The day before yesterday, seagull flew to Kunming for the second time1time. Residents near Cuihu reported this discovery in surprise for the first time. Although these spirits did not land on the lake, people can expect that the beautiful scenery of the city, which lasted for 20 years, will come again as scheduled this year.
Parks or scenic spots with open waters and rich bait, such as Cuihu, Daguanlou, Panlong River and Dianchi Lake, are seagulls' favorite gathering places. In the past 20 years, seagulls have been flying into the downtown area of Spring City, never breaking their promises, having fun with the citizens, forming an old friend relationship and building a beautiful and harmonious urban landscape. With the survival dilemma of seagulls entering the city last year and the arrival of seagulls as scheduled this year, how to sublimate this ordinary natural phenomenon into a part of Kunming's special urban culture has become a topic of common concern for the government and citizens. The most critical issue is how to protect this unique "urban landscape". How to turn "going to Kunming to see seagulls in winter" into cultural tourism resources? Let foreign tourists deepen their impression of Spring City because of seagulls. ...
Different from migratory birds living in the wild, when seagulls fly into the urban area for 2 1 year, it is no longer a natural phenomenon of migratory birds' migration, and it is bound to integrate deeper humanistic feelings. For the government, with the title of "hometown of red-billed gulls", "seagulls in cities" is no longer a simple science popularization problem, but has a strong trace of public affairs.
Therefore, when the sound of "seagulls starving to death" appeared last year, people even worried that seagulls would come next year. The governor sent a letter to the mayor for concern and advice, and the mayor visited Cuihu to set an example for feeding seagulls. Enterprises have donated huge sums of money to seagulls. Despite the danger of bird flu, more citizens are close to seagulls. People of insight call for legislation to protect seagulls. ...
Looking back at last year's report, we can see that the number of seagulls over Panlong River has decreased, the foraging time of seagulls over Cuihu Lake has been postponed from 2 pm to 5 pm, young seagulls starved to death have been found in Dianchi Lake, and seagulls in Kunming have flown to Dali ... All citizens who love seagulls should ask: Will the phenomenon of "seagulls starving to death" that happened last year happen again this year?
We thought, why do seagulls "starve to death"? We will also think about whether the management awareness of the relevant departments is in place in the face of the "urban seagull" public affairs that lasted for 2 1 year. For a long time, the Bird Association, which has actually assumed the role of "Seagull Spokesman", as a single civil society with older members, can it be competent for the role of "authoritative voice"?
Last year, the epidemic of bird flu was considered to be an important cause of seagulls' hunger, but did the seagulls flying to Kunming carry bird flu? There has been no authoritative voice for a long time. What is the risk of infection to people? No authoritative voice. The public is concerned that the number of people feeding gulls is decreasing. Where is the gull food? Where is the organizer who called on the citizens to feed? On the one hand, the Bird Association said that only professional gull food can ensure the nutrition of seagulls. On the other hand, more people can only buy a bag of bread to feed seagulls. Why can't these professional gull foods be produced in time? Is it a question of money? Just reading the report, we can see that the amount of seagull money donated by enterprises last year is not small. Is it because of poor sales or supply channels? Many volunteer units, including enterprises, are enthusiastic, but lack effective organizations ... (Zhang Ming, Zhao Rose, Zeng Peiyun, Zuo Xuejia, Li Rong)
The "advance team" of red-billed gulls entered the city on a large scale after three or four days of exploration in Cuihu.
The news of seagull hunger first appeared in a report in this newspaper last February. Experts from the Bird Association said that seagulls were already in a state of semi-starvation. When such news appeared in newspapers again, it was already mid-June+February, 5438, and seagulls entered Kunming for the 20th time. 65438+February 65438+March, this newspaper published the report "Red-billed Gulls Cry Hungry on Panlong River", from which seagull starvation became a hot spot in Kunming. When the reporter took stock of these related reports last year, some puzzling problems appeared.
Question 1: Is it foreseeable that seagulls will starve to death?
According to the report, the time for red-billed gulls to enter the city last year was 165438+ 10/3. On that day, the first batch of more than 2000 seagulls flew to Cuihu. As in previous years, Kunming environmental protection and epidemic prevention departments, bird associations and citizens have fed a new feed containing anti-avian influenza virus components, paid attention to observing whether seagulls have abnormal reactions, and continued to disinfect and clean seagulls gathering places to prevent the avian influenza virus that seagulls may bring.
The calendar turned to 65438+mid-February, and the news of the decrease of seagulls on Panlong River was reported in newspapers. People heard a powerful voice shouting, "The seagulls are hungry!" " By the end of 65438+February, there were no seagulls on Panlong River. It is understandable that people are afraid of bird flu. According to people familiar with the Bird Association, this concern includes experts.
It is acceptable to reduce the number of seagulls fed by avian influenza, but when the sound of "seagulls starving to death" appeared, it was reported at that time that it was inconclusive whether seagulls carried avian influenza virus. Then why did the sound wait until the seagulls in Panlong River starved to death, and the seagulls in Cuihu Lake stayed abnormally until 5 pm (because they didn't have enough to eat)? This sound is a month apart from the time when seagulls entered the city for the 20th time. Why can't the seagulls cry for hunger when they just enter the city? Is it really unpredictable that seagulls will starve to death? What's more, the voice of "red-billed gull is half hungry" was not a "patent" in the winter of 2005.
Question 2: How much food do seagulls eat a year?
Last year was the loudest year of "seagulls starving". When collecting survey data, the reporter found that the sound of seagulls starving appeared as early as February last year. At that time, an enterprise in Yunnan donated 500,000 yuan to the Bird Association for seagull research and special feed production. 500,000 yuan is not a small sum, but the reporter didn't find any relevant reports about the final destination of this 500,000 yuan, but what we clearly know is that by the end of the year, when experts shouted that seagulls were hungry and Kunming took action to retain seagulls, everyone's donation intention was to produce special feed for seagulls. How much gull food do seagulls need a year?
According to related reports, in previous years, the special feed for seagulls did not exceed 40 tons, but in 2005, the output of special feed for seagulls more than doubled, that is, about 80 tons. Do Kunming gulls eat 40 tons or 80 tons of gull food a year?
In a report published in the newspaper on June 5438+065438+1October 18, 2004, "According to the bird coordination survey, the wintering seagulls in Kunming naturally feed in the wild, and the food they eat is fish, mollusks, insects and a small amount of plants and garbage, of which fish accounts for more than 95% and mollusks account for 0.2/kl. This shows that seagulls are carnivorous birds dominated by fish. However, seagulls have strong adaptability to the environment, and seagulls entering the city can still eat bread and steamed bread fed by people. Some experts found that the red-billed gull, whose staple food is bread and steamed bread, weighs only 229 grams, while the fish outside the city weighs 290 grams. The difference between the two is 7 1 g, which has attracted the attention of relevant experts. " Here are some figures, but from these figures, we still can't know exactly how much food a seagull will eat in a day. How much food can they find by themselves in a day? What percentage of gull food is artificially fed in a day? What percentage of people throw steamed bread and bread at seagulls? During the interview, some citizens expressed doubts about the quantity and price of special gull food. A person in the garden industry even admitted that the authoritative monopoly of special gull food actually blocked the supply channels of gull food.
Chain connection
Replay of seagull report in Spring City Evening News last year
Last year was the 20th anniversary of seagulls flying to Kunming. In this year worthy of pride and celebration of Kunming people, a cruel reality is before us: seagulls are hungry! When the news that shook every corner of Kunming was reported by the media, citizens went to Cuihu to see seagulls, and enterprises donated love money to produce seagull food ... last year was enough. What about this year? Will seagulls go hungry again this year?
In February 2005, Wang Zijiang, an expert from the Bird Association, said: "At present, the living conditions of red-billed gulls are getting worse and worse, and the protection work faces many difficulties, such as insufficient feed supply and poor sales; There are more bird watchers and fewer bird feeders, which makes seagulls semi-hungry; Illegal firecrackers disturb seagulls; Insufficient food, unable to migrate, etc. "
In May, 2005, the newspaper's urban news began with the search for old photos of seagulls, and opened up a special report on the 20th anniversary of seagulls' entry into the city in 2005. During the two-month reporting process, many citizens sent their old photos of seagulls to the editorial department of this newspaper, and everyone was willing to share these precious historical moments with you.
In an interview with reporters from June 5 to 10, 2005, Wang Zijiang predicted that seagulls would enter the city from June 6 to 10, 2005. Since the red-billed gull first flew into the main city of Kunming in 1985, almost every year in the middle and late period of 10, these elves will fly into Dianchi Lake from the far north, stay in Dianchi Lake for nearly 1 month, and begin to enter the city one after another.
On the morning of June 5438+1October 65438+March, 2005, our hotline received a report from the public: on the morning of June 65438+1October 65438+February, seagulls were found in the high-tech zone! Citizen Wang Kunsheng was running in the morning when he suddenly saw a group of hovering birds in the sky. At first, he thought it was a pigeon, but on closer inspection, it turned out to be a seagull. (Zhang Rose Zeng Peiyun Zuo Lirong)