What is the feeding habit of Yuanyang?

Yuanyang belongs to omnivores. The types of food often change with the seasons and habitats. Animal food is the main food in the breeding season, and almost all the food in winter is nuts of oak and other plants. In spring and winter, we mainly eat grass, grass leaves, leaves, grass roots, grass seeds, moss and other plant foods, and also eat corn, rice and other crops and fruits and seeds such as honeysuckle and acorns.

In the breeding season, they mainly feed on animal foods, such as ants, stonefly, cicadas, locusts, mosquitoes, beetles and other insects and insect larvae, and also eat animal foods such as crickets, shrimps, snails, spiders, small fish and frogs. Foraging activities are mainly in the daytime, especially from dawn to sunrise in the morning and from 14: 00 to 16: 00.

Generally, they feed in rivers with stable water flow and shallow waters near water, and sometimes they feed in roadside ponds and harvested farmland and cultivated land. When foraging in the water, in addition to wading directly in shallow water near the water surface, sometimes diving for food and swimming in the water for food. When resting, they float on the water to make tons or swim back and forth in the water. Sometimes they stand in groups on the beach or rocks near the water.

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Yuanyang culture mode

Mandarin ducks usually breed in the mountains. At the end of March and the beginning of April, when they moved to the breeding ground, they did not nest immediately, but moved in groups in rivers and ponds outside the forest. With the gradual warming of the weather, Yuanyang gradually dispersed and entered the nesting site in pairs. Mating behavior began in late April and lasted until mid-May.

Before mating, both males and females swim in water. Male ducks often bow to female ducks and immerse their mouths in the water. At the same time, they straightened their heads and shook their heads from side to side from time to time. Then they swam slowly side by side on the water, dipping their mouths into the water from time to time.

After swimming for a while, the mother duck rushed forward, followed by the male duck, and kept raising his tail, then jumped on the back of the mother duck and mated with the head hair of the mother duck in his mouth. The mating time is about 2 seconds each time, and it can be carried out 4-5 times continuously. After mating, they hold their heads high and spread their wings to take a bath and tidy their feathers, and then go to the shore to rest.

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