Chapter 37 Look how hungry the child is To be honest, they didn't even notice that the long-tailed wood owl had built a nest near the rescue station. Except for a few common bird species, most choose to build nests in environments far away from humans. The long-tailed forest owl usually lives in coniferous forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests. The rescue station is located in the comb-leaf zone of the secondary forest, and is not the first choice for the long-tailed forest owl to raise its cubs. Yin Li moved even faster. After running for more than ten meters, he suddenly braked and grabbed Chen Ying who was following him. Without saying anything, the tacit understanding between the two made Chen Ying instantly understand that something unexpected must have happened. In the sparse light in the forest, Chen Ying saw that in addition to the long-tailed forest owl making a "whooshing" intimidating sound, there were two familiar-looking figures on the branches in front of him. "Is it Brother Monkey and the little monkey's mother?" Chen Ying wiped his eyes and looked in disbelief at the two Sichuan golden monkeys that were confronting the forest owl across a tree.
Weird things happen every year, but there are especially many today! The Sichuan golden monkey has a relatively gentle personality, which is completely different from the forest owl. In this confrontation in the middle of the night, isn't the monkey afraid of losing the home advantage? The approach of humans diverted the focus of the confrontation between the golden monkeys and forest owls. The monkey, who was originally on guard, took a few deep breaths, and his erect hair gradually became gentle. "Squeak, Twolegged Beast, come and tell this unreasonable bird that my son was kind enough to help it pick up the baby, but it insisted that my son stole its baby." The monkey brother didn't say anything. The female monkey kept squeaking and got down to the ground to get closer to Chen Ying, with a look of grievance on her little face. The little monkey, who had suffered a great crime before, clung to his mother's fur tightly, and looked at Chen Ying with his big clear and ignorant eyes. Chen Ying half squatted down and found that the mother monkey was holding a baby bird in her hand. The baby bird had only grown a few hairs and looked fleshy and ugly. The long-tailed forest owl is a late-maturing bird and must stay in the nest for thirty to forty days after hatching before it can fly. I don’t know how the little bird fell down and was found by the little monkey. But it was obvious that the mother forest owl thought that the monkey had robbed its home, so she attacked the little monkey in anger, and was then driven aside by the monkey brother who came over. Chen Ying knew that she couldn't go on like this, otherwise the mother forest owl would most likely choose to abandon this nest of chicks. He carefully took the baby monkey from the mother monkey and quickly checked it. Good, it was not injured. But the forest is very cold, and if the little one doesn't return to the nest in time, he may die of hypothermia. After comforting the monkey mother for a while and asking Yin Li to help lead Monkey Brother and Monkey Mother to the side, Chen Ying decided to take the risk and climb the tree to put the chicks back into the nest. Originally, Yin Li said that he would go, but when it comes to climbing trees, Chen Ying is far behind him. But Yin Li is not the chosen protagonist. After passing through his hands, the chicks are likely to be contaminated with his scent and thus be rejected by the mother bird. Chen Ying is different, he has a system! Although Brother Tong's abilities are a little weak, he has all the functions that are good for wild animals. It can eliminate the human scent on animal cubs in minutes. His only concern was that the mother forest owl would attack him if he climbed the tree. Taking a deep breath, Chen Ying put on the hood of his protective jacket and fastened it tightly, then tentatively walked step by step towards the big tree where the forest owl mother was.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here to help you." Chen Ying spread out her hands, revealing the chubby baby bird inside to the mother Lin Xiao. He actually didn't know whether the forest owl mother could see clearly, he just wanted to show that he was harmless and friendly. Seeing that the mother forest owl did not attack him or fly away immediately, Chen Ying put the chick into his chest pocket and began to climb the tree. Yin Li couldn't bear to watch his clumsy tree climbing posture. At this time, his colleagues from the rescue station who followed him also bit their cheeks to hold back their laughter. They did not dare to get as close to the forest owl as Chen Ying and Yin Li. They kept a distance of about ten meters and hid behind a tree to spy on it. Anyway, Chen Ying finally climbed to the tree hole where the forest owl's nest was located using the rabbit hop method with great difficulty. After resting for a while, when his breathing became even and his hands stopped shaking, he took out the chick and put it back into the nest. Normally, a long-tailed forest owl lays 2 to eggs in one nest. This young forest owl mother hatched five chicks, all of which were chubby and very lively. No wonder they accidentally rolled out of the nest. When Chen Ying went to release the chicks, the four remaining ones in the nest kept touching his fingers and making a fuss for food. It is a little late for the long-tailed forest owl to hatch in this season, but the climate is relatively warm this year, and the food around is still abundant when the chicks leave the nest. Chen Ying quickly looked around the tree hole. The conditions were not very good. Once the chicks grew up a little, there might not be enough space for them. The movement of descending the tree was much faster, and the mother owl did not make any attacking moves during the process. Feeling that this forest owl seemed to have a docile temper, Chen Ying began to think. The incubator has been running for a week, and this task fell on the "most idle" person, Duanmu Lin, who checked the condition of the bird eggs every day. Yesterday he said that he could see blood streaks and thickening inside the egg. They don't have an ornithologist here, so Duanmu took a picture of the bird's egg and uploaded it to a professional forum in the hope of getting help, but so far no one seems to be able to clearly figure out what kind of bird laid the egg. What else can I do? Just incubate it first. Wait until the little bird hatches and then consider how to raise and educate it. If they are both owls, maybe I could ask this long-tailed forest owl mother to take care of it as well? Chen Ying just thought so. Whether it would work or not would depend on the species of the bird that was hatched. It only takes two or three minutes to think about all this. After the mother long-tailed forest owl was sure that the threat was no longer there, she returned to the nest to comfort her children. After being disturbed by the noise, it didn't dare leave the nest to hunt. The little chicks cried out in hunger, and Chen Ying and Yin Li were anxious under the tree. "What should I do? Should I get them some shredded meat?" "I trapped a wild rabbit this afternoon. I gave the tender meat from its belly to the little leopard as a snack. There's a rabbit leg left. How about I cut some for the female forest owl and see if she's willing to give it to her chicks?" Just do it. Chen Ying quickly picked a box of shredded pork, put on a helmet and protective clothing, and climbed up the tree again with difficulty. This time, the mother forest owl nestled in the tree hole and looked him in the eye at close range.
Chen Ying carefully placed the meat on the edge of the tree hole, and couldn't help but stretch out her fingers to gently touch the head of the mother forest owl. The mother forest owl tilted her head to look at Chen Ying, then unceremoniously stretched out her head to peck at the shredded meat and swallowed it. Smelling the scent of meat, the little birdies chirped even louder. The mother forest owl took a few bites and began to tear the meat into shreds to feed her children. Seeing that the mother forest owl did not object to his feeding, Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief, quietly took out his mobile phone, switched to night mode, turned off the flash, and took a photo of the mother forest owl feeding her chicks in the moonlight. It was pitch dark and the outlines of the chicks were almost invisible, but their wide-open beaks were still clearly visible in the darkness. Look how hungry the child is! Thanks for the reward from Ah Dan Ah Dan, I will update more tomorrow! (End of this chapter)