After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 373

Li Zhuo remembered that the maple tree is the national tree of Canada, but there are quite a lot of this kind of tree in the central and eastern regions of the United States.

It seems that its branches are sweet enough to make maple syrup.

However, the maple tree was not in great shape, the white bark looked mottled and had many holes, and the leaves were darker than the surrounding trees.

Li Zhuo walked under the tree and looked up. The tree was not short, it was estimated to be 10 meters high, and it seemed to be about the same age as Li Zhuo.

he asked:
"Brother Shu, brother is here, shall we chat?"

Although the maple tree couldn't speak, its branches and leaves rustled automatically without wind, responding to Li Zhuo's thoughts.

Li Zhuo asked:

"Brother Tree, why do I feel that you are not healthy, is there any termites or some insects hurting you?"

The branches and leaves of the big tree shook more violently, obviously it was a little emotional.

Li Zhuo received the spiritual consciousness from it in the sea of ​​consciousness, which meant to let Li Zhuo look at its trunk.

Li Zhuo walked a little closer and saw a place about 4 meters above the ground. He could see clearly that there were holes in the trunk of this tree that looked like insects had bitten them out.

Each hole is the size of a finger, densely packed, there are about two or three hundred, and the scalp of patients with trypophobia will feel numb when they see it.

Li Zhuo couldn't help asking:
"What kind of bug is this? It's so rampant, wait until I find insecticide to kill it."

The maple branches were swaying again, but the news came in the negative, that it wasn't the worms that did it, but something else.

In the mental fluctuations from the big tree, there was an outline of this guy's appearance.

Li Zhuo observed again and again, and determined that it was a bird.

A bird that scarred the big tree?
what bird is this?

When he was wondering, Li Zhuo heard the sound of birds flying in the woods, as if they were flying from far to near.

Immediately, Maple's mental fluctuations came again, seeming to contain a trace of fear, intending to tell Li Zhuo——

It's here again!

Li Zhuo raised his head and looked around, and finally found a flying bird. It was really not big, about 20cm in length, the top of the head and throat were red, and the body was black, but mixed with white. It has a pointed dark gray beak, and its legs and feet are gray.

This is, a woodpecker?

It should be, because after the bird flew over, it went straight to the maple tree selected by the cigarette, and immediately climbed onto the trunk, standing firmly.

But this guy seemed to have spotted Li Zhuo, and felt unsafe, so he flew up from the tree and flew to another maple tree next door, which was smaller.

Then it got into a round hole in a tree hole in the trunk of this maple tree.

Seeing that the side wall of the tree hole looks quite fresh, showing traces of fresh tree trunks, Li Zhuo suspects that the tree hole was also chiseled out by this guy himself, not the original one.

It is said that the woodpecker is a beneficial bird, and the purpose of chiseling trees is to find the bugs in the trunk to eat.

Looking at it now, it's not sure. It's hard to say whether this guy ate the bugs in the bark, but it's obvious that the two maple trees have been severely damaged.

Li Zhuo took a few steps to the side, and it was far away. The woodpecker probably felt that Li Zhuo was not a big threat to it, so it flew out of the tree hole, landed on the maple tree, and began to shake. The head was chiseled bang bang bang on the trunk.

The bark of the maple, the trunk, soon burst a new hole under its sharp beak.

Clear and viscous sap flowed from the hole, and then the woodpecker reached into the beak and began to suck.

Li Zhuo suddenly realized that the purpose of this guy digging the tree hole was to suck the tree sap, no wonder he destroyed it so crazily.

He raised his mobile phone, took a picture of the bird, and then used the picture to identify it. The information on the mobile phone showed that it was a North American yellow-bellied juice-sucking woodcutter.

The introduction given below points out that this kind of bird likes to dig holes in the honey maple tree and suck the sap. The reason is that the sugar content in the honey maple sap is relatively sweet, which is a rare energy supplement for the bird.

If there is no honey maple, it will chisel the birch to suck the sap.

Since the juice flowing out of each tree hole is limited, in order to eat and drink enough, this guy will keep digging wells on the maple tree, one after another, without stopping. After a long time, the maple tree will naturally be covered with cuts and bruises.

Good guy, this guy is really good at harming others and benefiting himself.

Li Zhuo was observing the bird, but he didn't expect to hear the sound of flapping wings soon. Soon, several smaller birds covered with green and gray feathers also flew over. They all had pointed wings. beak.

This is a hummingbird, and they are amazing at hovering in the air.

They were flying around the woodpecker, scurrying back and forth, as if they were driving the woodpecker away.

The woodpecker was bigger than them, but it was difficult to fight several of them, so it had to fly to the branch. After several hummingbirds drove it away, they stretched out their long beaks and began to suck the sap in the air.

The woodpeckers came again and tried to drive them away, but to no avail.

Li Zhuo finally understood that the sap of this honey maple tree is definitely delicious, and everyone wants to drink it.

But only the yellow-bellied woodcutter is capable of burrowing, so the hummingbird waits next door.

But the woodpecker is not stupid. Although it can't drink the sap, the sap with high sugar content flowing on the trunk will attract many eaters such as bees, flies, butterflies, and ants.

It's okay if it can't catch the hummingbird, it will aim at the lower mouth of the insect that is sucking the juice, peck the insect, and dip it in honey juice to make candied haws of various flavors, and then swallow it.

This is obviously an ecological chain, with plants, insects, and birds all present.

It's just that this tree is a bit miserable, and it basically belongs to the party that has been insulted and damaged.

But the hummingbird was quickly driven away, because at this time a squirrel came and occupied the tree hole. It also likes to drink sweet juice, and because of its size, the hummingbird is hard to match, so it can only fly away in a hurry .

But the feed-sucking woodcutter will not give up. It keeps trying to peck the squirrel, and the squirrel will drive it away.

The two wrestled for a long time, and finally the exhausted woodpecker was defeated and flew back to the cave.

Li Zhuo finally made a move. He stretched out his hand to threaten the red squirrel, making a threatening sound. The squirrel thought it was not Li Zhuo's opponent, so it ran away in a hurry.

Now Li Zhuo understood what was going on, and also understood why the maple tree asked for help.

The woodpecker harms the tree and benefits itself, and it is followed by a group of white whores scrambling for the first place. Of course, the little white whores will also be used by the woodpecker and eaten as jelly beans.

He asked the maple tree:
"Brother Tree, what is your wish? Tell me and I will help you solve it."

The consciousness of the maple tree came:
"Take that bird away quickly, and if this goes on, I'll die from starvation."

Really, the information Li Zhuo read just now explained that if the woodpecker keeps digging wells on the trunk, once the bark is rotten, it will be difficult to supply nutrients to the crown of the tree, and the result will be that the maple tree will be difficult to grow. Survive.

Li Zhuo also felt that this woodpecker was really too much. Even if you want to pluck the wool, you can't just catch one. Even if you want to do things that harm others and benefit yourself, you have to talk about the bottom line, right?
Time to teach him how to be a bird.

Li Zhuo looked at the location of the woodpecker, it was four or five meters above the ground on the tree trunk, and it was still a bit difficult to catch it.

Want to try climbing a tree?
(End of this chapter)