一
Sitting in a long pavilion and listening to the singing of birds,
is used to watching people meeting birds in the rivers and lakes.
Never mind whether it’s salty or not, it’s all food.
What’s the big deal?
I started with bird songs, bird people, and bird things. This final poem I wrote does not show how world-weary I am. It just expresses my state of mind. I stay away from the conflicts of the world and look at the ups and downs of the world with a peaceful attitude. Warm and cold. Life has highs and lows, ebbs and flows, ups and downs, that's normal. If it is a straight line, it is like an electrocardiogram, and the person is about to die. When people reach middle age, they always need to adjust their mentality and relax themselves. It is necessary to lower one's desires and lower one's expectations for life in a timely manner. Sometimes there are not so many desires and expectations. Once there is a little gain, you will scream with surprise. This kind of happiness will also be very strong.
二
During the epidemic, I lived alone in a shabby room for a long time, and suddenly I found that I had some changes. One of the changes in
is that I am less and less able to write poetry. I used to always have the urge to write poetry. I would write a few sentences in a letter, but after a while it would be very interesting to read. However, now I only have impulses but cannot write anything. There are many conditions for writing poetry, one of which is to have a poetic and artistic conception. However, deliberately avoiding all the unsatisfactory things in life is in vain. I think maybe my own study and practice are not enough.
The second change is that as I get older, I suddenly find that I am less and less willing to deal with people. too tired. You should watch your face, be careful, think about the content of your speech repeatedly before speaking, pay attention to your tone and method when speaking, and observe the other party's attitude from time to time. If you find that the other person is impatient or sulky, stop it immediately. It is rare for people nowadays to hear objections. Sometimes well-intentioned advice turns out to be cold as ice. As time goes by, naturally, I will say less or not at all.
I suddenly understood the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. They are all very talented. Seeing that the world was not right, he retired to the mountains and forests. This might as well be an attitude towards life and a philosophy of life.
doesn't want to deal with people, stay away from those birdies. But dealing with birds is really difficult.
三
Unknowingly, I have another hobby, photographing birds. This is my third change after the epidemic. I often carry my camera and look for birds everywhere.
Compared with smart and alert birds, pet dogs are more humane. When I photograph dogs, when they see me they will immediately sit upright and pose in a serious pose, waiting for me to take pictures of them. Judging from the aura and style, it seems as if they are Internet celebrities.
But the birds are becoming more and more reluctant to see me. They bother me and disturb their lives, although every time I approach them quietly and gently pick up the camera. The bird has a very bad temper and is not easy to mess with. They also seem to know how to deal with you and avoid you, making it increasingly difficult for you to find them.
My relationship with the bird is that I want to see it, but it doesn’t want to see me. It seems that falling in love with someone who loves you is bound to be painful.
They will fall on the ground not far in front of you, or fly to the branches. When you get closer, they will fly further away. Just fly forward one stop at a time. The distance between it and me is always beyond the viewing distance of the 200MM lens. The results of shooting are always not ideal.
Bird photography is addictive. The less you can do it, the more you want to do it. But the fact before me is: there are fewer and fewer birds to photograph. A sanitation worker from Xiayang Lake said that there used to be a lot of birds here, but now there are a lot less. I don’t know where those birds have gone. He said it with regret.
四
I found black water chicken by the lakeside of Xiayang Lake, a family of three, looking harmonious and beautiful. I tried to hold my breath, slow down my pace, and quietly hide in the grass to take pictures. With its glossy black feathers and red pointed beak, it lazily stretched its waist and combed its feathers.
The Blackwater Chicken family lived happily after settling down in their nest. The big and strong one is the black water chicken father; the relatively small and exquisite one is the black water chicken mother; the small one with black velvet like a ball of thread is the black water chicken baby.Dad is a very responsible person. He is responsible for the defense of the family and all the heavy physical work in the home. If it detects danger, it will stand up, flap its wings, and swim far ahead to attract attention. At the same time, a warning is also given to black water chicken mothers and babies. When your eyes follow it away, the black water chicken mother and baby have already hid in a safe place.
I once photographed black water chickens. The Black Water Chicken family has settled down and is living a happy life. However, they became increasingly hostile to me. They thought I was disturbing their lives by taking photos quietly. They will play far away on the other side. When I made a long circle and reached the other side, I found that they had already left and were on the other side of me again.
I once saw a family of black water chickens swimming towards me in Xiayang Lake. I held my camera and waited for them to come. But they spotted me, so they changed their route and swam back. When I left helplessly, they came back to swim. It seems that they deliberately want to stay away from me and don't want to see me. They have some kind of hostility towards me. This pains me.
I think that the highest level is to not let them discover me. So, the best way is to turn myself into a bird.
五
The egret of Xiayang Lake is the target of my tracking and shooting.
The egret also knows that I am looking for it, and it has been deliberately avoiding me. In its eyes, I must be a difficult bird that can't get rid of me. It seemed to see my figure from a distance, so it became more vigilant. I saw it landing on the other side from a distance several times, so I went around to the other side to look for it, but it still ran away. .
Once I found it by the river, I immediately stopped and picked up the camera to take a picture, but my movements were too fast and too fierce, which attracted its attention. It shot out like an arrow and flew away with its snow-white wings. This experience taught me that I must move gently and slowly and pay attention to how it feels.
I couldn't help it, so I went to the surrounding river to look for it, and finally found it. It was hunting on the river bank. Looking at its thick throat section, it seemed that it had a rich harvest. I held my breath and took the photo. These were two screaming sparrows flying across the river like arrows from behind the egret. I think these two sparrows discovered me and wanted to call the police to the egret. The egret has not yet spotted me and is still hunting, but its operations have slowed down significantly. When it turned around, I moved a few steps forward and changed the shooting angle. It suddenly discovered me, jumped up, and flew to the tall tree on the other side. I think that after I leave, it will return to the place where it originally hunted. I still won't disturb it for breakfast. I had no choice but to leave reluctantly.
Six
One flower and one world, One leaf and one bodhi .
Every bird has its own world and its own early warning and defense methods.
Magpies, crows, white wagtail these birds have their own set of early warning and defense systems. When you walk into their world, there will be a bird on guard, first it will fly up, circle around and fly away, and then several birds will fly up and fly away one after another. The bird that stands guard is the sentinel, and they will first tell the alarm to other birds. Sometimes, this sentinel will fly not far from you, and when you get closer, it will fly a little further away. It has a good grasp of this distance and is absolutely safe, so that you cannot reach it.
When I walk out of the woods, there will be several birdsong. That's the sentinel bird saying, clear the alert!
The white wagtail is a small and exquisite bird, the little yellow bird among birds. When I first saw it, I found it next to the egret. Jumping up and down, looking very cute. It and the egret are together, one village and the other harmonious, much like a pair of cross talkers. Ha ha.
I once photographed white wagtails by Xiayang Lake. There was a white wagtail standing on a branch, enjoying the morning light leisurely. I was holding my camera and approaching it step by step, hoping to get a clearer picture. A sentinel white wagtail suddenly screamed and rushed over, as if to alert the sunbathing white wagtail. After receiving the alarm, the white wagtail immediately flew away. It flew in a hurry, and it felt like it was fleeing in a hurry.
seven
talk about the crow. The crow is often called an unlucky bird. Its meat is sour and hard, and no one eats it, so it always thrives. When I was a child, I learned the story of the crow drinking water and the crow and the fox, which shows that its IQ is still very high, but not even close to that of the fox.
In Shenyang, crows often hover over the Forbidden City. I don't understand why. Some people say that the crow once saved Nurhachi, and the crow's savior's deeds made manqing full of respect for the crow.
Crows have a fixed flight path. In the morning, they walked together, took off from the woods in Dongling, and then flew to hover over the Forbidden City. Sometimes they stop on the eaves of a magnificent palace. At night, they will fly back to Tanglin together. And in Shanghai Qingpu . I found a few crows in the grove of the museum. They look for food here and sometimes fly to the tree-lined road. At night, they fly together to the upper reaches of the river. I think they must have their own paradise over there.
八
I photographed a magpie for the first time in the woods of Beiqing Garden. It was standing on a large tree fork. It didn't pay attention to me, as if it deliberately turned its head away. Another magpie flew over to alert the police. It flapped its wings very quickly and made a lot of noise, which startled it. The dazed magpie suddenly flew up. When it spreads its wings, its black and white feathers and slender body feel really beautiful. Unfortunately, my camera didn't follow up and didn't capture the moment it took off.
The magpie is still very vigilant. It seems to be an insecure person, always hiding at the top of the tree and watching from a distance. When it finds out someone has been there, it never comes again. I never took any more pictures in that small forest. I think it must be hiding in the distance and watching me. It will use various bird sounds to warn me of my arrival and my departure.
九
I once photographed a night heron standing for a long time in the heavy rain. I also held the camera and took pictures for more than an hour in the rain. In its eyes, I must be a stupid bird, circling around it, my clothes got wet, for no other reason than to look at it. There may be no fool like me in the world.
enters the world of birds, through the bird's language and body language, imagining the thoughts of the birds and thinking about their bird things, it is simple and happy. That’s the joy of bird watching. Don't worry about worldly things, just be happy. Maybe, I am also becoming a silly bird, a happy bird.
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