Grain Rain ｜ Social cattle in summer： can understand Cantonese, English and bird language.

Original Nan Zhaoxu released in Shenzhen.

Today, Grain Rain

Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring.

Shenzhen in 2024 has created 73 years.

The earliest record of entering summer—

March 22nd

It’s summer than the average year in Shenzhen-April 20th.

29 days early.

Warm temperatures, warm rain

Ignite the hormones in life

Birds communicate and send messages on weekdays.

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Courtship period conveys affection and attracts the singing of spouses.

The courtship call of the cuckoo is one of the farthest bird calls in Shenzhen. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

Excited magpie. When courtship comes, birds sing louder and more tactfully than they sing. Mori myna photo

Mirror, mirror, please answer: Who is the most beautiful bird in the world? A black-collared starling chirping in the mirror. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

During the courtship period, the white-breasted bird cries "kue, kue, kue", which sounds like "bitter, bitter" and repeats all night. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

Thrushcross’s cry is euphemistic and beautiful, and its timbre is loud. Thrush is a national second-class protected wild animal. Capturing, buying and selling, and keeping thrush in captivity all violate the law. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

Flying gives birds the widest space to move. They easily cross mountains, oceans, valleys and cliffs. They freely pass through traffic, high walls and skyscrapers. They arrogantly ignore traffic lights, boundary lines and guards and reach the places they want to reach according to their own wishes and abilities.

If you see every kind of bird in Shenzhen

That means-

You have traveled everywhere in Shenzhen.

mountain ridge

In recent years, Phoenix Mountain with lush forests has recorded some surprising rare transit birds and winter migratory birds.

Winter migratory birds and transit birds recorded in Fenghuang Mountain in 2022. Red-tailed songbird (first part), Japanese songbird (middle part) and brown-bellied great fairy owl (second part). From October to March every year, tens of thousands of migratory birds will pass through Shenzhen or spend the winter in Shenzhen during their migration. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

Red-eared snipe with food in its mouth but not affecting its singing. The singing of birds not only conveys the call to the opposite sex, but also declares the field and warns the same sex. Zeng Hongmei

lake

Tiegang reservoir wetland is a typical freshwater ecosystem. The average annual rainfall in Shenzhen is 1935.8 mm, which is 3.1 times that of China (628 mm) and 2.3 times that of the global land (834 mm). Adequate rainfall brings a developed freshwater ecosystem to Shenzhen.

There are three common herons in Shenzhen: Little Egret (top), Pond Egret (middle) and Night Egret (bottom). Heron bird is an important role in wetland, and it is also an indicator of the quality of water environment. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

Singing on the water is small (pì t ī). The courtship song of birds is often a series of continuous melodies with multiple syllables. Mori myna photo

Rivers and estuaries

The Dasha River enters the sea at sunset. Dasha River, which originated in Yangtai Mountain, enters the sea in Shenzhen Bay. The river flowing day and night is the link between the land and the sea, and many waterfowl living by the sea will fly along the river to feed. Photo courtesy of Shenzhen Riverbend Center

White-breasted jadeite (top), red-billed gull (middle) and brown-backed shrike (bottom) lingering between the river and the coast.

The "meow-meow-meow" is often heard in the grass by the river, which is actually the singing of the yellow-bellied sandpiper. Mori myna photo

city proper

In Shenzhen, there are more than 50 species of urban birds living with people all the year round. In the busy, noisy and crowded city, urban birds have found a unique way to survive.

Myna sucking honey in the flaming wood flowers of green trees (top), sparrow living in abandoned water pipes (middle) and red-billed blue magpie on the monitor (bottom). Looking for rations in human waste, using human beings to deter natural enemies, and building shelters in the gaps of viaducts, buildings and sewers … Urban birds have found a unique way to survive. Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

The singing bulbul. Scholars’ research proves that the Chinese bulbul also has its own "dialect". There is a high consistency in the names of birds in a stable area, and the Chinese bulbul in different regions and communities will have different voices. It’s like human’s "ten miles of different sounds". Mori myna photo

The summer migratory bird swallow is a bird close to human beings, and it will nest and raise children in old houses and billboards. Mori myna photo

forest

The jungle-covered Maluan Mountain. The forest is a sophisticated and complex ecosystem on the land of Shenzhen, inhabited by a large number of birds.

Beaded-necked turtledove (top) and black-eared kite are a little smoky (bottom). Photo by Nan Zhaoxu

A series of chirps of the cuckoo in one breath. Mori myna photo

The chirping of the raptor snake carving is not fierce. Mori myna photo

Singing in the dark

In the urban area under the full moon, you can hear many birds singing in the dark on a quiet night. Photo by Shen yuming.

One of the owls that come out to feed at night, the brown owl (I) and the cute-looking collared owl (II) Photo by Liu Meijiao and Wu Jianhui.

The song of the spotted snipe (xiū liú) in the dark sounds beautiful and a little strange. Carp bird watching photo

Birds are the wild animals with the most words and the most beautiful sounds around us. In the morning, they wake you up outside the window; On the way to work, they accompany you in the street trees; They, like you, build a nest and settle down on the land of land and gold, and have children; Running through the high-rise city, struggling to survive. Of course, they are just like you—

Brought the poetry of life to this city.

Original title: "Grain Rain | Social Cattle in Summer: Understanding Cantonese, English and Bird Language"

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