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The cold wind is strong, and the winter is strong. On the banks of the white turtle lake, the sound of gulls are pleasant to the ears and hearts.
million miles. At the end of October, Red-billed Gull will come to Eagle City to spend the winter from Siberian , and move away from the end of March to early April of the following year.
, and all relevant departments and enthusiastic citizens of Pingdingshan were also prepared early, clearing the lake surface, preparing enough gulls and grain, and waiting for the eagle city elf to "get home".
Pingdingshan loves the red-billed gull, and the red-billed gull loves the Pingdingshan. This "two-way rushing" that lasted for 7 years has not only become a beautiful ecological business card of Eagle City, but also becomes the best footnote for Pingdingshan's kissing, loving gulls, gift gulls and guarding gulls.
"The first red-billed gulls were discovered in Pingdingshan in 2016. At that time, there were only a few dozen. By last year, more than 5,000 were monitored. In just a few years, the number has increased by a hundred times, which is inseparable from the careful care of various departments, volunteers and citizens in our city." On December 12, Zhang Lifeng, director of the Provincial Nature Reserve Management Center of Baiguishan Wetland, said.
Scientific feeding. Carefully protect gulls
In autumn and winter, there are always two or three white bags in the corner of the guard room of Baigui Lake National Wetland Park. It contains the gull grain uniformly purchased by the Municipal Forestry Bureau for staff and volunteers to feed them regularly and at regular intervals every day.
html At 8 am on November 12, volunteers took the gull grain and came to Guanoutai, Forest Peninsula to feed them. After a while, more and more "little cuties" came to "dinner" and lingered around the volunteers.Before the arrival of the red-billed gull, the Municipal Forestry Bureau began to prepare feed. "Artificial feeding and re-feeding is an important factor that attracts red-billed gulls to get used to migrating to a region overwintering and staying for a long time. In order to replenish the most suitable food, we have called the Kunming Forestry and Grassland Bureau many times to determine high-quality gull grain categories and excellent manufacturers." Zhang Lifeng said that part of the purchased gull grain is fed by volunteers, while the other part is scattered by staff on islands along the Sha Island and other islands for red-billed gulls to feed. Under the guidance of Henan Urban Construction College bird experts, gull grain is purchased scientifically and reasonably, and feed it regularly, at regular intervals and at regular intervals, and feed it more than 100 kilograms of feed every day.
Last year, under the leadership and support of the municipal party committee and municipal government, our city issued a protection plan for red-billed gulls, and deployed red-billed gull refeeding, monitoring and scientific research, etc.
Municipal Finance Department allocated special funds to isolate, block, install and monitor the core area of the nature reserve where the Hongzuiou live. A redzuiou feeding point and water bird perch are set up near open water areas such as the south side of the Jianye Forest Peninsula, Citizen Square and the west side of the Guanyu Pavilion. It is also planned to transform and upgrade the Guanou plank road, and design a standing platform that is more suitable for the feeding of the Hongzuiou.
Han Urban Construction College School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Henan Urban Construction College, Xie Zhaohui, deputy dean of the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, led experts and scholars such as Lu Guangyi, Ph.D. in zoology, to continue to strengthen the monitoring and research of birds such as red-billed gulls. "At present, the special project of Red-billed Gull has been launched. After the large-scale arrival of Red-billed Gull in mid-to-late December, it will capture an appropriate amount of Red-billed Gull in a harmless manner, install the GPS positioning system and foot rings, track its activity path and understand its living habits, so as to carry out more precise protection." Lu Guangyi said.
fishing ban ban gulls ban
At the end of October this year, the "vanguard" of the red-billed gull arrived.
In order to provide a good habitat and feeding environment for red-billed gulls and other birds, the Municipal Forestry Bureau and the Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly issued an announcement on the ban on waters and posted it along Baigui Lake to remind citizens and surrounding fishermen to pay attention and abide by it. The announcement clearly states: From November 1, 2022 to the end of March 2023, from the east to the east main channel on the forest peninsula of Baigui Lake National Wetland Park in the east, and to the south wind chin square of CITIC Guoan Hotel in the west. Boats are prohibited from entering the waters about 300 meters south along the lakeshore, and fishing and other human activities that are not conducive to the protection of red-billed gulls, ensuring aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, enriching the source of birds for food, and ensuring the daytime activities, foraging and nighttime habitat.
"Overfishing, the use of banned fishing gear and net gear smaller than the specified mesh will cause insufficient fish and shrimp in Baitu Lake.Moreover, human activities such as fishing boats, fishing, and fishing are likely to scare and disturb birds. "Zhang Lifeng explained. In addition to banning fishing, our city has also taken measures such as physical isolation and banning in the core area of Baiguishan Nature Reserve, installing monitoring facilities, and setting up warning signs to ensure that the red-billed gulls survive the winter safely in the protected area. The relevant departments combine online and offline to comprehensively investigate illegal and criminal clues such as poisonous birds and bird catching, and crack down on criminal activities of hunting and killing birds.
strengthens publicity and education On November 21, Pingdingshan Daily official WeChat account "Pingdingshan Micro News" organized a live broadcast online. The protagonist on the photo was the red-billed gull.
In the live broadcast room, we can clearly see that the elegant figure of the red-billed gull sometimes crosses the water surface and flies to the center of the lake; sometimes circling and staying, interacting with tourists. Heart-warming messages in the comment area continue to emerge: "I see these red-billed 'elves' again" "Welcome home"...
In order to strengthen the people's love gull concept and build a human and bird Emotional connection. In recent years, media platforms such as Pingdingshan Daily , Pingdingshan Evening News, Pingdingshan Radio and Television have conducted a large number of reports on red-billed gulls, which have enhanced citizens' awareness of feeding gulls and loving gulls to protect gulls.
The Municipal Forestry Bureau has organized many publicity activities such as the Red-billed gull photography exhibition and the Baiguishan Wetland Protection Exhibition to continuously enhance citizens' awareness of bird love.
Volunteers take turns to schedule protection and education activities to Baigui Lake, explain the characteristics and survival status of red-billed gulls, popularize bird protection knowledge, and enable people to develop good habits of loving birds.
Knowledge about red-billed gulls also appeared on publicity cars, banners, and even on students' test papers... The relationship between citizens and red-billed gulls is becoming more and more "close".
On March 3 this year, the launch ceremony of the ninth " World Wildlife Day " event in our province was set up in Pingdingshan.
In recent years, there have been almost zero cases of bird catching and injured birds in our city. According to the monitoring records of the Wetland Research Monitoring Team of the Municipal Forestry Bureau, more and more migratory birds have been visiting Baigui Lake, with more than 20 new birds added. Since November this year, our city has for the first time national first-class protected animal black-faced spoonbill and national second-class protected animal snail crane were monitored. In addition, there are many white spoonbills, more than 5,000 bean geese , more than 600 egrets , and nearly 1,000 cormorant .
"We will continue to work hard and strive to expand the red-billed gull population to 10,000 by 2027, and the total number of migratory birds will reach 30,000, building our city into a "demonstration window for ecological civilization" for harmonious coexistence between man and nature. "Wang Xinxiao, deputy director of the Municipal Forestry Bureau, said.
The gull has a warm home because of the city, and the city has gained popularity and reputation because of the gull. The gull and the city go in both directions, going to the winter appointment together, and depicting a moving picture of harmonious coexistence between man and birds, man and nature in the Central Plains.
(Pingdingshan Daily reporter Cao Xiaoyu)
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