What kind of bird is a thrush?

Scientific name: crested thrush, also known as tiger thrush and golden thrush. It is classified as thrush subfamily of passeriformes. The body is about 23 cm long. Weighing 50 ~ 75g. It mainly grows in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places in China, and also exists in Taiwan Province Province, but its appearance is slightly different. This kind of bird is a common resident bird, mainly inhabiting the dense bushes in the hills below 1000 meters above sea level, and likes to sing on the branches in the twilight. Thrush birds are secretive, timid and territorial, while males are fierce and aggressive. Usually only in autumn do they appear in groups of three or five, and their calls are bright and pleasant. They are the best songbirds, and they are often caught and bred into caged birds. Because thrush males are aggressive, they are trained to fight, watch football and even gamble in many places. Thrush birds are omnivorous and mainly eat fruits, berries, seeds and insects. The main feed for captive thrush is fried rice with eggs and proper leaves and insects. Every spring and summer, offspring begin to breed, and a nest produces about 3 to 6 eggs. Thrush birds are widely loved by bird lovers all over the world. Carey thrush, in particular, is the best among thrush birds, and is deeply loved by thrush lovers all over the country because of its ability to sing and fight. Thrush lovers are proud to have an authentic Kaili Thrush.

Domestication of thrush

Thrushcross is a wild bird that lives in Shan Ye. Its range of activities is mostly in inaccessible places, so it is wild. General breeding sources are purchased from bird shops.

Young thrush birds are gentle and easy to raise artificially, while adult birds are strong and difficult to tame because they are used to living in Shan Ye, but because of their strong physique, they are better at singing and fighting than adult birds, so they are liked by players.

Its breeding and training, if not very experienced and patient, is difficult to succeed. The main difference between thrush feeding and training success lies in whether it can hug and sing. If it can't be held in your hand and is only good at singing, it can't be regarded as a good bird, that is, it is just a bird that has never played. Holding a bird is the most important and difficult kung fu to raise a thrush.

Feeding and training of chicks: Players divide chicks into three stages: brooding, fluffy and eclosion. Newborn chicks are called brooding, those with feathers are called fluffy, and those with feathers are called feathering. Birds in these three periods are the most docile, not afraid of strangers and easy to raise. Skipping these three periods is not something that people who are first exposed to thrush can do.

How to train thrush? In the mid-Qing Dynasty, Chen Junzhe wrote a famous book "Talking with Thrush", in which he wrote: The method of raising children should be especially wary of foreign invasion, so that they can learn from others, so that cats and dogs can learn from each other and be neighbors. If they are not poisonous, they will not be afraid, and their food will be safe. He added: On a sunny day, under the shade of flowers, when I hear birds chirping, or when people chirping, it seems to ring in a circle, and the vector sound is endless. I wonder if it is in a cage. The voice is light and bright, and it can tone people's voices with songs, which can make cats and dogs, flutes, chickens and birds sing. They are all self-taught. At the beginning of teaching, when he was young, he lay on his side and hit the cage with a stick every night to wake him up and make him sing, which can make him sing Xiao for a long time. If you don't spit out the sound at first, if you want to tell whether it is possible, you should first put it in the murmur of a mountain stream and listen to its whisper, that is, those who are brave can sing can teach ... This is an ancient method of raising thrush in China, which has roughly explained the main points.

-After you get the chicken, you can put cotton cloth or shredded paper under the small paper box to keep it alive. When the chicken is chirping, grind the tip of the chicken into an oval shape, stir the feed slurry at its mouth for about 20 to 30 minutes, and pay attention to its defecation. The time can be increased or decreased as appropriate. When feeding, remove the poop until its feathers are gradually enriched and it can peck by itself.

Adult bird training: After eight or nine months of training in the wild, young birds have full wings and can choose a mate, move and live an independent life. At this time, birds often jump around branches, so they are called jumping branches. In fact, it is a fully mature adult bird. After that, the older you get, the stronger you get, the better you sing, but the harder it is to tame. Every time I meet a stranger, I will break free and kiss and jump. Even so, most players still like to use this bird age for training.

Because domestication is difficult, but there is no way. Once the training is successful, most of them are excellent singers and soldiers. Birds in this period did not jump in panic when they first entered the feeding cage. At this time, it must be raised in a short cage with dense bamboo sticks. At the beginning, put the curtain down, don't let it appear, put it in a noisy place, and let it get used to the human voice first. When you get used to it, open the curtain half way to show it to people. After it is not afraid of people, it will be placed in a flock of birds and let it sing gradually until it is tamed and skilled, and then sing it high, so that it will not give up all its efforts. Thrushcross has a gifted voice and a stubborn and aggressive personality. In other words, training thrush is not only to eliminate its wildness, but also to make it adapt to the living environment of human beings, carefree and considerate, singing all day long and making people feel comfortable. To achieve this artistic conception, it is not like learning a computer, you can learn it through hard work. If you want to raise a thrush, you can sing softly and be brave and good at fighting. In addition to a high degree of patience and long-term feeding, we must follow the nature of birds and develop step by step to have a hope of success.

The trilogy of bird training generally trains thrush; It is divided into bird walking, bird leaning and fighting practice.

Bird Walking: A tame bird becomes wild and scared when it sees a stranger or a different environment. This means that the usual contact range is too small, so you will be afraid of life at the same time. The best way to eliminate this phenomenon is to go out with a birdcage in the early morning and dusk, and hang the birdcage on a tree in the park woodland to make it sing and adapt to the changes in the new environment. When marching, you need to lift the cage and put down the cage clothes. When walking with people, swing your arms naturally, and remember not to be too violent. When walking the bird, gradually open the cage until all the curtains are opened, no longer beating, no longer afraid. I'm a great bird walker.

Rely on birds: Thrushcross is best at imitating the calls of the same kind and other birds. In order to learn more songs, we need to take it to a bird farm or a place where there are many birds, so that it can enjoy and learn the songs of good singers. After a long time, naturally it will learn from these good birds and sing loudly, which will be more varied and beautiful. What we should pay special attention to is that thrush is competitive. If it is absolutely sure, it should never be too close to the singing thrush. And it has to put down its cage clothes so that it can only hear voices and not face to face. As soon as you find it tired, you should help it up at once. If you fail, it may affect it and you will not sing for life.

Fighting practice: Only after the thrush is trained can he learn to fight, thus improving his fighting skills. At first, we just need to make small fights instead of fighting. It's not cost-effective to fight the bird king who dominates the bird altar. Otherwise, the defeat will be like a mountain, and morale will be hard to boost. It's not worthwhile to quit without a fight. You should choose a person of equal strength to practice, separate them at the right time and stop fighting, so that both birds will think that they have defeated each other, gloating and screaming. Only by practicing step by step can you become more and more brave. Formal meetings will naturally go forward and cut a dash.

2. Ouyang Xiu's poem "Thrushcross Bird".

A thousand voices move at will,

The height of mountain flowers, red and purple trees.

All I know is that the lock is listening to the golden cage.

Not as comfortable as the Woods.

[Notes]

Free action: fly freely in the Woods.

② Tree height: high or low in the forest.

③ Golden birdcage: a birdcage inlaid with gold.

(3) Hundred tones: describe the cunning and changefulness of thrush.

4 I began to know: I just know now.

Better: far behind.

[explanation]

When I came to the Woods, I saw blackbirds flying freely on the branches full of red, purple and purple mountain flowers, and heard them singing happily on the high and low treetops. He couldn't help feeling that if they were locked up, even in golden cages, they wouldn't sing such beautiful songs. Because freedom is the premise of a happy life. Birds are like this, aren't people like this?

[Modern Translation]

The cries of hundreds of birds echoed at will,

(Right there). Mountain flowers are in full bloom, trees are high and horses are low.

I just realized: (before) I heard the cry of a thrush in a golden cage.

Not as free as singing when you swim in the forest.

[Appreciation] This article expresses the mind by chanting thrush, and the poem is entitled "Tongue of Bai Wen in County Zhai". Thrush and tongue are euphemistic songbirds. The poet also wrote in the poem "Birds Singing" that "it's beautiful to sleep in the south window, and the tongue doesn't dawn to urge the morning. The oriole is lovely in color and dumb as a baby. " This shows his appreciation of "free singing in the forest". Through the comparison with "locked in a golden cage", we can see the poet's psychology of breaking free and yearning for freedom. The poet used to be an official in the DPRK, but later he was implicated in the party struggle and was demoted to know the prefecture and magistrate. These two sentences are probably suppressed.

In Ouyang Xiu's "Thrushcross Birds", the first two sentences describe the scenery: thrush birds call one after another, one high and one low, making the colorful mountain flowers more pleasing to the eye. The last two lyrical sentences: Seeing those birds in cages, I really envy thrush flying in the forest, free and unrestrained. What should also be known here is that Ouyang Xiu, the author, was banished to Chuzhou at this time because he was excluded from the DPRK, which shows the mood of writing this poem.

Writing a thrush is really about yourself, and the expression of thrush birds is to retire from the mountains, not

A bound heart song. Look at the flowers, lush green leaves, and care about the purple robe with gold belt; Infinite happiness

Happiness and ease are like a clear stream in the mountains, washing away the dust in the world, leaving only a pleasant rhyme flowing.

Use contrast: compare the first two sentences (writing a free thrush) with the last two sentences (writing a thrush trapped in a cage and losing his freedom)!