A breeze blew by, rippling the clear water in the lake.
Surrounded by lush mountains, countless white birds are playing and foraging on the lake.
A beautiful landscape.
Xia Changqing, Wang Shuangshuang and others were still operating the drone to explore the area.
Whenever he sees rare birds, Xia Changqing will ask the photographer to stop for a while to take pictures and record them.
In just a few minutes, Xia Changqing discovered more than ten species of rare birds.
"Wait a minute, Uncle Zhang, there seemed to be a bird I haven't seen before that just flashed by."
"Move the drone over here quickly so I can take a closer look."
Wang Shuangshuang stared at the screen. She seemed to have seen a very special bird flash across the camera just now.
When the photographer heard Wang Shuangshuang's request, he immediately controlled the drone to fly over.
Xia Changqing and Xia Ling also stared at the screen curiously and became interested.
When the drone flew over again, it saw two black and white birds appear in the reeds.
The shape of this bird is very special and at first glance it looks very much like a duck.
With a flat red mouth, it swam around in the reeds, occasionally sticking its head into the water to take a few sips.
If you look closely, you will find that it is different from a normal duck.
The feathers on the bird's back are black and white, but the feathers from the neck up are blue-black.
Especially at the back of the head, there is a tuft of dark green feathers floating back.
It looks very funny, just like a Shamatte.
"Hiss, this, this looks like a merganser!"
"Why are there mergansers here? Shouldn't they live in the Jiangnan area?"
The moment Xia Changqing saw the duck, he recognized its identity.
"Professor Xia, this is a duck. Is it precious?"
Wang Shuangshuang asked with interest.
It was the first time he had seen such a special duck, and its shape was so interesting.
“Shuangshuang, this duck is not very precious, but extremely precious.”
"The merganser belongs to the Anatidae family and is a species unique to my country."
"It is extremely rare, with no more than 2,000 individuals worldwide, and is listed as a national first-class protected species."
"You can imagine how precious it is. I didn't expect to see a population of mergansers here. It's really rare!"
Xia Changqing nodded solemnly and started to explain science to Wang Shuangshuang.
The merganser has long been listed on the Red List of Endangered Species after so many years of protection.
The population of mergansers has not seen much improvement, which is ultimately due to the decreasing habitat suitable for the mergansers.
Currently, all wetland parks in the country that are suitable for the reproduction of mergansers have been listed as key protected areas.
"Oh my god, there are less than 2,000 of them in the world?"
Wang Shuangshuang was shocked. Isn’t this number too small?
In that case, one can imagine how precious this pair of mergansers is?
After so many years of breeding, the number of round ducks is greater than that of this merganser!
No wonder she had never heard of it. It's such a shame that such a cute duck is on the verge of extinction.
"Yes, it's hard to see mergansers in the wild now."
"I didn't expect to see a pair here. It looks like the merganser will have another habitat."
Xia Changqing solemnly said that the conservation of mergansers is a national key project.
It is imperative to ensure the continuation of the bloodline of this endangered species.
"Xiao Zhang, raise the drone a little higher and search inside the reeds."
"Mergansers are social animals, there might be more around."
Xia Changqing suddenly remembered and hurriedly urged the photographer to control the drone to look around.
The photographer nodded and quickly controlled the drone to rise higher.
He searched in the reed marsh and wandered around for a while.
Xia Changqing saw a surprising scene.
There were about a dozen mergansers floating on the water in the reeds, looking for food, and there were several ducklings following behind the female mergansers.
It looks so cute.
“Great, great, there’s such a large population of mergansers living here!”
Xia Changqing was so surprised that he danced like a child.
Jiang Che smiled when he saw Professor Xia like this. Although he didn't find Xiao Cai's population, he did find the merganser, which was an unexpected gain.
Xia Changqing quickly took a video to record this rare scene.
After observing the merganser, photographer Zhang controlled the drone to patrol the area near Xiao Cai.
But after looking around for a long time, they didn't find anything. It was Xiao Cai who first discovered the drone.
Seeing the drone flying overhead, Xiao Cai immediately became impatient.
It took off on the spot and flew towards the drone.
"Zhang Shu is about to hit us, get out of the way quickly."
Wang Shuangshuang saw it and quickly asked the photographer to move away.
The photographer quickly controlled the drone to fly to the side, but the speed difference was too great.
It seemed that Xiao Cai was about to hit the drone.
Suddenly, a whistle sounded behind him, and Xiao Cai immediately turned around and flew towards this side.
When Xiao Cai got closer and saw Jiang Che standing under the tree, she was so happy that she immediately flew down from the air.
Jiang Che immediately raised his right hand, and Xiao Cai landed on it accurately.
“Mhmm…”
Xiao Cai, who was standing on Jiang Che's hand, chirped happily.
The photographer breathed a sigh of relief, even though the drone was broken, it was okay.
If the propeller damages the phoenix, it will be a serious problem.
This phoenix is a hot commodity nowadays. If he accidentally injures it, he will probably have to pack up and leave.
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