鹧鸪天.痴情怪鸡

The partridge in the sky

为何血雉会绝食，选择自尽了残生？

野生鸟类被捕捉，绝食自杀寻常事。

为什么，会这样？这个问题谁知详。

但是目前无定论，主要说法有两样：

Why does the blood pheasant starve itself and kill itself?

Wild birds are caught and kill themselves by fasting.

Why would that be? This problem is unknown.

 

But the jury is still out. There are two main theories:

热爱自由是本能，野生动物喜野性。

它和圈养宠物们，最大不同在于野。

野性强，难驯化，野生动物漫天下。

无拘无束大自然，是它最为理想家。

Love freedom is instinct, wild animals like wild.

The biggest difference between it and captive pets is wild.

Wild, hard to tame, wild animals everywhere.

Unfettered nature is its greatest idealist.

鹧鸪天.绝食的猫咪

The partridge in the sky

美国知名文学家，索尔贝娄年幼时。

曾经捕获过一只，美洲画眉做宠物。

结果发现画眉鸟，它的妈妈隔笼子。

给它幼崽喂树莓，索尔并没赶它走。

Saul Bellow was a young man.

I once caught an American thrush as a pet.

Turns out the thrush, its mother is separated from the cage.

 

Saul didn't turn her away when she fed her baby raspberries.

结果连续两天后，看见画眉真蹊跷。

安静躺在笼子里。竟然已经死去了。

当时恰好正巧逢，一位鸟类科学家。

来到索尔家做客，贝娄前去请教他。

And after two days in a row, it was weird to see the thrush.

Lie still in the cage. He was dead.

It happened to be an avian scientist.

 

To visit Saul, Bellow went to consult him.

当他询问缘由后，竟然得到一回答。

让人大为震惊的，宛若好像一神话。

美洲画眉鸟发现，孩子被关进笼子。

一定要喂小画眉，足以致死的毒莓。

When he asked why, he got an answer.

It's shocking. It's like a myth.

The American thrush discovers that the child is caged.

 

Be sure to feed the little thrush, the deadly berries.

似乎坚信孩子死，总比活囚要好些。

眷恋伴侣很多鸟，都是一夫一妻制。

确定异性关系后，形影不离在一起。

其中一方意外死，另外一方便离世。

Seems to believe that it's better for a child to die than to live.

Many birds are monogamous.

After the heterosexual relationship, inseparable together.

 

One of them dies unexpectedly, the other dies conveniently.

我国古代曾传说，鸳鸯伴侣最钟情。

并把它们视作为，爱情忠贞的象征。

现代生物学研究，美好神话非实情。

种种迹象皆证明，鸳鸯群居方为真。

In ancient China, it is said that the most loving pair is mandarin duck.

And see them as symbols of love and loyalty.

In modern biology, beautiful myths are not true.

All the evidence proves that the mandarin ducks live together in groups.

鹧鸪天

Partridge day

真正忠贞的鸟类，犀鸟号称钟情鸟。

实行一夫一妻制，忠贞不渝天下少。

一方不幸去世后，它的配偶不活了。

同为野生的鸟类，血雉也是这样的。

True faithful birds, the hornbill is known as the bird of love.

The practice of monogamy, loyalty in the world less.

When one partner dies, his mate dies.

The blood pheasant is also a wild bird.

通过绝食和自尽，表达它们的向往。

远离配偶的悲愤，绝食自尽而死亡。

三月底至四月初，是血雉的发情期。

这时雄性血雉会，脱离自己的群体。

By fasting and killing themselves to express their longing.

Away from the grief and anger of his spouse, fasted himself and died.

From late March to early April, blood pheasants are in heat.

 

That's when the male blood pheasant breaks away from his group.

会会其他雌血雉。表达自己爱慕情。

它会深情地歌唱，吸引异性注意力。

很多雄性血雉会，同时追求一雌雉。

通过决斗的方式，产生胜者酣战急。

Meet other female blood pheasants. Express your affection.

It will sing affectionately to attract the attention of the opposite sex.

Many male blood pheasants will also pursue a female pheasant.

 

By means of duels, the winner is fierce and fierce.

鹧鸪天

Partridge day

正式确立关系后，血雉退出原族群。

离群索居居一方，另外开辟新领地。

They would peck at each other with their sharp beaks.

When one partner quits, the mating contest stops.

After the relationship is formally established, blood pheasants withdraw from the original group.

Live in isolation and create New Territories.

它们会在五月份，筑巢产卵历艰辛。

由于飞行能力弱，巢筑低矮洼地里。

它们一般会选择，灌木丛中大树旁。

这样相对安全些，省得终日心惶惶。

They have a hard time nesting and spawning in May.

Because of the weak flight ability, the nest is built in low depressions.

They tend to choose the trees in the bushes.

 

It's safer. You don't have to worry all day.

血雉繁殖能力强，可产三至九颗蛋。

为了保护后代们，就近觅食把巢看。

雌雉不会轻易的，离开自己的巢穴。

它会趴在鸟蛋旁，久久不愿离巢去。

Blood pheasants are fertile and can lay three to nine eggs.

To protect the offspring, forage close to the nest.

A female pheasant doesn't leave her nest easily.

 

It will sit by the eggs and will not leave the nest for a long time.

等待安全才放心，离巢外出觅食去。

为了保护雉幼崽，会把枯树盖巢穴。

觅食血雉不会远，一般距离百余米。

雌性血雉极恋家，树枝驱赶都不去。

Wait until it's safe to leave the nest and forage.

To protect the pheasant chicks, the dead trees are built into their nests.

Foraging for blood pheasants is not far away, usually more than 100 meters.

 

 

The female blood pheasant is very homesick, the branch drives not to go.