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#amazingnature
About 6 months ago our area, to be precise east of the Pusong Lama village reservoir, Lhokseumawe Aceh Indonesia, had a unique and very pleasant phenomenon. The location of the reservoir which is overgrown with hundreds of mangrove trees is the main nest of egret birds, whose profile, black beak, long legs are yellow, and the color of their feathers is plain white without mixing with other colors.
By naked eye, when looking at the numbers it turns out to have a fairly large population, they breed naturally in that area, with a number of around thousand or more.
This number is known by looking at the group when they go home and leave at a certain time, when in the morning they see them flying in groups, the group is estimated to be one hundred or more groups who go home and go every day in carrying out their daily activities.
I myself have observed it when entering a holiday (Saturday - Sunday) in the morning, and saw in one group there were dozens of tails, there were 21 tails, 15 tails and so on, so with a simple calculation it can be said they have thousands or even more.
Others live in the nest, moving in the nest, are part of the group mentioned above, they forage in areas not far from the nest, because under the mangrove trees there are various foods, in the form of small fish and small shrimp that dominate the area.
However, today, in late August to be exact, no longer see their crowd in the morning, and no longer hear their singing when entering the afternoon after returning from another area close to the nest.
The remaining numbers are very few, around hundreds of tails, and even then what is seen is a small egret that is still young, while the adult has just disappeared, in the near future.
Thus, this bird can be said to be an inhabitant of wetlands, or as a water bird, or it can be concluded that, its ecology depends on wetlands such as:
1. Brackish swamps
2. Peatlands
3. Stagnant waters
4. Flowing waters
5. and areas of marine waters whose depth is not more than 6 meters.
It says 6 meters, because the nest area mentioned above has a water level of about 6 meters if the tide is high. Meanwhile, if it has receded, you can see half a egret's leg.
In addition to information about its morphology, and for easy identification, this bird has almost the same characteristics as other types of water birds, but there are differences, you know ! To find out in detail the following characteristics are the characteristics of long legs and a beak that make it easy to walk and look for food around the water but these characteristics are also similar to other species, such as storks, trinil, and plovers, but have little difference.
Judging from the movement of the designations above, and glancing at each of the characters of each of them, it can be ascertained that, this bird has two categories, namely :
1. Sedentary bird
2. Migratory birds
Then, how to distinguish one between the two?
Sedentary birds are birds that breed in nesting places, or settler birds breed where they forage and live, while migratory birds will not breed in their migration area, because they know the location of the initial dominance, such as settler birds that always dominate (areas of nest).
Thus, thousands of egrets that have disappeared and are no longer seen in this area, are birds that fall into the second category, or they are said to be migratory birds. While their presence in the past few months, as immigrants from other countries.
In the scientific insight that mentions his journey, it is said that this migratory bird is a bird that comes from a country that has 4 seasons, while a country that has 4 seasons, and everyone knows, such as countries :
- Russi
- China
- Siberia
- and Alaska.
Oh my God, how far they walk, and how many days or months they fly across the Ocean. They are indeed very extraordinary, able to conquer space and time.
If they come from the area mentioned above, then, of course, they understand the air temperature in our area, which has only a few seasons, such as :
- Dry season
- and, Rainy season.
They are amazing ... 🦩
Thus I can conclude that, each of these migratory waterbirds are in the northern hemisphere such as Russia, China, Siberia, and Alaska, when it enters winter in their home area, then, they will migrate to the warmer southern hemisphere. One of the goals is Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, only one reason, just looking for warmth within our region, where our location has warm temperatures for a long time or about every 6 months.
The dry season in our area starts from April to October. However, the air temperature in our area in recent years has changed frequently. August should be the dry season, but early August this year has entered the rainy season. So no wonder why, this water bird disappeared in late June? It turned out that they had detected the arrival of the rainy season, and until now, our area has been raining heavily.
They are so amazing, they are capable, as :
- A reliable pilot in crossing the world
- Temperature and weather detector, able to receive signals of a situation
- Understanding the state of nature, in determining the direction, the cardinal points and others.
They are amazing, and in amazingnature....
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