Golden Fishery

Driving the sports car back to the fishing ground, the only thing Qin Shiou felt meaningful was the encouragement to Powell.

Powell has always wanted to be a racing driver, but there is a big gap between ATVs and racing cars, so when he saw the stylish Porsche 918, his eyes lit up.

Qin Shiou asked him to get into the car and sit down to find out the feeling. Under his instruction, Powell started the car, roared on the spot for a while, trembling with excitement, and kept asking, "Is this the racing car? Is this the feeling of driving a racing car?" '.

"What you have to do now is to study and exercise. Studying will develop your brain, and exercising will make you have a strong body. After you get your driver's license, I will allow you to drive a sports car on the road!"

Qin Shiou drew a big pie for Powell. From that night on, Powell became different from Gordon and others. He fought alone in the bedroom with a book in his arms, and asked Winnie any questions he didn't know, and suddenly became hardworking.

Therefore, people are afraid of not pursuing, as long as they have the pursuit and motivation, they will definitely be able to make achievements and achieve some achievements.

When he was sleeping at night, Qin Shiou felt that the outside of the villa was not peaceful. From time to time, there were the quacking of big white geese, or the sound of some birds flapping their wings.

But he didn't care, because it couldn't be a sneak attack by golden eagles. Firstly, golden eagles don't have the habit of hunting at night, and secondly, the tigers and leopards at the door didn't call out, so it was obviously not a big problem.

Getting up early in the morning and going for a run with Weini, Qin Shiou's eyes widened as soon as he went out.

I saw that in the offshore waters of the fishing ground to the south of the villa, there are brown-gray seabirds everywhere!

Overwhelming, Qin Shiou did not exaggerate. These seabirds really appeared in the fishing grounds overwhelmingly!

How many seabirds are there? Qin Shiou didn't know, he just knew. When these seabirds fly partly, they can cover the sky and the sun. These seabirds float on the surface of the sea. Cover and block the water surface of the entire fishing ground offshore!

And what he saw was not all the flocks of birds, there were also a steady stream of seabirds flying from the north and landing on the fishing ground one after another.

"What kind of bird is this?" Qin Shiou asked in surprise.

He had never seen this kind of seabird before, usually around 20 centimeters, and the bigger ones could be 30 centimeters. The body is spindle-shaped, with a short neck and a thin beak, with a hook at the tip of the beak, like a taupe wild duck. The wings are long and narrow, like a sickle.

Shaq explained to him, "It's a fulmar, don't be surprised,

This is the largest population of migratory birds in North America. What we see now is only their vanguard, and the real main force is behind. "

Qin Shiou stared at Shaq in disbelief, and asked, "Isn't that all?"

Shake estimated it carefully, and said: "Every migration. There are about 4 million short-tailed fulmars in North America, and now there are at most 500,000, so this is obviously not all. You will see it in two days. To the grand sight of all the short-tailed fulmars descending on the fishing ground!"

"It's just spectacular! It's unbelievable!"

After the shock. Qin Shiou couldn't help sighing, and said: "I admit that this scene is shocking, but I don't think it's a good thing. The loss of the fishing ground is a bit big now."

It's not that he is stingy, so many seabirds come to the fishing ground. They not only come to rest, but also to hunt. It is not an exaggeration to say. After this group of seabirds invaded, the number of small fish in the fishing grounds decreased by 10 to 20 percent.

Fortunately, the short-tailed fulmar is a small seabird, no more than 30 centimeters in size, and has no effect on big fish. If millions of golden eagles appear in the fishing ground, then Qin Shiou can directly declare bankruptcy.

Auerbach came out and saw these seabirds with some emotion, and said: "I think we should not be sad, but happy. The short-tailed fulmar has not stayed in our fishing grounds for a long time. They are clever little birds and will only Stop in the waters where there is plenty of food."

Hearing what he said, Shaq became happy, and said: "Yes, the group of short-tailed fulmars stayed in the waters east of St. Johns for a short time in the past, and then flew directly to the Cabot Strait, and then went to the vicinity of Sable Island. It’s been a long time since we stopped near our farewell island.”

"So, their arrival is still a good thing?" Qin Shiou asked with a wry smile.

Although the fishing ground will only lose small fish and the big fish will not easily float to the surface, the loss of the fishing ground is still not small.

Shaq and Auerbach smiled mysteriously, and said: "Of course it's a good thing, you don't need to bear the loss of the fishing ground. In addition, after about a week, the birds will all leave. They don't eat our fish for nothing, they will leave us Here's a present, a great present."

Qin Shiou asked what it was, but the whole group didn't answer. Wei Ni seemed to know something, and smiled beside her but didn't speak.

When the children woke up and found so many seabirds descending on the fishing ground, they became excited and ran to the beach to chase the seabirds.

The happiest thing is the Labrador. Both dogs and cats like to catch birds. Tigers and leopards run tirelessly on the beach, chasing birds and running around without getting tired.

The arrival of the birds is also a boost to the tourism of Farewell Island. The tourists are stunned. Living in the steel city, have they ever seen such a shocking natural scene?

All the originally planned activities such as mountaineering and going to the sea were suspended. Tourists gathered on the coast, frantically taking pictures, and kept this shocking scene in their minds and cameras.

All the restaurants on Farewell Island have launched new dishes, and all kinds of short-tailed fulmars have been prepared, such as braised, grilled, fried, steamed, and fried.

The short-tailed fulmar is very fat, and the bird meat is delicious and tender, which is more delicious than wild duck and pheasant meat. However, because the government does not allow large-scale capture of this traveling bird, and they often migrate in large groups, they are not in danger of extinction. Otherwise, with the delicacy of this bird, it would have been eaten up long ago.

Don't look at Europe and the United States who keep calling for species protection. In fact, they have extinct wild species far more than the Chinese.

As Shaq said, in the next two days, more and more short-tailed fulmars came. These birds occupy the entire sea area around Farewell Island. Whenever they fly collectively into the deep sea to hunt for food at noon, it will bring a sense of joy to people. A sense of shock that black clouds overwhelm the city.

The short-tailed fulmar mainly feeds on seaweed, shrimps and small marine fishes. It forages mainly at the surface of the sea, often swimming while foraging.

They have strong wings, can fly to the deep sea and then float on the sea surface to rest, and the footsteps of predation can go deep into every part of the sea.

On the third day after the flock of birds arrived, Hamley found Qin Shiou and told him good news: "Qin, according to government regulations, if a large flock of traveling birds descends on a private fishery, the fishery owner can get a subsidy, about ten sea turtles." The bird subsidizes one Canadian dollar a day."

"Who can count how many seabirds there are?" Qin Shiou understood. No wonder Shaq and the others said that he would not be responsible for the loss of the fishing ground, as the Canadian government did.

In addition, he is more interested in what kind of gifts these seabirds will bring him a week later? (To be continued..)

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