank you. How did you know I was looking for Hill?"
"The eagle's eyes are really good. I definitely can't see that far."
"When we get ashore, I'll buy all the fish on the beach and give them to you!"
"Ouch, Hill, wait a minute, mommy, you're swimming too fast!"
The yacht began to speed up, and the little fat bird felt a little slow down. It flapped its wings and flew into the air. It saw the little man rushing to the waiting Hill and taking out the notebook it had prepared long ago.
He spread his wings, circled twice in the air, looked down at Hill with sparkling eyes, but ultimately did not approach.
“Chirp!”
The little fat bird called out twice loudly, flapped its wings and flew away.
In fact, under the current conditions, he could fly down and communicate with Hill without any obstacles to confirm whether Hill was pure "Hill" or mixed with a small amount of "Yu Yiyun".
Considering that Hill would have to travel a long distance to find his mother, Xiao Feichu put away the idea and did not intend to delay Hill's mother-son reunion because of a meaningless question.
Besides, there is not only a Fat Tiger version of Yu Yiyun nearby, but also a Gouzi version. Can we go and harass him?
He spread his wings, soared for a while, and suddenly stopped.
“Chirp?”
Yu Yiyun lowered his head again, looked at the sea, and realized that he had overlooked something important.
"Chichi!" Oh no!
"Chirp, chirp!" My little man hasn't given me the fish I promised him!
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