不是內個“紅脖子”,^_^。因為(圖)帖,當然鳥事為主,*_*。
上圖:
先是看到這個家夥用兩門“大炮”對著一個小水塘用功,而大海就在身邊,以為是又一位個性分子,沒多想。
溜了一圈回來,他還在。正巧,一位披掛完全的 birdwatcher 從身邊走過,老太太和我打招呼“Did you get that?”。“What are you talking about?”
老人家用手一指,“The redneck gull”。
這才注意到,小水塘裏的幾個家夥是有些不同:
謝過了老人家。
“They are rare.” 臨走不忘告訴我。
回家查了一下,不是“gull”,學名是“Red-Necked Phalarope ”,與“鶴”類更表親。非瀕危種類,隻是在我這裏不常見。
紅脖子。
再往下查,有趣的來了,在繁殖季節:
“The females pursue and fight over males, and will defend their mate from other females until the clutch is complete and the male begins incubation. The males perform all incubation and chick-rearing activities, while the females may attempt to find another mate. If a male loses his eggs to predation, he may re-pair with his original mate or a new female to try again. Once it becomes too late in the breeding season to start new nests, females begin their southward migration, leaving the males to incubate the eggs and look after the young.”
維基說的:
Red-necked phalarope - Wikipedia
其中的“clutch”是一窩蛋的意思。母鳥生完就跑,此鳥版的三字經是“養不大,父之過。”
所謂“母愛,母親,母慈”什麽的,都是樓上那個家夥創造出了“哺乳類”之後來的。在鳥界,“父親節”可以排在“母親節”之前,^_^。