FWF Chapter 3 Screech Owl Brooding Plan 3
Chapter 3 Screech Owl Brooding Plan 3
After wandering outside for a long time, Sheng finally calmed down after eating insects for the first time in his life.
It was already dawn, and people began to walk around the empty campus one after another. He decided to go back to the nest and bring some breakfast to the cubs by the way.
After eating, the cubs lay lazily on their stomachs, pecking each other from time to time.Sheng Cun pondered, is this a kiss of love?
The light in the bird's nest was still dim, and after a lot of tossing, he had already lost all sleepiness, so he decided to take a good look at the three little dumplings, and naming them by the way was also the first step in enhancing their relationship.
After all, how can he be considered a qualified surrogate father if he can't even tell the difference between his own cubs!
A week-old scops owl juvenile not only eats, but also grows every day, exuding a hot vitality.Under the fluffy off-white down, the brown feathers of the adult bird were stubbled, looking like a hoarfrost chocolate ball, which looked very good.Sheng Cun couldn't help but raised his paw, and carefully stroked the cub's belly——
A big hole appeared in the fur, and his paws were sunk deep in the fur, but only a thin strip of his body was actually touched.
It turned out to be puffiness, I don't know if it was because of starvation.Sheng Cun was a little guilty, thinking about whether to add another meal to them, after all, children are more cute if they are round.
"Gu?"
The cub tilted its head, stared at the claws scratching its belly with wide eyes, and then raised its legs to scratch.However, it soon discovered that the short legs could not reach the target.It looked around viciously, as if no one had noticed its predicament, so it put its legs down silently.
Witnessing the whole process of Shengcun: ah, ah, ah, so cute!The old man's girlish heart!
The cub's irises are very special, not ordinary golden, but close to orange-red, like a pair of small lanterns.
"tolitato."
Sheng Cun leaned down and whispered in the cub's ear.The translation is - "From now on you will be called 'Lantern'".
"total."
The cub grumbled, half-closed its eyes, and turned its head back 180°.
Well, it likes the name a lot.Sheng Cun nodded in satisfaction.
Next, two more.
Sheng Cun grabbed the two fur balls bouncing beside him and looked at them carefully.
One has a bunch of unruly black hair on its forehead, which is still sticking up, so it's called "dumb hair".
The hair on the other leg is extraordinarily lush, as if wearing woolen trousers, so let's call it "long johns".
Shengcun called the three cubs to line up in front of him, spread their wings, and hinted with their eyes.
The cubs looked puzzled, but they still imitated it with dignity.
So he walked in front of the lantern, Daimao and long johns one by one, and touched the wings of each bird——
"From now on, we are a famous family!" Sheng Cun shouted to the sky.
"Guji"? "gugu".
Sheng Cun froze on the spot in embarrassment, watching the cubs shake their heads and squint their eyes and lie back to their original places. The little guys didn't feel the slightest change in this ceremony, and even wanted to yawn a little.
They even opened their mouths wide and begged for food, as if urging: "If you have nothing to do, go out and find something to eat!"
……
Sheng Cun was very wronged, and Sheng Cun was very angry. He wanted to teach this group of lazy white-eyed wolves a lesson.
What stopped him from moving was the long-lost system voice in his mind:
"Di! Congratulations on learning two skills—predating insects and recognizing cubs. The current task progress: 20%, survivability level: elementary. Please continue to work hard."
"Hey, it's fine if you don't have a cheat, why don't you even have a task reminder?" Sheng Cun protested.
"The external environment is changing rapidly, how could there be a reminder?" The voice of the system sounded disdainful, "You only have one life, please be vigilant at all times."
Leaving this sentence behind, the system disappeared again.
Sheng Cun wants to cry but has no tears: Survival is too difficult!
No matter how difficult the day was, he still had to go through it. Seeing the cubs beside him clear their throats and prepare to start the pre-dinner chorus, Sheng Cun resigned himself to his fate and got out of the hole, his wobbly back resembling a vicissitudes old father.
He didn't notice the reflection from the mirrors on the opposite side of the parking lot.
"This male red-horned owl seems to have a wound on its leg, and its flying posture is a bit unnatural." Ding Yi put down his binoculars and wrote down a note in the notebook he carried with him.
"We started to observe two days ago. On the first day, we observed two adult birds alternately hunting. Since yesterday, there is only one male left." Her companion added.
"It is indeed a rare situation... Generally speaking, if a female bird dies, the male bird will immediately abandon the nest." Ding Yi fell into deep thought.
"Then we need to confirm whether there are any adult birds in the nest?"
"Don't get close to the bird's nest, in case there are really adult birds inside, they may give up raising young birds because of human interference."
"Okay, shall we observe for a while?"
"Yes. The staple food of the scops owl is insects, and Hainan is rich in insect resources. They should not have too much food pressure. But if there are no adult birds in the nest, the young birds may not have the ability to resist predators... "
"What if we see baby birds in distress? Do we need human help?"
"Have you forgotten the recorder's principle of never interfering, survival of the fittest, they still live in nature after all."
A bereaved screech owl is doubly stressed, and the family's resilience to risk is multiplied.Therefore, judging from the rate of return on input and output, abandoning the nest is actually the most sensible choice.
Still, there is hope for the brave male and his offspring to survive.Ding Yi looked in the direction of the bird's nest and sighed.
Shengcun, who brought food home, obviously didn't know that his survival plan was not favored. He caught a fat silkworm baby today, and he is in a good mood now.
He threw the prey under his feet, the snow-white silkworm baby was particularly conspicuous, and in the eyes of the cub, it was no different from an exquisite feast.
Looking at the three mouths scrambling to stretch forward in front of him, he started to have a difficult time, who should I give it to?
Unequal distribution of resources will cause big problems sooner or later.
The cubs obviously couldn't wait, Qiuku jumped up and charged towards the food.
Daimao and Lantern followed closely behind, and while running towards the entrance of the cave, they let out a sharp cry, a tone that Shengcun had never heard before.
Seeing that the long johns were about to bite, he suddenly let out a scream. Shengcun saw the lantern grabbing its tail feathers and pulling it back desperately.
Qiu Ku had no choice but to turn around and kick the lantern on the forehead, trying to make it let go.
Dumbao was ecstatic, speeding up silently, intending to make a profit.
The lantern and long johns jumped on it at the same time, and the three cubs quickly wrestled into a ball.
Sheng Cun on the side was stunned: Is this the legendary plastic brotherhood?
There was another scream.
Sheng Cun quickly separated them as if he had just woken up from a dream. Dumao's head was bald, and the lantern spit out the feathers in its mouth, and let out a series of provocative screams.
Shengcun slapped its head with a wing, and the lantern rolled several times in a row, and fell deep in the tree hole.
He kicked one more time, and kicked the remaining two into it.
Then, he picked up the baby silkworm and walked slowly to the entrance of the cave. With a flick of his head, the food fell under the tree and was never found again.
The cubs were stunned by the beating, they just watched with wide-eyed eyes, not daring to move or say a word.
Perhaps true screech owl parents would acquiesce or even encourage nest fighting, because it would help select the strongest offspring.However, Shengcun is only wearing the shell of a screeched owl.
It is not easy for a single-parent family to survive, and the system also requires a 100% survival rate. The few of us disagree with the outside world, how can we survive the competition for survival!
It seems that starting today, the plan to cultivate the cubs' ability to unite and cooperate will be put on the agenda.
Standing in front of them, Shengcun exploded the feathers all over his body, which seemed to swell in a big circle, and the cubs shivered in a corner in fright.
"totatolitokk!"
He warned them in the most vicious tone: "From now on, internal fighting is strictly prohibited!"
The author says:
Both the field of nature photography and the field of ecological research must abide by the principle of never interfering, that is, respect everything that happens in the natural environment, and the staff must not interfere with the activities of species in the natural environment.