Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain
Chapter 486: Pigeons and falcons start the game, first experience of bird-chasing
Faced with the puzzled looks from brothers Yue Feng and Xiao Tao, Ye Jianjun was stunned for a rare moment.
In his impression, Yue Feng, this young guy, basically understands everything in the conversation and rarely touches on any blind spots in knowledge.
But now, the two brothers have indeed hit upon a blind spot in their knowledge regarding airport greening.
Jun explained with a smile: “Indeed, Xiao Tao’s concerns are reasonable, but airport construction is far more complicated than you think!
If everything is hardened, what about the noise pollution from airplanes taking off and landing? What about the surrounding dust? Not to mention the drainage factors of regular weather such as natural rainfall and snowfall. All aspects must be considered. “
Hearing the words “noise pollution”, Yue Feng reacted.
Different planes have different degrees of reflection and diffuse reflection of sound. The sound of military aircraft taking off is extremely loud, and the requirements for the venue will be higher. Yue Feng did not take this into consideration.
Yue Feng nodded after listening and said, “I understand, there are many more explanations in it!
Well, now that we’re here, let’s take a walk around. It’d be best if we find a relatively central area to release the eaglet.
Brother Jun was nearby, so he could also make his own assessment and have a rough idea of the suppression and repelling effect of the eagle on the surrounding birds after it took off.
It will be convenient to report when asked in the future!”
Hearing Yue Feng say this, Jun Ge smiled and nodded: “That’s fine!
This morning, my uncle Wang asked me about our baiting of small falcons in the square of the administrative building yesterday. Several people in the office saw us and everyone was discussing it!”
Hearing that people were paying attention to the discussion, Yue Feng frowned and asked, “It won’t have a big impact, right?”
“Don’t worry, it’s okay! We use fake bait to train eagles, and they don’t understand the theory behind it. Old Qian thinks that we can only drive away birds after catching prey!”
“That’s good!!”
As the brothers were talking, they slowly headed towards the take-off area of the airport runway. It didn’t take long before Yue Feng arrived at a position close to the central area with the eagle.
The birds here are always competing with the bird-scaring team, so they are not too afraid of people.
Along the way, the nearest wild pigeon would get within fifteen meters before flying away. If Yue Feng had a kite or a slingshot, the success rate of catching it and eating it would be very high.
When they arrived at the position, Yue Feng loosened the drawstring on the back of the Little Pigeon Tiger hat, but was not in a hurry to take it off. He directly handed it to Jun Ge along with the gloves.
“Brother Jun, wait until I’m close enough to you. When I yell, take off your hat, you take off your eagle hat. Let go even if you’re struggling with your legs apart!”
Ye Jianjun nodded: “Don’t worry, no problem!”
After Yue Feng finished giving the instructions, he immediately started to retreat with the lure in hand, counting his steps as he retreated.
About thirty meters away, Yue Feng stood still, found a bamboo pole to tie one end of the rope of the lure, and then shouted to his companions to take off his hat.
Hearing the greeting, Jun Ge immediately took off Eagle’s hat.
The little eagle’s pupils kept adjusting after seeing the light again, and it adapted to the light outside in a short time. Then it spread its wings to face the breeze, eager to try.
Phew! !
Yue Feng whistled with full force, and then showed the lure to the little pigeon tiger.
The next second, the little guy spread his wings and took off on the spot, flying straight towards where Yue Feng was.
When the peregrine falcon spread its wings and appeared on the airport runway, only a series of muffled flapping sounds were heard. Within a hundred meters, at least seven or eight birds of different sizes took off from the ground in panic and fled in all directions.
Most of the little pigeon tiger’s attention was on its owner’s lure. Faced with the fleeing birds, it did not chase them immediately, but rushed towards the lure.
He swung the lure at an accelerated speed, but the pursuit failed. The little pigeon tiger flew out more than ten meters, turned around again, and soon flew over again.
Just like that, Yue Feng held the short rope and swung the bait dozens of times in a row to warm up the little eagle first. When he felt that it was fully active, he loosened the double-strand rope by half, and the flight radius of the lure immediately doubled.
As a result, the flying distance of the little pigeon tiger was also significantly expanded.
Continuing with the bait-chasing training, after dozens of ups and downs, Yue Feng opened the last barrier again. Holding a bamboo pole less than one meter long in his hand, he swung the rope tied to the lure, increasing the effective swing length again.
With the bamboo pole as an extension of the arm, the speed of the lure swinging in the air has been significantly improved, and the range of the little pigeon tiger’s chasing, flying and turning around has expanded again, from the initial ten meters to at least thirty or forty meters.
Before the eagle even flew away, the other birds in the green belts around the airport started running and hiding as if they had seen a ghost. In a flash, they all disappeared without a trace.
After yesterday’s feeding, the little pigeon tiger’s physical strength has obviously increased a lot, and it is very enthusiastic about coming out to play, flying, chasing lures and playing games.
I saw it changing direction again and again to attack the lure, and when it swooped down from a high place, it could even make a faint sound of breaking wind.
In this way, the man and the eagle played the bait training for at least twenty minutes. Yue Feng’s arms were a little sore from swinging the bait, so he moved on to the next step.
He was seen consciously retracting a small section of the rope that tied the lure every time he swung the bait. After a few times, only a short section of less than 30 centimeters of the lure remained. After another failed pursuit of the pigeon tiger, Yue Feng decisively hid the lure in his shirt.
In a flash, the bait disappeared.
The little pigeon tiger, which originally used the lure as its main target, turned around in the air again and found that its owner no longer had the lure. It was dazed for a moment during the flight, and then flew towards its owner again out of habit.
Yue Feng looked up at the eagle in the sky, with his arms pressed against his upper body, motionless, letting the little fellow fly past him without giving any commands or making any body movements.
The little pigeon tiger was temporarily in a state of no commands at this moment. After flying past and losing its target, it did not turn around and dive immediately, but continued to fly forward.
Yue Feng silently counted the distance the little eagle flew, thirty meters, forty meters, fifty meters, all the way to seventy meters.
Feeling that it was about time, Yue Feng blew a loud whistle.
The next second, the pigeon tiger heard the whistle and quickly turned around in the air and flew towards its owner again.
Still without any bait or body movements, the little guy flew over Yue Feng’s head and continued to move forward.
This time, when the plane flew to a distance of about a hundred meters, Yue Feng blew the whistle again.
After hiding the bait and blowing the whistle back and forth several times, the little guy’s flying radius in the venue has reached about one hundred meters.
After several attempts, the little guy seemed to understand what his owner meant. He did not fly away directly, but began to fly in circles with Yuefeng as the center.
When he saw that the little guy didn’t come towards him again, but flew around in circles, Yue Feng’s tense nerves completely relaxed.
The most thrilling part is to swing the bait and hide it in a small plate, which means it is completed.
For the next five minutes, Yue Feng stood still most of the time. When he found that the flying track of the little pigeon tiger was a little far away, he blew a whistle to keep it within a radius of about one hundred meters.
After a long period of flying, the little pigeon tiger’s physical strength continued to decline. Yue Feng’s attention was always focused on its flying speed and overall performance.
Feeling that Xiaoying was almost ready, Yue Feng took out the lure from his arms.
shhhhh!
The bait was shown again and the whistle was blown. The little eagle swooped down from a height of about forty or fifty meters, folded its wings and accelerated. With a crisp sound, it kicked the lure and quickly fell to the ground holding the lure.
The flight radius became larger, and the eagle was much more tired than the previous few days. The little guy did not eat immediately after stepping on the lure. Instead, he panted for about twenty seconds to even out his breathing, and then lowered his head to eat the meat tied to the lure.
After eating the meat, he fed the eagle the meat slices wrapped in feathers. After eating and drinking, the little guy squatted on Yue Feng’s arm and obediently tidied its feathers. Today’s training was completed.
After Yue Feng put the hat on Xiaoying, Jun Ge came over excitedly.
“How is it, Brother Jun! Have all the birds around been scared away?” Yue Feng asked with a smile.
“This is so awesome! No wonder the Americans have been using peregrine falcon airports to drive away birds!!
Just now, when the little pigeon tiger took off, I saw many birds running away desperately. They acted as if they hated their parents for not giving them two more wings! The effect is immediate!!!”
Jun was very excited. He had a hunch that using raptors to repel birds would be effective, but he didn’t expect the effect to be so good.
Yue Feng had been hunting for falcons for only about half an hour today, and at this moment, there was not a single bird in sight.
From Jun Ge’s professional perspective, the airport runway at this moment definitely meets the requirements for takeoff.
“Hehe, as long as it works! This is just the first time I’ve transitioned from swinging the bait to the small circling. In the next few days, I’ll lengthen the circling time, circling radius, and take-off height little by little, and the actual effect will be more obvious!” Yue Feng smiled, full of confidence.
“Can we continue to expand the flying radius and take-off altitude?”
“Yes! If it’s a well-qualified peregrine falcon, the flight radius is 400 to 500 meters and the altitude is 100 to 200 meters. There is no problem at all!
By then, it will be able to cover almost the entire airport runway area!
It’s not difficult for an eagle to ensure that there is no bird interference at the airport for one hour every day!
Moreover, it is not only the eagles that have the effect of repelling birds when they are flying in the sky. If birds of prey are active around the airport for a long time, other birds will gradually move away from this area even if they are not attacked.
Once the bird ecology is stabilized again, we just need to schedule the birds of prey as normal and let them fly around, and the bird problem at the airport will be almost completely solved! ! “
Brother Jun smiled and nodded repeatedly: “Okay! Great! I have to report to Uncle Wang when I get back later.
I will bring him back tomorrow to see the results in person! By then, our eagle training and bird repelling program will definitely be the first choice! ! “
“Hey! Is it enough now? Don’t you want to wait for Lao Li’s progress? Is this considered a sneak attack to remove the firewood from under the cauldron?” (End of this chapter)