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我们全家爱上拍摄野生鸟类活动，特别是到杭州西溪拍鸟，更觉得其乐无穷。
我的老家与西溪原本同属余杭塘栖，父辈们常常到西溪蒋村一带捕鱼，因此西溪对我来讲并不陌生。但近年当我和家人为拍鸟进入杭州西溪时，还是让我着实吃了一惊。从小看惯了塘栖一口连着一口精致的大小鱼塘，一块又一块的枇杷林、桃树林、桑树林园以及连接它们的一条又一条堤埂，这次到西溪一看，虽然同样河港密布，鱼塘星星点点，但其“荒凉”的“湿地”景象出乎想象：那堤埂狭细多塌，成片空地上长满茅草、芦苇，港汊溪流密布，湿地田野充满野趣。正因为有这样的环境，才使得100多种鸟儿在这里安家歇站，它们在水面戏耍，在蓝天飞翔，西溪湿地成了它们的乐园。我们沿着河道走，不时会看到一棵又一棵“鸟树”，当你进入一片密密的柿子林、竹林时，往往会惊起几十成百的夜鹭，它们在空中呼叫盘旋，然后又慢慢落入林中。每当遇到这种情况，我们的相机快门声就会像爆黄豆那样响起来。
西溪拍鸟，有几次的记忆尤为深刻。其中一次是前年5月，我们在一个网站的“观鸟天地”中，获悉了西溪一带出现过珍贵鸟类黑水鸡。于是我们清早就赶到杭州西溪找黑水鸡的栖息地。西溪真大，到处是洼地池塘，水草蔓生，柿树高大，绿柳成荫，一片迷人的湿地风光。当走得腰酸背痛、口干唇焦之时，才找到了一个与网上照片相同的水塘。我们架好相机，在烈日下静候黑水鸡出来。可是等到太阳快要西沉，还是没有看到黑水鸡的影子。下午5点多太阳光已经西斜，正当我们有点失去信心的时候，忽然看到两个小黑绒球从池塘西边芦苇丛中飞了出来。我们眼睛一亮：“小黑水鸡!”我们赶快摆动相机，将它们先拍下来再说。紧接着，一只大黑水鸡躲躲闪闪的也游了出来，它们一家子好亲热呢!我们赶紧又拿起相机连续拍摄。到快6点时，大黑水鸡爬到了它们在水边的窝中，两只小黑水鸡也进了窝，侧拥在“妈妈”的身边。我们又拍个不停，直到胶卷用完了才依依不舍地离去。过了一星期多，我们又去拜访，见到它们一家子快快乐乐，得知没惊动它们，这才放下心来。去年春末，在西溪旁边的一个荷塘里，我们又看到了至少10只以上的黑水鸡群体。看样子随着西溪生态环境的好转，黑水鸡家族越来越兴旺了。
杭州的西溪湿地综合保护工程正式实施后，湿地内到处是清新养眼的绿色和婀娜多姿的碧水，鸟类资源也在不断增加。如今，我们已在西溪记录和拍摄了在菱角塘中探头探脑的红脚苦恶鸟、白胸苦恶鸟，拍到了在空中穿梭的喜鹊，在芦苇丛中悄无声息猎鱼的黄苇，还有白鹭、池鹭、牛背鹭、绿鹭、夜鹭、普通翠鸟、白胸翡翠、斑鱼狗、白腰草鹬、矶鹬、北红尾鸲、东方大苇莺、褐头鹪莺、红头(长尾)山雀、绿翅鸭、扇尾沙雉、丝光椋鸟、田、水雉、小、银喉(长尾)山雀、棕头鸦雀、棕背伯劳、红胁蓝尾鸲、黑尾蜡嘴雀、大麻、雉鸡等近60种鸟类。特别是被称作“凌波仙子”的水雉，由于以前西溪湿地的生态系统遭到损坏，已经很多年没有光临杭州了。但去年初夏我们在西溪的一个荷塘里，终于看到了它。当时我们通过望远镜在荷叶中搜索鸟儿，突然看到一处荷叶摆动，接着又看到一个白色的头露在荷叶空间，它的颈部有着耀眼的金黄色，身上是黑黑亮亮的羽毛。我脑际马上跳出“水雉!”这个名词，它微微歪着头，好像在倾听，也许它听到了我们“嗒嗒嗒”的快门声或者是轻移轻动的脚步声。此时它突然飞起，白色的翅膀掠过绿荷，双脚一蹦落到了荷塘的另一边，轻巧地踩在贴水荷叶上。于是我又赶忙端起照相机……
鸟类的生态摄影，除了拍好鸟儿、拍出鸟儿的特色外，拍好鸟儿的所赖于生存的生态环境，是鸟类摄影爱好者的追求。在西溪拍鸟，鸟的种类多,环境也美,所以拍出的照片大都很理想.有一次,我们在西溪拍鸟,一阵大雷雨后，天是那么蓝，空气那么清新，光线那么柔和，晚霞映在一个连天碧叶的荷塘里，涟漪折射着阳光，此时两只小领着它们四只雏鸟在荷塘涟漪中游来游去，小不时停下来，与小小交谈，有时它又潜下水去抓虾或小鱼儿喂雏鸟。它们的悠闲自在和浓浓亲情，一点不亚于人间!我们赶快拍下了此情此景，后来在电脑上打开照片一看，确实有油画的味道，其光影之美妙，让人怦然心动。
在杭州，“斑鱼狗”可说是西溪独有的鸟类。以往拍它比较困难，因为每天只有在傍晚才能见到它们，再说偌大个西溪，也不知它们躲到哪里。以往许多人拍过它们但总不理想，因为拍到的往往是“电线天空版”，拍到的是对着天空停在电线上的斑鱼狗，要拍飞行的斑鱼狗，光线差，快门上不去，往往无法拍好。今年情况变了，西溪经过改造，河道宽了，水质好了，河里的鱼多起来了。从清晨开始，就有斑鱼狗来叼鱼。在西溪200来米的一段河道里，它们东张西望，不停地振动着白黑两色的翅膀悬停在空中，眼睛却紧紧盯住水面。一旦有鱼，它们便俯冲入水，从水花四溅中窜出水面叼上鱼来。因为西溪两岸新修的路好走，如今拍摄它又可以俯拍、平拍，所以在这儿拍摄斑鱼狗可以说是得天独厚了!
西溪成了浙江野鸟会会员经常观鸟拍鸟的地方，也成了省外、境外鸟友喜欢光顾的地方。现在西溪成了首个国家湿地公园，为鸟儿营造了更好的生存繁衍环境，因而它成了鸟儿的天堂!我们将继续拿起镜头，更多更好地记录这些人类的朋友、美丽的小精灵!
Photographing Birds in West Brook Wetland
By Zheng Yongfu
MY family love birds. All of us are bird photographers. Photographing birds in the West Brook Wetland brings us ecstasy. Our ancestors were from Tangqi, a suburb that neighbors the wetland. Our forefathers often fished somewhere near the West Brook, so the name was not strange to us at all. But we were greatly amazed the first time my family went there photographing birds.
Tangqi is a well developed rural area. There are numerous fish ponds, flanked by peach trees, loquat trees, and mulberry trees, connected by narrow footpaths. Though West Brook is crisscrossed by rivers, dotted with fish ponds, but its primitive state was more than I expected. Footpaths are narrower, with some sections collapsed here and there. Unspoiled plots are covered thickly with wild grass and reed groves. It is exactly because of this wildness that the wetland is home to more than 100 kinds of birds. Trekking along rivers, we often run into trees nestled by birds. Thick persimmon woods or bamboo groves are habitats of night herons. When we approach such a habitat, dozens, sometimes even hundreds of them, will flap their wings and soar into the sky. They shriek and circle for a while before alighting on trees again. Whenever we run into such a bevy of birds, our cameras click and click making a sound like popping beans in a hot wok.
One of the most memorable shooting trips took place in May two years ago. We learned from a website that some moorhens were spotted in the West Brook. One morning, we went there to find them. The mission was almost impossible, for the wetland was vast and the information was not accurate at all. Finally we saw a pond that resembled that in the picture at the website. We set up our cameras and waited. It was a long wait. When the sun began setting at five, we suddenly spotted two black fluffy balls appear from the reeds on the western side. They were chicks. We photographed them immediately. Then an adult moorhen came out in a dodgy way. We captured them on our cameras and clicked away until we ran out of films. One week later we went there again, and we were greatly relieved to know that the moorhens were still there, which meant that we had not disturbed them. In spring last year we saw a group of at least 10 common moorhens in a pond in the western part of the wetland.
Since the comprehensive project was launched to protect bird habitats in West Brook Wetland, the ecological environment has improved remarkably. So far we photographed brown crakes and white-breasted water-hens that swam in a water chestnut pond and magpies shuttling through the sky. What appeared in our cameras are numerous species of birds living in the wetland.
In Hangzhou, pied kingfishers are only seen in West Brook.It is not so easy to capture their images, for usually they are seen only in the late afternoon. In the past, photographers had trouble trying to spot them in the wetland. Some pictures showed pied kingfishers perching on electric lines. It was almost impossible to see them in flight. But now with more fish in wider rivers, it becomes quite a cinch. Usually from early morning, photographers can see them hunt busily along a 200-meter-long section of a river. The kingfishers look around and their white-black wings spread out. But their eyes focus on the river. If a fish is spotted, a kingfish will dart into the water. With a big splash, it darts out with a fish between its beaks. As there are better roads along rivers and streams, we find better and more angles to photograph the pied kingfishers.
West Brook Wetland is a preferred place for members of Zhejiang Wild Birds Association as well as for birdwatchers from other provinces and from overseas. Now that West Brook has become China’s very first state wetland park, which provides better conditions for birds to live and multiply. And we bird photographers would continue to click away at these beautiful friends of ours.
(Translated by David)
我的老家与西溪原本同属余杭塘栖，父辈们常常到西溪蒋村一带捕鱼，因此西溪对我来讲并不陌生。但近年当我和家人为拍鸟进入杭州西溪时，还是让我着实吃了一惊。从小看惯了塘栖一口连着一口精致的大小鱼塘，一块又一块的枇杷林、桃树林、桑树林园以及连接它们的一条又一条堤埂，这次到西溪一看，虽然同样河港密布，鱼塘星星点点，但其“荒凉”的“湿地”景象出乎想象：那堤埂狭细多塌，成片空地上长满茅草、芦苇，港汊溪流密布，湿地田野充满野趣。正因为有这样的环境，才使得100多种鸟儿在这里安家歇站，它们在水面戏耍，在蓝天飞翔，西溪湿地成了它们的乐园。我们沿着河道走，不时会看到一棵又一棵“鸟树”，当你进入一片密密的柿子林、竹林时，往往会惊起几十成百的夜鹭，它们在空中呼叫盘旋，然后又慢慢落入林中。每当遇到这种情况，我们的相机快门声就会像爆黄豆那样响起来。
西溪拍鸟，有几次的记忆尤为深刻。其中一次是前年5月，我们在一个网站的“观鸟天地”中，获悉了西溪一带出现过珍贵鸟类黑水鸡。于是我们清早就赶到杭州西溪找黑水鸡的栖息地。西溪真大，到处是洼地池塘，水草蔓生，柿树高大，绿柳成荫，一片迷人的湿地风光。当走得腰酸背痛、口干唇焦之时，才找到了一个与网上照片相同的水塘。我们架好相机，在烈日下静候黑水鸡出来。可是等到太阳快要西沉，还是没有看到黑水鸡的影子。下午5点多太阳光已经西斜，正当我们有点失去信心的时候，忽然看到两个小黑绒球从池塘西边芦苇丛中飞了出来。我们眼睛一亮：“小黑水鸡!”我们赶快摆动相机，将它们先拍下来再说。紧接着，一只大黑水鸡躲躲闪闪的也游了出来，它们一家子好亲热呢!我们赶紧又拿起相机连续拍摄。到快6点时，大黑水鸡爬到了它们在水边的窝中，两只小黑水鸡也进了窝，侧拥在“妈妈”的身边。我们又拍个不停，直到胶卷用完了才依依不舍地离去。过了一星期多，我们又去拜访，见到它们一家子快快乐乐，得知没惊动它们，这才放下心来。去年春末，在西溪旁边的一个荷塘里，我们又看到了至少10只以上的黑水鸡群体。看样子随着西溪生态环境的好转，黑水鸡家族越来越兴旺了。
杭州的西溪湿地综合保护工程正式实施后，湿地内到处是清新养眼的绿色和婀娜多姿的碧水，鸟类资源也在不断增加。如今，我们已在西溪记录和拍摄了在菱角塘中探头探脑的红脚苦恶鸟、白胸苦恶鸟，拍到了在空中穿梭的喜鹊，在芦苇丛中悄无声息猎鱼的黄苇，还有白鹭、池鹭、牛背鹭、绿鹭、夜鹭、普通翠鸟、白胸翡翠、斑鱼狗、白腰草鹬、矶鹬、北红尾鸲、东方大苇莺、褐头鹪莺、红头(长尾)山雀、绿翅鸭、扇尾沙雉、丝光椋鸟、田、水雉、小、银喉(长尾)山雀、棕头鸦雀、棕背伯劳、红胁蓝尾鸲、黑尾蜡嘴雀、大麻、雉鸡等近60种鸟类。特别是被称作“凌波仙子”的水雉，由于以前西溪湿地的生态系统遭到损坏，已经很多年没有光临杭州了。但去年初夏我们在西溪的一个荷塘里，终于看到了它。当时我们通过望远镜在荷叶中搜索鸟儿，突然看到一处荷叶摆动，接着又看到一个白色的头露在荷叶空间，它的颈部有着耀眼的金黄色，身上是黑黑亮亮的羽毛。我脑际马上跳出“水雉!”这个名词，它微微歪着头，好像在倾听，也许它听到了我们“嗒嗒嗒”的快门声或者是轻移轻动的脚步声。此时它突然飞起，白色的翅膀掠过绿荷，双脚一蹦落到了荷塘的另一边，轻巧地踩在贴水荷叶上。于是我又赶忙端起照相机……
鸟类的生态摄影，除了拍好鸟儿、拍出鸟儿的特色外，拍好鸟儿的所赖于生存的生态环境，是鸟类摄影爱好者的追求。在西溪拍鸟，鸟的种类多,环境也美,所以拍出的照片大都很理想.有一次,我们在西溪拍鸟,一阵大雷雨后，天是那么蓝，空气那么清新，光线那么柔和，晚霞映在一个连天碧叶的荷塘里，涟漪折射着阳光，此时两只小领着它们四只雏鸟在荷塘涟漪中游来游去，小不时停下来，与小小交谈，有时它又潜下水去抓虾或小鱼儿喂雏鸟。它们的悠闲自在和浓浓亲情，一点不亚于人间!我们赶快拍下了此情此景，后来在电脑上打开照片一看，确实有油画的味道，其光影之美妙，让人怦然心动。
在杭州，“斑鱼狗”可说是西溪独有的鸟类。以往拍它比较困难，因为每天只有在傍晚才能见到它们，再说偌大个西溪，也不知它们躲到哪里。以往许多人拍过它们但总不理想，因为拍到的往往是“电线天空版”，拍到的是对着天空停在电线上的斑鱼狗，要拍飞行的斑鱼狗，光线差，快门上不去，往往无法拍好。今年情况变了，西溪经过改造，河道宽了，水质好了，河里的鱼多起来了。从清晨开始，就有斑鱼狗来叼鱼。在西溪200来米的一段河道里，它们东张西望，不停地振动着白黑两色的翅膀悬停在空中，眼睛却紧紧盯住水面。一旦有鱼，它们便俯冲入水，从水花四溅中窜出水面叼上鱼来。因为西溪两岸新修的路好走，如今拍摄它又可以俯拍、平拍，所以在这儿拍摄斑鱼狗可以说是得天独厚了!
西溪成了浙江野鸟会会员经常观鸟拍鸟的地方，也成了省外、境外鸟友喜欢光顾的地方。现在西溪成了首个国家湿地公园，为鸟儿营造了更好的生存繁衍环境，因而它成了鸟儿的天堂!我们将继续拿起镜头，更多更好地记录这些人类的朋友、美丽的小精灵!
Photographing Birds in West Brook Wetland
By Zheng Yongfu
MY family love birds. All of us are bird photographers. Photographing birds in the West Brook Wetland brings us ecstasy. Our ancestors were from Tangqi, a suburb that neighbors the wetland. Our forefathers often fished somewhere near the West Brook, so the name was not strange to us at all. But we were greatly amazed the first time my family went there photographing birds.
Tangqi is a well developed rural area. There are numerous fish ponds, flanked by peach trees, loquat trees, and mulberry trees, connected by narrow footpaths. Though West Brook is crisscrossed by rivers, dotted with fish ponds, but its primitive state was more than I expected. Footpaths are narrower, with some sections collapsed here and there. Unspoiled plots are covered thickly with wild grass and reed groves. It is exactly because of this wildness that the wetland is home to more than 100 kinds of birds. Trekking along rivers, we often run into trees nestled by birds. Thick persimmon woods or bamboo groves are habitats of night herons. When we approach such a habitat, dozens, sometimes even hundreds of them, will flap their wings and soar into the sky. They shriek and circle for a while before alighting on trees again. Whenever we run into such a bevy of birds, our cameras click and click making a sound like popping beans in a hot wok.
One of the most memorable shooting trips took place in May two years ago. We learned from a website that some moorhens were spotted in the West Brook. One morning, we went there to find them. The mission was almost impossible, for the wetland was vast and the information was not accurate at all. Finally we saw a pond that resembled that in the picture at the website. We set up our cameras and waited. It was a long wait. When the sun began setting at five, we suddenly spotted two black fluffy balls appear from the reeds on the western side. They were chicks. We photographed them immediately. Then an adult moorhen came out in a dodgy way. We captured them on our cameras and clicked away until we ran out of films. One week later we went there again, and we were greatly relieved to know that the moorhens were still there, which meant that we had not disturbed them. In spring last year we saw a group of at least 10 common moorhens in a pond in the western part of the wetland.
Since the comprehensive project was launched to protect bird habitats in West Brook Wetland, the ecological environment has improved remarkably. So far we photographed brown crakes and white-breasted water-hens that swam in a water chestnut pond and magpies shuttling through the sky. What appeared in our cameras are numerous species of birds living in the wetland.
In Hangzhou, pied kingfishers are only seen in West Brook.It is not so easy to capture their images, for usually they are seen only in the late afternoon. In the past, photographers had trouble trying to spot them in the wetland. Some pictures showed pied kingfishers perching on electric lines. It was almost impossible to see them in flight. But now with more fish in wider rivers, it becomes quite a cinch. Usually from early morning, photographers can see them hunt busily along a 200-meter-long section of a river. The kingfishers look around and their white-black wings spread out. But their eyes focus on the river. If a fish is spotted, a kingfish will dart into the water. With a big splash, it darts out with a fish between its beaks. As there are better roads along rivers and streams, we find better and more angles to photograph the pied kingfishers.
West Brook Wetland is a preferred place for members of Zhejiang Wild Birds Association as well as for birdwatchers from other provinces and from overseas. Now that West Brook has become China’s very first state wetland park, which provides better conditions for birds to live and multiply. And we bird photographers would continue to click away at these beautiful friends of ours.
(Translated by David)