Unforgettable Na Pianhai-Bird Watching in Shangri-La

At this time, the gloomy sky of the city and the blue sky of Shangri-La are like two worlds. Indeed, there are two worlds, and there is heaven on the plateau.

Zazie Hoko

At the end of 20 17, I was lucky enough to participate in the bird watching contest in Shangri-La, Yunnan. When I first entered Shangri-La, I went on a 20 1 1 year pure tour. Apart from remembering the names of Van Gogh and Pratso National Parks at that time, if you don't turn over the photos, you won't be impressed. I'm here to watch birds this time. I think I will never forget the Na Pianhai of Shangri-La-Napahai.

Napahai

In the twilight, Napahai, the lake is dense, and tens of thousands of waterfowl such as geese and ducks quietly inhabit here, waiting for the sun. At eight o'clock, the color of the eastern sky changed and the outline of the mountain gradually blurred. The opposite hill is first bathed in sunshine, as warm as Rizhao Jinshan. Soon, the geese in the sea got sunshine and gradually became active. We originally planned to go directly to the Alpine Botanical Garden, but we were stunned by a large group of wild geese, merganser, red-necked ducks, wild ducks, needle-tailed ducks, red-headed diving ducks, white-eyed diving ducks, bare-breasted ducks, small PT, crested PT, crested chickens, cormorants, red-billed gulls and red-billed gulls ... The shutter of the camera was frequently pressed, and I don't know how many photos were received. Along the way, the blue of Napahai is also bright, as blue as heaven. Mobile phones record landscapes and cameras record waterfowl.

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Seasonal floods gave birth to the vast Ira grassland in Napa Sea. In winter, the grass is yellow. Although there are no luxuriant folded weeds in summer, it attracts wintering black-necked cranes, black storks and white-tailed sea eagles ..... When I first saw 2-3 black-necked cranes, I was moved by their elegant gestures. Unexpectedly, black-necked cranes can be seen everywhere on the grassland, or strolling leisurely, or looking down for food, or flying high. Obviously, the grassland habitat is safe, and the black-necked crane has settled in Napa Sea in winter. It is no exaggeration to say that the black-necked crane is the signature bird species of Shangri-La. Hei He is also one of the owners of the grassland, with black body, white abdomen, long mouth and bright red legs, and graceful posture. The black neck glows blue-green in the sun, and the flying posture is very beautiful. You can often see groups of Hei He standing in a row on the grass. The name of the white-tailed seahawk is like thunder, which is the object of many birdwatchers' hearts. On the first day, I searched hard and finally saw it on the distant grass. I didn't expect to see the white-tailed sea eagle in Napahai every day, and it is getting closer and closer, in the sky and on the ground.

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The most unforgettable bird is the prairie carving. That day, we were looking at the black-necked crane in the field by the roadside. Suddenly, I felt a big bird flying in front of me. The telescope was raised, raptor! It is landing, landing firmly on the rocks on the hillside opposite the highway. Yes, it is a sculpture! It's the first time to see a raptor at such close range. Watch it from landing, standing, taking off, spreading its wings and soaring. That's awesome! And record it with a camera. It is really exciting! No wonder so many people like the arrogant and unruly raptor, which represents strength. After consulting, it turned out to be Acheng! When I came back to check the Raptor Manual, I found that grassland carvings are only distributed in the northeast, northwest and southwest, and the color of adult birds is light brown or brown. Under the wings, you can see an obvious white broadband, which separates the flying feathers from the covered feathers. This band gradually shrinks with age. Moreover, the length of the mouth crack of grassland carving can reach the middle and back of the eye, which is obviously deeper than other carvings and can be used as an important basis for identification.

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Lamangcuo Lake Songzanlin Temple

Lake Lamancuo in front of Songzanlin Temple is one of the match points. It was dawn when I arrived, and the fog wrapped around the lake. I can't help but be immersed in it and forget that I'm here to watch birds. Slowly, the first ray of sunshine in the morning falls on Songzanlin Temple across the lake. The originally cold and dim temples are resplendent in the sun, and the calm lakes in the water reflect the scattered temples, which are progressive and beautiful! Walking on the wooden plank road, from time to time came the cries of geese and ducks. It's dawn, let's go! Suddenly, three pheasants flew out of the grass. Sorry to disturb them, but the pheasant suddenly flew to the opposite hillside. In front of the reed pole stood a little black, which turned out to be an emu. Its brown feathers were covered with spots and its tail feathers were tilted high. Birds are chirping more and more frequently. It turned out to be a group of suzaku chasing each other. The value of the male rosefinch is not bad, but the female bird is gloomy and dreary. Teams are confused about the identity of Suzaku. Completing such a difficult homework is at least equivalent to the level of graduate students. It is said that beautiful suzaku often feeds on cow dung, for example, flowers inserted in cow dung suddenly feel uncomfortable. In the morning, we collected yellow-bellied Claudia's warbler and brown-breasted rock pipit, but it seems that there are no more collections, and they have moved to other places. After coming back, there was a bird in the backlight of Meihua, which was suspected to be a colorful bird warbler. What, did you hear me right, colorful bird warbler? I only looked at the color map at night and said it would be nice if I could see it! Because the face value is bursting! This is the target bird of my trip. Later, I heard that other teams photographed colorful songbirds by the lake, and Meihua was annoyed! So we decided to go to Lake Layangcuo again in the last afternoon.

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We went to Songzanlin Temple twice for colorful birds. Because it was the last half-day activity, after seeing the colorful flowers, we decided to go to the famous Songzanlin Temple. At noon, the search for colorful flowers failed all the way. Suddenly, teammate Lan Xiu (Taiping Bird) pointed to a big thing squatting on the hillside, OMG, which was completely unobstructed. That's an owl! Honey, this is great! The camera suddenly caught fire. Call the captain in another place quickly. When he saw it, it was a short-eared owl! This made him so excited that he almost cried when he saw him, because his real name was short-eared owl! The short-eared owl who was resting may have sensed an uninvited guest, opened Huang Chengcheng's eyes and suddenly flew away. The captain said that the short-eared owl is a new recorded species in Shangri-La, and there is no doubt that the short-eared owl is the supreme bird species of our team. If the other team has no record, it may be the highest bird species in this bird competition (sure enough, our short-eared owl finally won the highest bird species award and the best photography award! )。 The unexpected receipt of the short-eared owl aroused our excitement, so we had to take a group photo as a souvenir and call it "the hillside of the short-eared owl". Continue to search around Lamancuo Lake, thinking that it would be perfect if another colorful bird warbler came today. Unexpectedly, the captain received an ordinary crake that is not common here. Further, it is really difficult to detect marijuana, and it is not easy to detect marijuana similar to straw color. I don't understand why marijuana stretches its neck so long. This seems to be its signature move. After a long walk, these flowers have no fruit. At half past two in the afternoon, we were hungry and had some dry food. Ok, let's go to Songzanlin Temple.

Besides, Kadansong Zanlin Temple. After entering the door, the professional commentator gave you a popular science about the historical reasons of temples and Tibetan Buddhism. Gadansong Zanlin Temple is called "Little Potala Palace" and is one of the six major Buddhist temples in Tibet. "Gadan" is to inherit the Gadan Temple founded by founder Zong Kaba; "Loose" refers to three, and "praise" refers to the place where God goes; "Lin" means "temple". This is not only a temple, but also a temple and Buddhist college, with a strict organizational structure. After resting for two times, I finally panted up the steps of 143, and arrived at the main square. Groups of red-billed Western jackdaw circled overhead. Compared with the temples in Han areas, the temples of Tibetan Buddhism give people a solemn feeling. Without looking carefully, we are still thinking about colorful birds.

Back in the lake area, teammate Meihua suddenly found the Gao Shanlin sparrow and saw it along the wood of the highland barley frame. No wonder it is called linque, which is a rare bird! Huahua said that it is really good luck to come out of the temple! It's getting dark, and Meihua said she had a hunch that she would definitely see the colorful bird warbler again. We went back to the place where Meihua met Cai Hua the day before, and people were tired. They leaned quietly on the edge of the plank road, looking for Cai Hua's voice with their ears. After about seven or eight minutes, I heard a slender voice. Meihua said great, that's it! Press down the excitement in your heart and stare at the direction of the sound with your eyes wide open. Soon, a purple-blue bird appears in front of you. Let's enjoy it with a telescope first. It's beautiful! Why not let people like it! Colorful birds and warblers are also very cooperative, up and down or so, so that you can see enough and take enough pictures before you go! I am excited to embrace Meihua, unite with Meimei, and finally end up perfectly! Sigh at the magical Lake La Yang Cuo, short-eared owl+colorful bird warbler! Meihua was even more excited. When she met for the second time, she was annoyed that she had not seen it clearly before. Unfortunately, when two teammates at the other end arrived, the lottery ticket had disappeared, leaving some regrets.

In three days, I walked around Napahai and surrounding villages. 3300 meters, I have long forgotten the discomfort of the plateau. Unforgettable is the beautiful scenery and birds that God gave to Napa Sea.