[Source: Fuzhou Daily] She is the guardian of the Minjiang River Estuary Wetland. She is the Internet celebrity black-faced spoonbill, the quasi-doctoral student and Y74's unrequited love. In more than ten days, Guo Pingping, the guardian of the Minjiang River Estuary Wetland, wi

2024-08-27 10:23:03 entertainment 2709℃

[Source: Fuzhou Daily]

She is the guardian of the wetland at the mouth of the Minjiang River. She is the Internet celebrity black-faced spoonbill

The unrequited love between the prospective doctoral student and y74

The black-faced spoonbill y74 (first from left) is looking for food. (Minjiang Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve Management Office)

y74 is a very popular black-faced spoonbill. It was born in South Korea and grew up in Fuzhou, China. It occasionally returns to its hometown and spends most of its time living in the wetlands at the mouth of the Minjiang River. It is the focus of wetland scientific research monitor Guo Pingping.

It’s like following a TV show. In the past two or three years, the existence of y74 has aroused great attention. Every move affects the hearts of bird lovers. “Is y74 still around this year?” “Where can I take pictures?”

As the "wild agent" of y74, Guo Pingping began to report the current situation of y74 to the "fans" in a timely manner through WeChat groups or public accounts in response to the inquiries from bird friends.

This is the fourth year that y74 has settled in the Minjiang Estuary Wetland. From Guo Pingping’s perspective, y74 likes to stay in the wetland and forage in the plum blossom waterway. Between spring and autumn, it gradually grows from weak and immature to With its wings fully fledged, "'Little y' has now set a new record for the longest settlement time of black-faced spoonbills in the history of the reserve." Guo Pingping said proudly.

Guo Pingping (first from right) is with bird watching enthusiasts. (Photo provided by interviewee)

y74 is growing up, and Guo Pingping is also growing rapidly.

"I remember when I first came to the wetland, I didn't even know the sparrows." Guo Pingping's postgraduate field was environmental ecology, and she had less experience with birds. She went to the Minjiang Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve Management Office After working, due to the need for scientific research and monitoring, she began to be deeply involved in bird surveys in the reserve. She often went to the beach with binoculars to investigate with bird friends.

With a telescope on her shoulder and a camera on her chest, Guo Pingping's figure appeared in large and small shoals and reed marshes. Even if it was windy and rainy, she still maintained a focused attitude and asked for advice from senior bird friends around her from time to time.

As a scientific researcher, Guo Pingping often thinks more deeply about every passing bird - where does it come from? What kind of habitat do you prefer? How does behavior differ at different times? And can the Minjiang River Estuary Wetland truly become a residence for a species of bird species?

Over the years, Guo Pingping has not only become an experienced birdwatcher, but also a participant in creating a "dream-building space" for birds.

"Wetland scientific research and monitoring pays attention to long-term and continuity." Guo Pingping said that the evolution process of wetland ecosystem is slow, and it needs to be monitored day after day and year after year to record the soil, vegetation, Various data such as hydrology, water quality, and birds provide a solid foundation for wetland management. "Including the construction of ecological bird islands and the eradication and control of Spartina alterniflora, they all require the support of a large amount of accumulated data."

Since graduating with a master's degree, Guo Pingping has witnessed the changes in the wetland for ten years. In addition to the improvement of the ecology, , she deeply felt that the level of wetland scientific research has also been gradually improved.

In recent years, the Minjiang Estuary Wetland has built a wetland scientific research and monitoring platform with technical support from research institutions and teams such as the Academician Workstation, the National Ecological Positioning Observation Station, and the Fuzhou Coastal Wetland Ecological Research Center, and has also cooperated with Fujian Normal University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University , Hohai University, Sun Yat-sen University and other universities and scientific research institutions have carried out a number of horizontal scientific research projects to promote the application of scientific research results and become an important platform for national geography and ecology talent training and innovative internships.

Paying attention to talent cultivation and serving wetland scientific research is a consistent talent training plan of the reserve. With the encouragement and support of the management office leaders and colleagues, this year, Guo Pingping sorted out the scientific research results she had participated in in recent years and formally submitted them to Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, which became a "stepping stone" for doctoral application, and was finally approved. It is the talent training mechanism of Wetland that closely cooperates with universities that allowed Guo Pingping to become the first "quasi-doctoral student" independently cultivated by the Minjiang Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve Management Office.

Guo Pingping said that she was lucky to have a good company and a good team to promote and witness the prosperity of the Minjiang River Estuary Wetland Protection and Development, which attracted the attention and support of the country and even the world, which became her great success. growth momentum.