On October 19, a reporter from Hebei Youth Daily learned from the Shijiazhuang Forestry Bureau that Qingtou Duck appeared on the water surface of Hutuo River near Fuxing Street in Shijiazhuang City. This is the first time that a green-tow diving duck has been observed in Shijiazhuang City. The Green-Headed Duck found in
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reporter then contacted Feng Qunzhi, a provincial capital citizen who found the Green-Headed Duck.
As a photography enthusiast, Feng Qunzhi often goes to the banks of the Hutuo River to take pictures of birds. Feng Qunzhi told reporters that at around 10:00 on October 16, he originally planned to go to the Hutuo River to shoot cormorant , but on the south bank near the intersection of Hutuo River and Fuxing Street in Shijiazhuang City, he found a group of white bones on the top of , and there was also an white-eyed duck in the middle.
At around 8:00 on October 18, Feng Qunzhi once again came to the south bank near the intersection of Hutuo River and Fuxing Street, preparing to continue taking pictures of birds.
"At that time, I found this group of white bones in the cracks of calamus on the shore. They were foraging at that time. This time there were three 'white-eyed ducks' among them." Feng Qunzhi said that after taking the photo, he found one of the three with black hair on the head. "I suspected that this was just a blue-headed duck, but I dared not confirm it."
Qingheaded duck
Later, Feng Qunzhi passed the photo to several bird photography enthusiasts. One of them, who had photographed the blue-headed duck in Baiyangdian , checked it and confirmed that the black hair on the head was indeed a blue-headed duck.
Feng Qunzhi told reporters that at around 14:00 on October 19, he once again photographed the green-headed duck at this location.
Qingtou Screw Duck
Shijiazhuang Forestry Bureau also invited relevant experts to identify the photos and confirmed that it was a Qingtou Screw Duck. This is the first time that a Qingtou Screw Duck has been observed in Shijiazhuang. It is reported that the green-headed duck is a national first-class key protected wild animal. It is listed as a "critical danger (CR)" species by the "Hyperbolic Red List of Endangered Species of the World Union for Conservation of Nature" and only about 1,000 of them remain in the world.
■ Text/Hebei Youth Daily reporter Zhang Lei
■Photo provided by Feng Qunzhi
■Editor/Yang Xuyan
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