【賓果10黑尾鷗】
Black-tailed gulls: a feathered family
(賓果兒童自然科學(xué)第一輯 Go wild)
#動物#鳥類#鷗。

10 黑尾鷗：羽翼家族
●導(dǎo)讀頁
Where’s that cat?
‘Meow…meow!’
I can hear a cat calling me.
But I can’t see it.
Where is that cat?
‘Meow…meow!’
The sound is coming from over my head.
I look up. Oh!
It isn’t a cat at all.
It is the gulls calling.
They sound just like cats!
那只貓?jiān)谀膬海? “喵…喵！”
我能聽到一只貓?jiān)谡賳疚摇?但卻看不到它。
那只貓?jiān)谀膬海?“喵…喵！”
這聲音從我頭上盤旋而來。
我四處張望。喔！
根本就不是貓。
是鷗在鳴叫。
它們的叫聲就和貓的一樣！
●扉頁
Are you ready to find out about gulls?
你準(zhǔn)備好了，來了解鷗嗎？
Bird | Black-tailed gull
鳥類 | 黑尾鷗
原作者：Nopineopi
編寫者：Lisa Regan
插畫師：Se-jin
標(biāo)題：Black-tailed gulls: a feathered family 黑尾鷗：羽翼家族
正文
●01
‘Meow…meow!’
The sound of cats rings around the harbour.
“喵…喵！”
貓的鳴叫聲在海港周遭回旋。
●03
It is the black-tailed gulls!
They visit the harbour in the winter.
It is easy for them to find food near the fishermen and the boats.
是黑尾鷗！
它們在冬天來訪海港。
靠近漁民和漁船，使它們很容易覓食。
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When spring arrives, the gulls leave the harbour.
They fly to the islands nearby. They still call,‘Meow...meow!’ as they fly.
春日來臨，鷗們離開海港。
它們飛到附近的島嶼。它們?nèi)匀辉陲w翔中鳴叫著，“喵…喵！”
Tip
The gulls need to find a mate to have babies. The male gives a fish to a female as a gift so she will choose him.
提示
鷗們需要找到伴侶來繁衍后代。
雄性鷗給雌性鷗一條魚作為禮物，以讓她來選擇他。
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The gulls make their nest on a cliff.
They take turns looking after the eggs.
鷗們在懸崖上筑巢。
它們輪流照顧它們的蛋。
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Crack! 咵咔！
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Crack! 咵咔！
Crack! The fluffy chicks hatch out of their shells.
They cuddle up close to their mother to keep warm and let their feathers dry.
咔！
毛茸茸的鳥崽們從殼中破殼而出。
它們貼著母親緊緊依偎在一起取暖，也讓自己的羽毛變干。
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The chicks are hungry, so the parents have to go fishing.
鳥崽們餓了，父母們得去捕魚了。
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The parents catch fish and swallow them.
Then they fly back to the nest and bring back the food into their mouth.
The chicks eat this gooey, fishy mess straight from their mother or father’s beak.
父母捉住魚，并吞下去。
接著，它們飛回巢，并把食物反芻回鳥崽們的嘴里。
鳥崽們從它們母親或父親的嘴中直接吃著這些黏糊糊的魚雜碎。
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The gull parents are very protective.
If any other gulls get too close, they fight them off and frighten them away.
鷗父鷗母對孩子極盡保護(hù)。
如果有其它任何的鷗靠得太近，它們都會撲扇著翅膀把它們嚇走。
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Even tiny chicks are not safe!
If one wanders into the wrong nest, the parents chase it away with their big beaks.
即使很小的鳥崽也并不安全！
如果其中一只亂躥到錯(cuò)誤的巢中，（巢中的）父母會用大嘴把它趕走。
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Soon the chicks will be as big as their parents.
‘Now it’s time to learn to fly!’
The young gulls watch and learn from the adults.
不久，鳥崽就長得和父母一樣大了。
“現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候?qū)W習(xí)飛翔了！”
年輕的鷗注視著成年鷗，并向它們學(xué)習(xí)。
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The parents are very proud as they
watch their children circle in the air.
‘Now we can fly on our own!’
父母注視著它們的孩子在天空中盤旋，感到非常自豪。
“現(xiàn)在我們可以自己飛了！”
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Tip
Young gulls are a different colour from their parents. They have dark brown feathers and a very dark beak.
提示
年輕的鷗與它們父母身上的顏色不同。
它們有著暗棕色的羽毛和顏色非常深的嘴。
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The cold north wind blows in another winter.
The black-tailed gulls leave their island and head back to the harbour.
They will feed on the easy food until spring arrives.
寒冷的北風(fēng)在新臨的冬季中呼嘯著。
黑尾鷗離開它們居住的島嶼，前往先前的海港。
直到春季垂臨，它們才會更容易覓食一些。
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Find out more!
了解更多！
Lots of gulls
許多的鷗
Black-headed gull
Black-headed gulls change colour in winter and summer.
Their heads turn dark in the summer. In winter, they turn white, with a dark spot behind their eyes.
黑頭鷗（也叫：紅嘴鷗）
黑頭鷗在冬天和夏天換色。
它們的頭在夏天變成深色。
在冬天，它們變白，眼睛靠后位置呈現(xiàn)暗點(diǎn)。
Herring gull
Herring gulls live near black-tailed gulls but have red legs instead of yellow legs.
銀鷗
銀鷗臨近黑尾鷗而居，與黑尾鷗黃色的腿不同，它們的腿是紅色的。
Tern
Terns have short legs and a forked tail. They live near the sea.
燕鷗
燕鷗有著短短的腿，叉狀的尾。
它們靠海而居。
The little tern
The little tern travels a long distance when it migrates.
小燕鷗
小燕鷗遷徙時(shí)歷經(jīng)長途跋涉。
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Gull Facts
鷗二三事
Waterproof 防水
Black-tailed gulls make a special kind of oil which they spread across their feathers with their beak.
It makes their feathers waterproof so they can land on the water.
黑尾鷗產(chǎn)出一種非常特別的油，它們用嘴撫遍它們?nèi)淼挠鹈?這樣它們的羽毛就能防水，也讓它們能在水面上降落。
Little helpers 小幫手
Fishermen sometimes follow groups of black-tailed gulls. When they see the birds circling over a spot on the water,
they know there are plenty of fish there.
These gulls are also nicknamed ‘guardians of the ocean’. People who have been lost at sea will know they are getting
close to the shore if they see the black-tailed gulls overhead.
漁民有時(shí)會跟著一群黑尾鷗。
當(dāng)他們看到黑尾鷗在水面上圍著特定一處打轉(zhuǎn)的時(shí)候，他們就知道那兒一定有許多的魚。
這些鷗也享有“海洋守護(hù)者”的昵稱。
人們在海洋中迷失，當(dāng)他們看到頭頂上有黑尾鷗的時(shí)候，也就知道他們已經(jīng)很靠近海岸了。
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Bird | Black-tailed gull
鳥類 | 黑尾鷗
Mate for life
When the gulls fly back to the islands, they look for their own special partner.
Every year they find the same partner instead of looking for a new mate.
終生伴侶
當(dāng)鷗飛回島嶼，它們會尋覓專屬于它們自己的伴侶。
每一年，它們都找同一個(gè)伴，而非另覓新歡。
On the edge
The gulls make their nest out of grass, twigs and leaves. They build it on a little ledge on the cliff. It makes it much
harder for people or predators to find their eggs and their chicks.
懸崖邊
鷗用草、樹枝、樹葉來筑巢。
它們在快要靠近懸崖邊緣之處筑巢。
這樣，人類或侵略者想要找到它們的蛋或它們的鳥崽就難得多了。