Rescued from the brink of extinction, there are now 500 crested ibis living around Yangxian town.

被拯救于绝迹边缘，现在有500只朱鹮住在洋县镇附近。

The bird, a scarlet ibis, wasn't exactly an intruder.

这只鸟是只朱鹭，并不是一个不速之客。

Crested ibis numbers rapidly declined. At one point, they were even believed to be extinct.

朱鹮的数量锐减，有人一度认为朱鹭已经灭绝。

Crested ibises need wetlands for feeding, and rice paddies are the perfect place to hunt for eels, frogs and snails.

朱鹮要在湿地进行觅食，肥沃的水田是其觅食海鳗、青蛙与蜗牛的绝佳场所。

Manager of the chemical plant over at ibis.

附近化学工厂的经理。

The white ibis flapped away slowly and came to rest high in a cypress.

白色的宜必思慢慢拍打着翅膀， 停在一棵柏树上。

So, next time someone says broadcasting for the birds -- maybe the animal was thinking ibis I could get more airtime.

因此，下次有人说要为鸟广播时——也许是动物在想，我能得到更多的时间。

But alas… The scarlet ibis primarily eats insects,   shrimp, crabs, mollusks and other crustaceans.

但是，唉… … 猩红色的宜必思主要吃昆虫、虾、螃蟹、软体动物和其他甲壳类动物。

The book's origins lie in his trilogy of " Ibis" novels, set in the thick of the opium trade in the 1830s.

这本书发端于他的三部曲小说《艾比斯》，故事发生在19世纪30年代鸦片贸易的高峰期。

Hi everybody, just a normal tuesday afternoon,   hanging out with the scarlet ibises.

大家好，只是一个普通的星期二下午，和猩红色的朱鹭一起出去玩。

Like the flamingo, scarlet ibises are  super social serial monogamists.

像火烈鸟一样，猩红色的朱鹭是超级社会连续的一夫一妻制。

Scarlet ibis nests have been  called " artless, " because, really, it's just a loose formation of sticks.

猩红色的朱鹮巢穴被称为“朴实无华”，因为实际上，它只是松散的树枝结构。

So eat up, little scarlet ibis!

吃饱吧，小红鹮！

And those shrimp and red  shellfish contain a red pigment called astaxanthin, and eventually that  pigmentation carries over to these ibises.

那些虾和红色贝类含有一种叫做虾青素的红色素，最终这种色素沉着会转移到这些朱鹭身上。

Juveniles of scarlet ibises are  usually dusty brown and white.

朱鹮的幼鸟通常呈灰褐色和白色。

Even though they love spending time in the water,   scarlet ibises are actually pretty great fliers.

尽管他们喜欢在水中消磨时光，但猩红色的朱鹮实际上是非常棒的飞行者。

Say hello to the scarlet ibises of bird kingdom.

向鸟类王国的猩红色朱鹭问好。

Despite being waders, scarlet  ibises don't have super webbed feet.

尽管是涉禽，猩红色的朱鹭并没有超级蹼足。

The other half are ibises, so think of them  as distant cousins to the scarlet ibis.

另一半是朱鹭，因此可以将它们视为猩红色朱鹭的远亲。

The palms were mirrored along both banks, so that when white ibises flew over in a rosy sunset, the river might have been the Nile.

棕榈树倒映在两岸，所以当白色的朱鹭在玫瑰色的夕阳中飞过时，这条河可能就是尼罗河。