Chapter 103 Bald Eagle (VIII)
As we all know, the brain of eagles is disproportionately large compared to their body size, making them the best example of "unknown intelligence, but stronger when facing stronger opponents."
As for the bald eagle, it is definitely the one with the least intelligence, and has nothing to do with the word "smart".
But when faced with this opportunity to take advantage of other animals for food, the bald eagles showed their powerful ability to imitate.
Yu Yiyun and her family members demonstrated the technique just once, and the bald eagles on the shore secretly learned from it.
When the second sea lion staggered towards the coastline, dozens of sneaky bald eagles immediately swarmed over, chirping excitedly.
"Jiji!" Charge!
"Oh oh oh!" The lion changes for fish!
Compared to the Steller's sea lion, which can reach 2,000 kilograms in its peak weight, the Alaskan bald eagle, whose adult weight is about 7-12 kilograms, is like a rabbit and has almost no advantages except for its large number.
Even if dozens of bald eagles attacked together, they would be completely unable to cause fatal damage to the huge beasts with their hooks and claws. Instead, they might be killed by the ferocious sea lions.
But dozens of bald eagles coming together, harassing the Steller's sea lion from all directions and occasionally attacking its unprotected eyes and nose, would definitely make it feel irritated.
The sea lions even felt that they should not be called goshawks, they were just big flies.
In order to avoid the annoying bird, it subconsciously hid in the deep sea area where there were no sea eagles.
As long as the sea lion enters the deep sea area, the evil hunting fins lurking there have been waiting for a long time, just waiting to open their huge mouths in the abyss to enjoy the delicious food.
The group of bald eagles successfully drove the second sea lion into the ocean. They were so excited that they flapped their wings and called out to Big Eggplant.
"Oh hey!" Big eggplant!
"Oh oh!" Give me fish!
As the national bird of the superpower America, we Eagles can't afford to suffer even a little loss. We urged the killer whales to quickly swat the small fish and shrimps ashore.
Although bald eagles act entirely on instinct, transient whales have brains~!
The largest evil force in the ocean, after some heated discussions, felt that the deal was worth doing, and settled the "fish payment" for the sea lion as requested by "Party B".
Killer whales use their huge tails to drive all kinds of fish and shrimp to the surface of the sea, making it easier for the eagles to catch them.
From that day on, all the sea lions on this beach were clearly priced.
Fat sea lions sell fat fish, thin sea lions sell thin fish, and small sea lions can only sell shrimps.
Sometimes, the picky killer whales will throw the sea lions they have eaten back to the shore to give them to the group of aerial gluttons.
The cooperation between the two sides was very pleasant, and the overlord of the ocean and the overlord of the sky established an unbreakable trade relationship.
Even after two days, when the heat dome subsided and the eagles were able to find food easily, they still gathered in large numbers around the coast where the sea lions gathered, chirping and calling to the killer whales.
"oyi~"
Going out to sea
“Ohhh!”
Free trade!
Hearing the loud calls of the bald eagles, the killer whales in the deep sea responded actively and jumped into the waves to welcome their partners.
The northern sea lion caught in the middle: ???
You two have free trade, but what about me?
Becoming a commodity?!
[I dare not open my eyes, I hope it is my hallucination.jpg]
The coastline used by Steller sea lions for breeding is very long and is roughly divided into two areas: the Bering Strait and the western Pacific Ocean.
Different populations of northern sea lions will choose to gather and combine on different coasts to avoid being killed by predators.
The unfortunate northern sea lions could never have imagined that during this year's breeding season, the population living in the western Pacific Ocean would be regarded as the main trading resource by the two rogue evil forces at sea and in the air.
Meanwhile, Steller sea lions in the Bering Strait are in even worse shape.
A 'little fellow' emerged from the killer whales there, with agility that was disproportionate to his size.
They can jump directly onto the shore and catch the baby sea lions without any middlemen making a profit from the price difference.
Steller's Sea Lion: [swearing.jpg]
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed. It is the end of the sea lion breeding season, and this year's feast is about to come to an end.
In addition to the grown-up sea lions who have to face the ocean, the grown-up bald eagle pups also reach the critical moment of leaving home and becoming independent.
After three months of diligent feeding, the common sea eagle couple will raise their cubs to the age where they are able to fly, and then they will reduce the number of feedings appropriately.
Even after the young birds grow to three months old, their parents will still bring food to their children, which is probably similar to "imperial disaster relief food" or "government relief funds."
Prevent the baby from being too useless and starving himself to death.
The great bald eagle also went through the chick stage, so it knows very well: if it keeps providing food for its babies, the babies will feel at ease relying on "relief food" to survive and will never be able to be completely independent.
So, this relief won't last long.
When the chicks are about half a year old, the bald eagle parents will completely cut off their food supply, forcing the chicks to become self-reliant... and to live with other birds by stealing food.
After being driven out of the nest by their parents, most young birds will stay in an area quite close to their parents, flying back every now and then to try to continue to feed on their parents.
Some sub-adult eagles fly back to their former nests and, when they see their parents hatching new chicks, they may even attack their younger siblings.
Therefore, experienced sea eagle couples will drive away their children who have left home and no longer provide them with any food.
Sub-adult bald eagles often live in groups in one area.
When it reaches sexual maturity, it changes into an adult skin. Then it transforms into a courtship conspicuous bag, looking for a partner to dance the "Aerial Spiral Fancy Circle" dance with.
Under normal circumstances, when the young birds grow to three months old, the sea eagle parents should reduce the number of feedings appropriately to prevent the babies from becoming too dependent on them.
The problem is, isn't it?
The female eagle grabbed the herring obtained through free trade, rushed back to the nest as fast as she could, and then...
The bird's nest was empty, without even a trace of a bird.
"Oh hey!" The eldest, the second, and the baby!
"Oh hey!" Where are you guys? Go home for dinner!
The female eagle stretched out her neck and called out in all directions for a long time.
Instead of calling back the hungry cub, a young eagle came out from the tree canopy next to it. Its body was covered with leaves and its white feathers on its head were covered with spider webs from somewhere. It looked pitiful.
"Oyi..."
The male eagle explained to his wife in a wronged manner: the baby is missing.
"oyi..." When I got home, they were gone. I looked for them for a long time.
"oyi?" Wife, has the baby abandoned us?
Through the camera, the staff saw two sea eagles standing side by side in the empty bird's nest, and it seemed as if an advertisement slogan appeared in the sky:
Take care of the empty-nest old eagles and don’t let the waiting become a regret.
While other sea eagle families are working hard to cultivate their young birds' sense of independence and prevent them from becoming dependent on their parents when they grow up.
The little sea eagles in this family, in turn, cultivate their parents' sense of independence.
The three of them left the nest together and released their parents.
The larger female bald eagle heard her remarried husband crying out in grievance.
She took the initiative to jump to her little husband, stretched out her broad wings, and fanned away the fallen leaves and spider webs on his body.
"Oh~" Hug!
The younger husband immediately leaned over and snuggled up to his mature partner's broad and tall chest, like a little bird.
Yu Yiyun heard her mother calling from afar and was about to fly back to the bird's nest to show her face.
From afar, I saw Daddy leaning on Mommy's chest, rubbing against her shyly. He urgently hovered in the air and stopped his brother and sister from flying forward.
"Chirp, chirp!" Mommy and Daddy are being affectionate, we don't want to go home anymore.
“Chirp!”
“Chichi!”
The two idiots didn't understand, but raised their wings and claws to agree.
Three months is the age when children are adventurous. They are busy exploring the world every day, so how can they have the time to go home?
Even when they returned home, their parents could only bring back one herring, which had to be shared by the three eagles.
Died of laughter.
Just a herring, not big enough to fill the gap between my teeth~
The two sand sculptures, who had no attachment to home at all, turned around in the air, flapped their wings and flew away.
Yu Yiyun flapped her wings twice, landed on a high branch, and secretly observed the development of the relationship between her father and mother.
Although in the past three months, the daddy, who had just reached sexual maturity, had shown an extremely immature state in all aspects.
But when it comes down to it, all his time except sleeping is spent hunting for his three young birds.
As long as you bring back the prey, it will definitely be the fattest herring.
Thanks to daddy for being so strong-willed, he was willing to fight the big fish even if it meant getting his feathers wet.
In a group where most sea eagles are only children, the three of them not only thrived, but developed faster than their peers.
Under normal circumstances, if there are no accidents in the breeding process, a bald eagle couple will stay together for life.
However, the 'company' of eagles usually refers to the breeding season.
Once the breeding season is over, the sea eagle couple will separate and spend the winter alone until they reunite next spring.
The bald eagle couple is lucky because their breeding period is relatively long and they can stay together for three full seasons every year.
Albatrosses, which also form a lifelong partnership system, have a breeding season of only three months each year.
Before the breeding season arrives, albatrosses will fly a full 5,000 kilometers to reunite with their partners at an agreed location.
Then the two birds expressed their love to each other, repaired their nest together, hatched eggs and raised their young.
When the young birds leave the nest, the albatross couple will separate again and look forward to reuniting next year.
After humans have a deeper understanding of albatrosses, they are more willing to regard them as a symbol of love.
Every year in albatross habitats, there are solitary birds, waiting for their partners who may not return amid the sweet reunions of other albatross couples.
Albatrosses will not change mates even if their partners do not fly back to the agreed location during the breeding season.
For the rest of its long life, the bird will spend the rest of its life alone, searching for and waiting for a mate.
Yu Yiyun stared silently at her mommy and daddy who were snuggling together and combing each other's hair with their beaks, then flapped her wings and flew away.
The little fat bird left the rest of the breeding season to its mommy and daddy, allowing them to enjoy their own world of two birds before they separated.
Yu Yiyun flew aimlessly for a while and heard a familiar cry coming from the crown of a nearby tree.
He immediately folded his wings and dived towards the tree skillfully, finding the raven that was taking shelter from the heat under a few leaves.
“Ga ga~ga!”
When Raven saw his godson, he finally regained some strength.
Although the heat dome in North America has ended in recent days, the hot summer is far from over.
Alaska is located in the northwestern United States, close to the Arctic Circle.
The temperature is not as high as that in tropical and subtropical regions, but the sunshine time is much longer than that at the equator, reaching 20 hours a day.
The crow's entire body is shiny black, and its hair is a natural sunlight collector.
After summer, the days become longer and the nights shorter, forcibly transforming the crows, which used to eat both day and night, into nocturnal animals.
Even though ravens try to be active at night, long periods of sunlight still cause great trouble to their normal lives.
After all, crows are not roosting animals, and juvenile crows do not need to build nests.
It has left home and become independent, and it certainly cannot go back to its parents' home.
When the sun is at its hottest every day, the raven can only find a branch like this that can barely cover itself.
The persistent heat dome some time ago not only affected humans and animals, but also significantly affected local plants, with the leaves not as lush as in previous years.
Even though the crow tried hard to hide under the shade of the tree, as the sunlight moved, it always felt that its tail feathers were about to be ignited.
Just at this moment, the raven heard the little fat bird's voice and called out loudly and excitedly.
“Quack! Quack!”
Yu Yijun flew over quickly, spread his wings wide, and signaled the raven to step on his back.
Although the little fat chick is only three months and a few days old, its weight is several times that of a raven.
Unlike most mammals, sub-adult birds are often larger than adult birds due to their fluffy feathers and less muscle mass.
Yu Yiyun is the best developed of all the young birds this year and is more than capable of carrying a raven.
"quack!"
The raven was very excited and felt that this bird son was not raised in vain.
The sun was now shining brightly, and the tree was no longer sufficient to provide shade. If the raven continued to stay there, it might suffer from heatstroke.
If it wants to move out of the tree canopy, it must spread its wings and fly.
Ravens' feathers are black and shiny, and they absorb heat very well.
When unfolded, the area that absorbs sunlight is maximized.
The risk of sunburn is greater when black people wear black T-shirts and lie in direct sunlight.
The raven excitedly jumped onto the little fat chick's back, and then...
Its joy is gone.
It was midsummer, and the down on the little fat bird's body had all fallen off, leaving only a thin layer of flight feathers.
How could Raven have imagined that although he looked like a ball, he was actually solid inside!!!
The raven lay on its son's back, unable to cover itself with its fluffy feathers, and the bird felt completely depressed.
"Ga ga~" Yu Yijun felt the helplessness of the raven and yelled at it twice, indicating that he would take the raven to a good place.
"Huh?" The raven called out weakly. It felt like it was only thirty minutes away from dying of heat.
Finally, at the 29th minute, Yu Yiyun spread her wings and flew all the way, landing smoothly at——
On top of an air conditioner outdoor unit.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has a very developed tourism industry.
The development of tourism will inevitably lead to the prosperity of industries such as catering and shopping.
Just a few dozen kilometers away from the coast, there is a large human gathering area with shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants.
Yu Yiyun stood on the hot air conditioner outside the room and did a tap dance, looking down at both sides of the street with her big eyes.
Through observation, he calculated the opening and closing patterns of the shopping mall's automatic revolving door and flew in with the raven on its back.
The moment you fly into the automatic revolving door, the scorching sunlight is completely blocked and the comfortable cool air from the air conditioner hits you in the face.
The raven that was almost dying of heat was instantly revived with full health, and asked himself whether he had entered heaven.
The doorman in a neat uniform standing by the revolving door noticed a raven and a strange brown and black, furry ball-like bird flying into a high-end shopping mall. He frowned and planned to chase them away.
Yu Yiyun noticed the doorman's intention and flew up first, cursing.
"Chirp!" Miser!
"Chirp, chirp!" What's wrong with letting me rub the air conditioner for a while!
Hearing the clear sound of birds chirping, the customers who were leisurely strolling in the mall looked over almost at the same time.
The bald eagle belongs to the family Accipitridae and is a true bird of prey.
In human stereotypes, birds of prey look majestic and their calls must be deep and penetrating.
In order to increase the trendiness of the "eagle" image, many film and television works and documentaries often use larger female eagles instead of male eagles, and specially hire voice actors - red-tailed hawks (kuang) to dub them.
The red-tailed hawk mainly lives in North America, which overlaps with the living area of the bald eagle. It has become the official "voice actor" of the eagle.
The red-tailed hawk is about half a meter long, with a wingspan of just over one meter. It is much smaller than other raptors in the hawk family.
However, its call is deafening and extremely penetrating, meeting all human fantasies about eagles of the family Raptor.
In the early version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes", adapted from the work of Mr. Jin Yong, the call of the red-tailed hawk was also used in the name of "Brother Eagle".
After Yu Yijun became an eagle, she heard too many cries of bald eagles and confirmed that they were all the sounds of small birds, and their deterrent power might not even be as great as that of ravens.
Hearing the clear and melodious chirping sounds, customers in the mall looked for the source of the sound and saw a furry ball jumping up and down being chased by security guards.
This stretch of coast is a tourist area and there are many tourists from all over the world in the mall.
They know that the bald eagle is a symbol of the United States, but few people know what a baby bald eagle looks like.
A fat ball was seen hovering over the mall, causing the security guards to run around in circles, and foreign tourists curiously asked, "What kind of bird is that?"
"It seems to be... a bald eagle?" The Alaskan local answered uncertainly.
Judging from its small plump feathers and claws, it should be a bald eagle.
Looking at his overly round body, everyone was unsure.
"It's a bald eagle. I saw it on the hot trend!"
"Why is he in this mall, carrying a raven?"
"It's probably too hot. The temperature was very bad some time ago, and a large number of animals died from the high temperature every day."
"Oh, that fat bird is really smart. It actually knows that the mall is cooler."
“But the mall doesn’t want them to be cool, so it installed glass revolving doors just to keep the damn birds out.”
"It's okay to let them stay in there, as long as they don't shit on my head..."
“Chirp!”
The little fat guy heard it and protested loudly.
Rude!
Am I that kind of unqualified eagle?
"It's amazing. I think he can understand human language."
"Don't chase them. Let the two little birds stay. If they cause any damage to the mall, I'm willing to pay for it."
"I'll pay double, okay?"
Since the lady sister had spoken, the mall management immediately stopped the security personnel from catching the bird. They allowed Mao Maoqiu to stay in the mall with the raven, and even used the most expensive small bowl to fill them with water and cat food.
——Anyway, the lady sister will pay.
The crisis was resolved. Yu Yiyun and Raven both stood on the high handrail, drank two sips of water, and looked down on the cat food.
During the years when Yu Yiyun was a pig, she only ate fresh meat and refused to eat cat food.
The raven tasted two pieces of dry cat food out of curiosity.
You can eat it, but you don't have to.
Crow, who was very good at hunting, kicked over the bowl of cat food in disgust, flew back to the railing and looked out the glass with Yu Yijun.
In order to attract customers, the mall replaced all the walls along the street with glass windows so that passers-by can clearly see the merchandise inside.
The glass windows are wiped clean and will not block the birds' view at all.
Birds often mistake glass for air and fly into it, causing senseless casualties.
Later, shopping malls in bird habitats learned to put decorations on their windows to prevent bird strikes.
Yu Yijun and Yaya landed on the railing on the seventh floor. They looked out of the glass and could no longer see the little people running around on the ground.
Everywhere you look, you can see indestructible human civilization, which demonstrates the strength and wisdom of the most powerful ruler on earth.
From ancient times to the present, humans have occupied too many animal habitats and transformed them into city-states.
Many animals have left their homes because of this, and many animals cannot find their home and remain forever in the long river of evolution...
There are also some animals with strong adaptability that gradually master the skills of living in human society by changing their eating habits and ways of survival.
With his extremely superior dynamic vision, Yu Yiyun captured a peregrine falcon living among the steel bars and concrete under the eaves of the building opposite.
The peregrine falcon is a bird of prey of the family Falconidae. It is about half a meter long and weighs about 2 or 3 kilograms, which is barely a medium size.
Even though peregrine falcons are small in size and cannot match the attack power of eagles and owls, rogue eagles rarely parasitize peregrine falcons.
This is mainly because the peregrine falcon has the fastest flying speed among birds, reaching 320 kilometers per hour at its peak.
320 kilometers!
It can even catch up with the high-speed train!
Yu Yiyun opened her eyes wide and looked at the peregrine falcon that had adapted to the urban environment. It stood there and moved its wings lightly, then dived towards the ground at lightning speed.
In the time it took to yawn, the peregrine falcon had returned to the eaves, holding a still-living mouse in its mouth.
“Chichi?!”
Yu Yiyun was completely stunned.
With such incredible hunting efficiency, we can definitely conquer France before Paris surrenders!
In comparison, the bald eagle, which needs several hours to catch fish each time, is simply weak!
The little fat bird stared at the peregrine falcon, looking at it again and again. Some deep-rooted attribute in its body made it eager to try again.
At this moment, he has forgotten his mission: independence.
hehe.
It is impossible to be independent now, and it will not be possible in the next life.
The falcon looks so handsome when hunting~
I really want it to be my new aunt~
Raven: ???
Am I not handsome when I hunt?
As the sun set, the temperature dropped slightly. Yu Yiyun could not wait to carry the raven out of the mall and swim all the way to the seaside where the killer whales appeared.
From a distance, Yu Yiyun discovered that there seemed to be more dorsal fins on the sea surface.
It turned out that due to climate differences, the northern sea lions that bred earlier on the other side all moved away from the shore.
The passing whales who didn’t get enough food there came here across the ocean to eat for free.
Yu Yijun flew over and heard them discussing something about "beaching" underwater, and originally planned to join in the conversation.
Then he thought again, he couldn't dive now, so it was impossible for him to teach Big Eggplant to rush to the beach.
Teacher Yunyun had to put away her impulse to be a good animal teacher, and interrupted their chatter, acting cute and coquettishly and asking Big Eggplant to help her catch fish.
Although this fat little fish was getting something for free, because of its cute voice, the 'kind' passing whale scooped up a fish from its tail and slapped it right next to Yu Yiyun's mouth.
Yu Yiyun subconsciously opened her mouth, biting Yuyu with her hooked beak, and then...
I took a small bite of the fish and watched the big fish fall back into the sea.
no way.
During the two years he was a big cat, he still didn't learn how to 'carry' prey.
Seeing that Little Fatty was so useless, the passing whale uttered a few words of whale jargon, dived forward and put the fish on its head, letting Little Fatty fall on it and take it away.
Yu Yiyun was deeply moved and praised him as the fifth best passing whale in the entire ocean!
"Gugu?" Why is it fifth best?
As soon as the passerby whale asked the question, Yu Yijun had no time to explain and flew away with the fish.
"Chirp!" The companion regained its attention.
Forget about the bird, let’s continue talking about the little guy who washes up on the beach!
While the passing whales were excitedly discussing the 'little fellow who would wash up on the beach', the 'little fellow eagle bird' flew back to the opposite side of the mall overnight, searched for the peregrine falcon's home, and threw the free fish in front of it.
“Chirp~”
Falcon~
“Chirp!”
Eat this fish and you will be my bird~!
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