Top News·Dahe Daily reporter Li Lan
Three days ago, a turtle dove laid eggs and hatched on the windowsill of the Zhengzhou Forestry Bureau meeting. After the staff of the bureau found it, they immediately informed Shang Shang, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Department who came to the meeting. Lightcast. Since then, Shang Guangzhu has put a bowl of rice, a bowl of water, and a handful of green cabbage leaves on the windowsill every day to take care of the first-level mother bird's eggs and "confinement".
Mother Turtledove "Confinement" on the windowsill of the conference room
htmlAt about 9 am on May 24, when the reporter arrived at the conference room on the third floor of Zhengzhou Forestry Bureau, the leaders of the bureau were holding a meeting. On the window sill outside, a turtledove is lying quietly there, concentrating on hatching its baby. For in-house meetings, it seems to be used to it without a hint of panic. On the windowsill, there are two small stainless steel bowls, one with water and the other with rice. On the window glass, there was a red "Warm Reminder" printed by the Bureau's Wildlife Protection Department, which read "Do not open the window, do not disturb, the birds are brooding!"
Half an hour later, Shang Guangzhu took advantage of the During the break in the middle of the meeting, I went downstairs to the cafeteria of my unit to get some fresh green leaves for the turtledove, and then carefully opened the window and sprinkled the leaves on the windowsill. The turtledove mother, who was hatching eggs, seemed to have known Shang Guangzhu for a long time.
"The turtle dove will consume a lot of body during the incubation period and need sufficient nutrition, so I will take time to visit every day, change it with clean water in time, and prepare enough food and fresh vegetables to make it safe and stable. Hatching the baby." Shang Guangzhu told reporters that the turtledove is a national "three possessions" protected animal, a relatively common wild bird in Zhengzhou, and belongs to the resident bird.The feathers on the body are light brown, much like a pigeon, so it is also called " wild pigeon ". Turtle doves often inhabit plains, grasslands, low hills and farmland with sparse trees, and also often appear in weeds, bamboo forests and trees near villages or near homes. to appear. From May to July every year, it is the season for turtledoves to lay eggs and hatch. Under normal circumstances, a female turtledove lays 2 to 3 eggs per nest, and the eggshell is white. The incubation period is about 18 days, and the brooding period is also about 18 days.
In a hurry to lay eggs, this turtledove hastily "sits on a nest" on the windowsill
During the interview, the reporter learned that on the afternoon of May 17th, Zhengzhou Forestry Bureau held a wildlife protection forum in the conference room on the third floor of office building During the meeting, the participants saw a turtle dove jumping up and down on the windowsill outside the window, and looked into the house from time to time. When several volunteers who came to the meeting saw this, they waved at the turtle dove one after another, and joked with a smile: "You want to come in for the meeting too? Do you know that we are all good friends to protect you." Shang, who was presiding over the meeting The director of Guangzhu also said to the bird: "Come in boldly, you'll be safe here!"
htmlOn the morning of May 21, when the bureau held a symposium in the conference room again, Liu Jingjing, a staff member, saw that the room was stuffy, so she went to Open windows for ventilation. When she was about to open the window, a turtledove suddenly flew away from the window sill, leaving a simple nest with two eggs in it. Surprised and delighted, Liu Jingjing hurriedly told Shang Guangzhu who came to the meeting. Shang Guangzhu was worried that when everyone went to open the window to look, the frightened mother turtledove would be too frightened to come back, so she closed the window immediately. And call back to office to print a "warm reminder" and stick it on the window glass, reminding everyone in the bureau not to open the window, so as not to disturb the turtle dove hatching babies.Sure enough, after observing the turtledove that flew away, when it was found that no one had moved its eggs and nests, they soon returned to continue to hatch.
"At noon that day, when I went to the canteen to eat, I suddenly thought that the turtledoves on the windowsill had not eaten yet and must be hungry, so I quickly asked the chef for a bowl of raw rice, a bowl of pear and jujube water, and a handful of fresh Green cabbage leaves, put them on the window sill of the conference room, so that the mother turtle dove who is confinement supplements nutrition." Shang Guangzhu told reporters that when the turtle dove first appeared outside the conference room window, it might be anxious to lay eggs and was looking around. places where eggs are laid. In a hurry, the " delivery room " was built on the window sill of the conference room.
"Our Forestry Bureau is promoting the protection of wild animals to the masses every day, calling on everyone to love and protect birds. This turtledove may have spirituality, and even chose the 'delivery room' on the window sill of the conference room of our Forestry Bureau. Many people listened to it. After speaking, I think that the mother turtledove has chosen the safest place for herself and her baby." Shang Guangzhu said, as the person in charge of the Wildlife Conservation Office, he will do his best to take care of the turtledove and take care of the mother bird at the first level" Confinement", set a good example for everyone to love birds and protect birds.
