There are many birds in Qingbailong area of Feidong county, and blackbirds breed in large numbers, which wastes crops ()

Xie Daoshun has been farming all his life, and all kinds of farm work are fine. Now he can't help the birds: "These blackbirds eat everything, and corn, green beans, rape and even peanuts buried in the soil can be pulled out and eaten. There is really no way to take these little creatures! " Xie Daoshun's experience is a common phenomenon in Bailong Town, Feidong County. At present, it is a good thing to return farmland to forests, restore ecological vegetation and breed birds. I didn't expect that too many birds would cause disaster. A black finch with no name, like a robber, makes farmers miserable.

Unknown blackbirds eat everything.

It's only 40 kilometers' drive from Hefei to Bailong Town. There are trees all the way, and flocks of birds are seen flying by the car from time to time. Most of these birds are magpies, turtledoves and unknown blackbirds. Drivers who are not well off are still happy with the improvement of the ecological environment. If you want to stop and ask the farmers doing farm work by the roadside, they will shake their heads and sigh: these blackbirds are simply robbers!

Chen Daosheng, a retired teacher in Sanhe Village, Bailong Town, planted several ridges of green beans, which was originally hoped to be an appetizer. The beans are almost ripe, so it's better for these blackbirds to have their first bite before he tastes them. "Flying around in groups, I can't get rid of it, I ate it all!" Teacher Chen sighed.

There is a fig tree in the yard of Xing Wenquan, a villager group in Diaozhuang, which has achieved fruitful results this year. But before it was fully mature, the blackbird came to visit. "Eat day and night, be blown away and fly back, guerrilla war with you. You can't stop working and watch it at home! "

Xing Zhifu, a villager in the same village, went to work in an enterprise in Feidongnan ten years ago. A row of persimmon trees was planted in front of his house. In the past, persimmon sales were not smooth, and no one picked it in the mature season, and it rotted in the branches. There is no shortage of market now-persimmons are red, all kinds of birds fly and peck, and they will be eaten up in a few days. "It is said that eating persimmons should be picked and pinched. These birds also know this truth. They choose big and red soft persimmons. "

Xing Zhiru of Xinggang village group planted several acres of rapeseed last winter, which was also ruined by these blackbirds. Xing Zhiru said that it was replanted several times later, and finally covered with plastic film to solve the problem. According to the villagers, these blackbirds love to eat the tender shoots of vegetables, especially at the turn of winter and spring, when there is nothing to eat in the fields, rape seedlings will suffer.

What's worse is spring ploughing or crop ripening season. Farmers generally report that it eats peanuts that have just been ordered in spring; In the coming corn ripening season, it will be destroyed. It has been found that these finches peel off the corn cob with their mouths, stick their heads in and dig out the corn kernels to eat. "It doesn't matter if you just eat a little. The problem is that after the corn cob is peeled off, the rain will flood in and the whole corn cob will rot. It's a pity. "

Bird expert: It may be myna.

So what are the real names of these blackbirds? The reporter telephoned Lei Yu, a bird expert, vice president of Anhui Bird Watching Association and a graduate student of Anhui Academy of Life Sciences. He judged that it might be a blackbird or a starling. However, Lei Yu said that blackbirds are beneficial birds, and they only eat pests and don't eat crops. According to the description, this blackbird has a small crown on its head, and Lei Yu judged that it is more likely to be a myna. He said that myna is indeed an omnivorous bird, widely distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and Anhui is its main habitat. He said this is a bird that should be protected and can't be hurt. As for how the bird hurt the crops, Lei Yu said that he didn't see the scene with his own eyes and couldn't give advice.

The reporter found on the Internet that there are also reports of birds endangering crops in Zhejiang and other places. According to Jinhua Evening News, there is also a "bird disease" in Xingfu Village, Ganxi Town, Wucheng District. According to the article, from 3 pm to 5 pm every day, it is not clear whether there are thousands or tens of thousands of them, and only one piece flies in the dark, just like computer stunts in science fiction movies, mainly "cowshed birds" and several sparrows.

According to the article, the villagers in the village mainly plant rape in winter, which coincides with the sowing date of rape, but it is busy for the rape growers in the village. Every day, thousands of cowherd birds fly to clean and eat the newly sprouted rape seedlings. Some villagers replanted three or four times before and after, and finally successfully raised seedlings with plastic film. When rape seedlings grow tall, birds will not eat them, but will eat the tender leaves of vegetables. The vegetable leaves in the field are like being pecked by a chicken, and they are all broken. Many birds have caused trouble and become the troubles of the happy village. (Down to Version 8)

I didn't expect it to be a disaster.

According to the farmers in the village, the number of birds has increased in recent years. The main reasons are: returning farmland to forests, and the rural population has dropped sharply. Vegetation in rural areas has been greatly restored and improved, providing living space for bird breeding. Take Happy Village in Bailong Town as an example. Zhou Hua, the village party secretary, said that the village has 4,200 mu of farmland, 1.600 mu of poplars. The reporter saw in the village that there are many poplars on both sides of the country road, and groups of birds are flying around in it, so happy!

There is another phenomenon, that is, a large number of existing rural people go to cities, leaving only women, children, the elderly and the weak in the village. Take Happiness Village as an example. According to Zhou Hua, the registered population of this village is more than 3 180, and now less than13 really live in the countryside. As Ouyang Xiu's masterpiece "Preface to Drunk Pavilion" said, "When tourists go, birds sing happily." In the happy village of Diaozhuang, the reporter saw that in broad daylight, the village was quiet. The scene of people screaming at ducks disappeared in those days, but only a few old people working in the farmland were occasionally seen. In Xiaohei's villagers' group, the reporter saw that many people were "iron generals" guarding the door. Where did everyone go? When I ask, I work in the city. An 80-year-old woman surnamed Sheng pointed to the row of houses with special foreign flavor and told reporters that it was built by several sons of Teacher Yue Chengshu. "I heard that they all have houses in Hefei and will not come back to live."

In recent years, rural farming has also been modernized, and "rotary cultivators" have been used, and cows that used to be necessary for every farmer have also been laid off. Cattle-raising is almost extinct in many villages. Without cows to eat, the grass on the ridge grows wildly. Zhu, a villager in Diaozhuang village, bought a herbicide for weeding. She said: "There is no way. If you don't fight for a few days, the grass is knee-deep and you can't even walk on the next piece of land. " There are many trees, deep grass and few people, which provide a natural hotbed for the massive reproduction of birds.

Agricultural experts explored the disaster in the rain.

Yesterday morning, Lu Xiaolin, president of Hefei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and his party rushed to Bailong Town in the rain to visit the "bird disaster" at the invitation of reporters. Hearing the arrival of agricultural experts, farmers working in Tiantou gathered to tell the story of the disaster. The villagers said that they had been harmed by this bird for seven or eight years. It should be a migratory bird, because it comes every spring, but it won't come after the autumn harvest.

Wang Haijun, the stationmaster of Bailong Town Agricultural Technology Station, took the reporter and Lv Xiaolin to a field in his backyard. From a distance, you can see that a large cornfield has been pecked out of shape. "They can peck off all the shells of mature corn and then eat the corn kernels one by one." Wang Haijun broke off the corn in his cornfield, and the reporter saw that the whole just-matured corn only contained corn cobs.

Besides corn, blackbirds also like to eat peanuts, soybeans and fruits. "When ploughing in the spring and autumn every year, the seeds that farmers have just planted are all pulled out by them, which is very destructive." Wang Haijun said that the fruit farmers had a good idea, that is, tie the ribbon around the orchard, which will glow under the reflection of light. "After tying this ribbon, it is obvious that those blackbirds dare not lick the fruit any more." Orchard area is small, it is feasible to tie ribbons, and farmland area is too large to be surrounded by ribbons.

How to deal with this bird expert is also at a loss.

During the interview, a group of blackbirds suddenly flew over the reporter's head, which was very aggressive. The villagers say this is the black sparrow. The reporter saw that these black finches are smaller than gray magpies, with short tails and black feathers all over their bodies, except for some white hairs on their wings.

Wang Haijun pointed to a small black hole in his house and said, That's where blackbirds nest. According to local residents, because local houses always leave a small hole on the roof, the surface looks small, but there is Gan Kun inside. "It's actually empty, about ten square meters in size, so it's better for them to nest inside."

"Birds today are protected animals. Although I don't know what bird it is, I dare not use pesticides. If you hurt them, that's not good. " Wang Haijun said that he couldn't think of a good way to drive away the birds, so the villagers had to let it kill them.

Can people live in harmony with birds? Two experts from Hefei Academy of Agricultural Sciences said: "The old revolution encountered new problems", and they had never been exposed to this bird before. "To find a way to deal with it, I think we should first figure out what kind of bird it is, analyze its habits, and then find a targeted solution."

Several experts said that they would bring back the photo of the bird as soon as possible, consult the bird experts and discuss the solution.

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Characteristics and habits of myna

Starlings are also called thrush, parrot, Gao Han, huahua and ebony. It belongs to passeriformes, passeriformes. Widely distributed in South China, Southwest China, Taiwan Province Province, Hainan and other places. Myna's whole body feathers are black and shiny, and its mouth and feet are yellow; Forehead feathers stand like a crown; There are white spots on the wings, which are particularly obvious when flying. From below, they look like the word "eight", hence the name; The tail feather is white at the end.

Generally, they live in villages, pastoral areas and the edge of mountains in the plain and have a happy sex life. They often stand on the backs of buffaloes, often dance in the air in large groups at dusk, and will inhabit after a while. Spend the night in bamboo forests, trees or reeds, and live in groups with other starlings or crows.

Omnivorous, often follow farmers and cattle to pick up earthworms, insects, worms and so on. The plant food of myna is mostly the seeds of various plants and weeds, as well as the stems and leaves of figs and vegetables.