horizon of nature: young swamp chicken bathes merrily on the lotus -k8凯发官网

the swamp chicken is a common bird species in ningbo. the adult birds present dark plumage with a white undertail, while the young are usually browner. a few days ago – in the lotus pond of ecological corridor in the eastern new town – a young swamp chicken took the concave lotus leaf as a “bathtub” and relished bathing with it.

by zhang haihua

video: cai ke

narration: yu keqiu

editor: li xiaoying

senior editor: li xiuqin

editorial director: zhao peng

chief editor: zhang weifang