Orioles only drink dew from flowers and plants in the morning. Therefore, the ancients looked at the water that orioles drank very cleanly (just like Tianshui). Carving orioles on tea sets means that the water used is clean and sweet, which is a kind of beautiful yearning, expectation and respect.
2. The appearance of orioles
The feathers of orioles are bright yellow, belonging to 2 genera and 29 species. There are six kinds in China. It is a medium-sized sparrow. The mouth is the same length as the head, relatively thick, the mouth peak is slightly curved and slightly downward, the mouth edge is smooth, and the tip of the upper mouth has a slight notch; The mouth must be thin and short; Noses are exposed and covered with film. The wingtip is long, with 12 primary flight feathers, and 1 is longer than the second half; The tail is short and round, with tail feather 10. Tartars are short and weak, suitable for arboreal, with shield-like scales on the front edge and thin and hooked claws. Male and female feathers are similar in color, but female feathers are darker. Young birds have longitudinal stripes.
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Life habits of orioles;
Mainly lives in broad-leaved forest. Most of them are resident birds, and a few species have migratory behavior, and they do not live in groups when migrating. It lives in tall trees in forest areas or villages from plains to low mountains. It is an arboreal animal and flies through branches to feed on insects and berries. And rarely move to the ground.
Thrush birds are arboreal birds. The food is mainly insects, but there are also some fruits and plant seeds. In nature, it can kill many pests, especially in the incubation period, it preys on caterpillars, locusts, moth larvae and so on that eat pears. The breeding season of orioles is from May to July every year, and most of them nest on the branches of tall broad-leaved trees. These nests are made of hemp, cotton, cotton cloth, grass stalks and other things. The bird's nest is deep cup-shaped, exquisite in appearance, hanging on a twig, like a cradle, very beautiful. Each nest lays 2 ~ 4 eggs, and the surface of the eggshell has rose spots.
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