It so turns out that the wild nature in human settlements, especially large, almost no place. We often mindlessly, not looking forward, we cut down the forest over a large area drained or filled up ponds and swamps, and the free territory strive to decorate the piles of trash. We hitherto can not understand that the well-being of the environment directly depends on our health.
However, in spite of all the representatives of our flora and fauna do not miss the chance to “register” even in such big cities as Moscow. For example, it is surprising to see high on the cliff face of a growing tree. It is clear that little seed fell into a crack in the wall and it sprung up, but where the roots take the nutrients to grow? Amazing vitality to life.
In the capital, a good feel, relatively large animals, such as foxes. Buddy is a hunter, living on the Open highway, which is adjacent to Elk Island, told me that a Fox in their yard in the night often to inspect trash cans.
I Fox-Muscovite almost landed early winter morning by a car not too far from Sokolniki metro station. However, it was fifteen years ago, but the event is remembered in detail. Small Fox, probably female, with a splendid fur, Mahi wanted to cross the street in front of my car. In the light of the torches I could clearly see rapidly approaching on the right of the beast. The brakes hit at the same time. Surprisingly quickly, “on one leg”, the Fox turned around, raising a cloud of snowflakes, fabulously shone in the light of the lanterns with silver, and flew back.
Live within the city boundaries to elk Island and the largest representatives of the wild ungulates of the region, the moose. Once walking with a puppy-hunting near the Yaroslavl highway on the territory of the construction of the Institute, IISS, (now MSSU), and saw a herd of elk in four individuals. They were grazing on the edge of the Park, near the railway tracks at the platform North.
Unfortunately, in our country there is no special service that would work with wild animals if they accidentally wander into the “stone jungle”. In this case, the animals are often caught in a dangerous situation, can wound themselves and to hurt other people. A few years ago on TV showed a plot about a downed early in the morning by a commuter train near the platform Malenkovskaya the elk. Unhappy injured animal lay by the tracks the whole day. Passed by a lot of people, all watching this wild situation. To a wounded animal came delegations from the police, emergency, veterinary service, breeding pens and retreated, fearing to take any responsibility.
However, in the Khabarovsk police officers took on this responsibility, but would be better if they didn’t do it. Long drove around the city bear Pestana, can’t catch, and then opened indiscriminate fire on the beast on the territory of the kindergarten, not getting the place. Amateurish, clumsy work, undermine the authority of police authorities.
Well, when wild animals and birds living next to us, in principle, not in peculiar surroundings and environment, while avoiding the dangers of the city, it always causes interest. Many well-known large store “Arsenal”, located on Jubilee street in the Moscow suburb of Mytishchi, selling hunting and fishing products.
Last year I went into it, looked new. And then crossed the street, heading to the tire shop across the street. Was the end of March, the night had the small powder. Going to the tire store, I looked left and was shocked: the snow is clearly visible russiny Malik! Rusachok quietly and efficiently passed along the street and turned into wasteland. A wasteland that really are small, all sides clamped by the homes and quickly shrinking like shagreen leather. But rusachok, apparently, do not lose heart and manages to co-exist with multi-storey houses.
How long ago had to read the story about the peasant-farmer, who during the period of General collectivization of the peasants stubbornly refused to join the collective farm. The authorities harassed him, caused him and his family all sorts of nasty things, regularly cut off from his share of land plots. But the man did not give up and the farm is not entered. And hare-the farmer, holding his tiny vacant lot with tall weeds, where he might be, and came to light.
Recently met a real viestica Alexander Alekseenko living in Mytishchi on the street Borisovka. That gives, you say, because those with hounds existed in tsarist times. Tell me and make a mistake. And my son Nikita, the young hunter became vestnika. But the thing is that the guys got himself a pointing breed Vizsla. Now, Alexander is walking with his “vyrlitsa” named Amer, (apparently the name is inspired by some Hungarian motifs), also found traces of hares on the other, the vast wasteland, located between the streets of Borisovka and Trinity on the one hand, and on the other Mytishchi CHP and Volkovskoe highway.
Here, according to Alexander lives a few hares. One of them this winter at the mesh that separates the vacant lot from the street Borisovka, caught and ripped by stray dogs, the scourge of wildlife. Sorry of course that in fact exotic for such a large city as Mytishchi, animals are sometimes killed.
Alexander told me another great news. It turns out that this wasteland is inhabited and a decent flock of grey partridges. How do they get along here, too, a mystery. Indeed, in the neighborhood of a lot of dumpsters and therefore the district is always full of crows. Another threat to rabbits and various birds. There is another problem for the wild animals in the wasteland, it is a regular spring burns, who arranged a local walking idiots. Unfortunately, did not help any conversation, nor extinguish the fire with branches. Should stand as incendiaries are taken for their. Although now banned everywhere Pala. Along with the weeds burning, and numerous garbage which is thrown away walking citizens. Depressing picture: dense black, saturated with carcinogens smoke poisons whole district.
On the vacant lot located and partially ice-free in winter thanks to warm water from power plants, the ponds. They accumulate a lot of wintering mallards, have several pairs of coots. Shelducks often fly from Moscow zoo. In the cold, despite the open water, ducks have, of course, is not easy. So I try, when possible, to feed them, emptying the grain on the ice.
Let me give you another example of a life of resilience of birds. At the railway station of the village of Sofrino has a separate platform for trains to Krasnoarmeysk. As you know, the platform consists of hollow core slabs. So, in the most extreme hole of the plate, near the railway tracks made a nest titmouse-Moskovka. Built and led Chicks. Just inches from the nest are the rumbling of the train, and parents to that there is no case, they briskly and regularly, not that not paying attention, know yourself feed their Chicks. Well how here not to remove before them the hat?
Closely standing multi-storey houses, built in the style of simultaneously rational and soulless architecture, Parking lots with many cars, crowds of people scurrying to and fro, in principle do not leave room for nature. The fact that plants, wild animals and birds somehow adapt and are in no hurry to leave their still free from building land, living next to us, it’s a miracle.
