2008年8月29日星期五

samsonite summer special items

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August 29, 2008

2008年8月28日星期四

some feelings

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老家有句话,“七十不留宿,八十不留餐”,争取趁着父母身体好,多带他们去些地方吧。

2008年8月26日星期二

李嘉诚养了22年的“新奶牛”

赫斯基能源公司(Husky Energy)成了李嘉诚旗下和记黄埔最赚钱的“盈利老虎”。
按照最新公布的业绩报告,受惠于油价持续飙升,赫斯基能源在2008年上半年,为和黄贡献了85.4亿港元的盈利,占和黄固有业务盈利的比例上升至28%。
而当李嘉诚在22年前收购赫斯基能源的股份时,这只不过是一家资本支出与负债过高的中型石油公司,当年的石油价格曾跌至每桶11美元。但李嘉诚当时就预言,“世界石油价格短期内不会有太大升幅,长远来说可以看好。”
22年后的2008年8月21日,李嘉诚在业绩会上自信地说,“赫斯基能源在七八年前还被人批评说录得亏损,但是今年和黄最大的盈利贡献就来自赫斯基。”
目前和黄持有赫斯基能源约35%股权,如果加上李嘉诚家族及旗下公司拥有的股权,则于赫斯基能源的总持股量约为71%。
“现在已经有数名买家愿意以高于目前石油市场现价,向赫斯基能源购买三年后的生产量,这说明石油市场表现仍然强劲。” 8月21日,李嘉诚在接受本报记者采访时表示。
22年变身最赚钱公司
想知道能源公司有多赚钱,或许公司CEO的年收入是个不错的参照。
65岁的赫斯基能源主席兼行政总裁刘钱崧的总收入,就由2006年的420万美元(约3270万港元),到2007年跳升至2600多万美元。
刘钱崧曾在长江实业以及和黄为李嘉诚工作多年,对于外间针对高收入的议论,赫斯基能源的发言人韦特表示,“刘钱崧是行内表现最出色的顶尖行政人才之一,自从1992年上任后,至今公司市值上升超过1000%。”
按照最新的数据,赫斯基能源在今年第二季度录得盈利13.6亿加元(约106.2 亿港元),季度息增加25%至0.5加元。私人持有赫斯基约36%股权的李嘉诚,以及持有约34.6%股权的和黄,估计分别获派股息约11.82亿港元及11.36亿港元。
赫斯基现在成了和黄的中流砥柱。受美国次级债危机和全球经济放缓影响,今年上半年和黄主营的港口码头业务业绩有所下滑。
和黄在8月21日公布2008年上半年业绩显示,期内和黄的纯利达到106.88亿港元,与去年中期业绩相比,下跌63%,为6年来首次下降。其中,赫斯基能源与港口业务的溢利贡献最大,分别为85.43亿元及68.54亿元,同比各增长85%及19%。而2007年同期因为出售印度业务而得到358亿元利润贡献,使去年同期的纯利激增53%。
按照和黄提供的资料,赫斯基能源于2000年8月28日在多伦多证券交易所上市后,目前拥有的优质资产市值约达420亿加元,其业务涵盖了上中下游的勘探生产原油、精练合成原油,以及分销汽油等。
“一生中最伟大的投资”
李嘉诚曾表示,当初投资赫斯基主要有两个原因,一是他个人对加拿大有特别的个人感情,二是他本人与赫斯基原总裁私交甚笃,相信他的指引。
上世纪80年代中期,李嘉诚开始大规模海外投资。1986年12月,在加拿大帝国商业银行的撮合下,李嘉诚透过家族公司以及和黄,斥资32亿港元收购赫斯基石油公司(Husky Oil Ltd.)52%股权,其中,和黄与嘉宏国际合组的联营公司Union Faith购入43%股权,而李嘉诚的长子李泽钜购入9%股权。此外,李嘉诚拥有9%股权的加拿大帝国商业银行也购入赫斯基5%股权。
其时,在经历了70年代两次石油危机后,油价陷入低潮,全球石油股票低迷,李嘉诚却在这时看好石油工业,做出他当时最大的一笔跨国投资。
根据当时加拿大的商务法则,外国人不能购买“财政状况健全”的能源公司。彼时,赫斯基能源拥有5000余口石油及天然气生产井的开采权,其中约40%由本公司开采,此外还持有重油精炼厂26.67%股权以及343间汽油站。除油价低迷因素带来资金周转困难外,并无出现债务危机。
李嘉诚家族凭藉长子李泽钜于1983年已加入加拿大国籍,避过了针对外国人的投资限制。而原来的大股东、加拿大化学制品及气体运输集团Nova Corp.拥有余下的43%股权。
“80年代时中东国家和美国有分歧,石油供应紧张。那时(我)就想:加拿大有石油,政治环境相当稳定,就趁赫斯基亏蚀的时候把它买过来。”李嘉诚在多年后面有得意之色地回忆说。
今天,这一交易被誉为“李嘉诚一生中最伟大的投资之一”。
李嘉诚收购赫斯基能源后,展开一系列急速扩张,趁低价购入更多的石油储存,以及多钻取石油以减低负债。1988年6月,李嘉诚斥资3.75亿加元,全面收购加拿大另一家石油公司Canterra Energy Ltd.,使赫斯基能源的资产值从原来的20亿加元扩大一倍。1991年10月,赫斯基能源的另一名大股东Nova集团以低价将所持的43%股权出售,李嘉诚家族斥资17.2亿港元取得了赫斯基能源的绝对控制权。
经过多年开源节流和技术改造,李嘉诚把赫斯基由一家亏损企业变成了利润驱动器。同时,李嘉诚不断增购赫斯基石油股权。
他成了加拿大的投资英雄。加拿大的商务官员和商人为了便于与李嘉诚接触,把办公室也搬进了唐人街。
2000年8月赫斯基能源在加拿大上市,有当时的报道说,李嘉诚为此获利65亿港元。
油砂中的财富魔术
低买高卖的传奇并未就此结束。
2004年末,当国际油价首次突破40美元一桶,关于中石油、中海油、中石化考虑收购赫斯基能源控股权的传闻此起彼伏。
其时,高盛证券曾评估,和黄若以市值出售所持的赫斯基能源35%股权,估计约值362亿元人民币,以此计算若出售可获利170亿元人民币。
有知情人士透露,上述三大石油商都与赫斯基能源有过接洽,不过最后均无疾而终。
后来的事实证明,李嘉诚当时留下这头奶牛确实得益非浅。
也就在出售传闻蜂起的2004年,赫斯基能源开始进行“点砂成金”的提炼,计划把加拿大的油砂提炼成石油,若成功,估计可以开采出超过26亿桶石油。李嘉诚当时说:“我们在加拿大拥有其中一个最大的油砂矿,50年也开采不完,储量以数十亿桶计。”
油砂是一种沥青、沙石、水和黏土的混合物,必须从中萃取分离出沥青,才能生产出高质量的“合成原油”,大约每开采两吨油砂才能产出一桶合成原油。1979年时,油砂生产成本在每桶25.81美元的水平。在油价于2004年达到40美元一桶的水平之前,开采油砂几乎无利可图。
2004年以后,随着油价狂飙,油砂成为拥有竞争力的世界资源的新亮点。由于开采和炼化技术的进步,采油砂提炼一桶大概只需10美元,甚至更低,这引爆了油砂开发的利润井喷。
根据和黄提供的数据,赫斯基能源首两个油砂项目位于加拿大的德加与旭日区。德加油砂项目的建造工程在2006年8月完成,并在2006年底开始生产石油。这个项目预期生产期长达35年、每天最高产量超过3万桶。而旭日区油砂项目于2005年12月获得了监管机构的批准,赫斯基估计旭日区项目可生产32亿桶沥青,并拥有40年的生产年期。
有分析员指出,赫斯基能源油砂的开采及生产成本大约为每桶10.7美元-12.59美元,提炼成本大约为2.52美元-2.94美元,油价只要高于每桶20美元,便有利可图。
4年后的今天,当油价已经站在100美元一桶以上时,赫斯基能源的获利能力可想而知。
一再流产的出售
于是,在今年5月份,市场再传中海油有意洽购赫斯基能源。对此,李嘉诚没有正面回应,仅表示会经常检讨赫斯基的营运,争取对股东有利的发展。
“虽然有市场分析指出,油价将会跌至每桶80美元,但我对石油资源未来前景仍抱有很强信心。”在8月21日的记者会上,李嘉诚在被本报记者问及如何看待中资企业收购海外能源资产时回答说,“除非可找到取代石油的能源——这一点说比做到容易——否则石油价格在未来数年仍会高企。”
虽然暂时未有明朗的出售股权计划,但赫斯基能源与外界和并购合作脚步一直没有停歇。2007年12月,赫斯基与英国石油(BP)达成协议,成立针对油砂开采及下游炼化的合营企业,各占50%权益。
双方合作的主要目的,是将赫斯基目前在加拿大阿尔伯达省的旭日油砂项目的上游开采,与BP在美国俄亥俄州的托利多炼化项目设施结合,以建立综合的生产能力。赫斯基能源出售旭日油砂项目50%权益给英国石油公司,获得了31.2亿港元利润。

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2008年8月25日星期一

My Gold Medal Girl

Teri Johnson

Five things you need to know if your kid is competing in this year’s Summer Olympics (and even if she’s not)

By Teri Johnson
West Des Moines, Iowa

August 8, 2008—opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. I’ll be watching my 16-year-old daughter, Shawn, enter the stadium with nearly 600 American athletes. I never imagined Shawn would get this far when I enrolled her, at age three, in a gymnastics class in Urbandale, near where we live in Iowa.

I’ve been asked what I did to raise an Olympic athlete, but I don’t think I’m different from most parents. Shawn’s got a curfew like any other kid. If anything, Shawn’s helped me be a better mom and helped me learn to trust that God watches over us. Here are five things I learned about raising an Olympian that can help any parent.

Follow their lead.

It’s hard to believe, watching her today, that Shawn almost didn’t make it out of the delivery room. The umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. Doctors told me it was a close call. My husband, Doug, and I call it a miracle.

But Shawn wasn’t slowed by her scary start. In fact, I could barely keep up with her. She walked at nine months. By age two she needed stitches after banging her head while running in the house. She climbed into the cabinets where we kept her toys. More than once I found her teetering on a stack of toys she’d erected in order to reach ones higher up on the shelf. I prayed we’d find a safe way for her to use up that energy. We entered her in a tumbling class then a dance class, but she was bored by them.

One day I walked into the kitchen in time to see Shawn leap from our table into Doug’s arms. I wasn’t thrilled with her new stunt, but it stirred an idea. I took her to gymnastics. It clicked—Shawn loved running, climbing, leaping from great heights. At least there were plenty of mats if she fell.

The first day I stood off to the side, watching her as she scampered across the balance beam. She’d found her niche. My daughter showed me what she liked to do—I just drove her to the place where she could do it.

Find the right mentor.

The only problem she had in her gymnastics class was that she drove the instructors crazy. When the class sat down to learn about an exercise, Shawn would wander off to the balance beam. Or she’d have so much fun she’d run to the front of the line. The instructors always scolded her: “Shawn, get back here!” “No, Shawn, wait your turn.”

When Shawn was six, we checked out a new gymnastics school that had opened in our town. It was small and didn’t have many students. The owner of the gym, Coach Chow, introduced himself.

“So you like gymnastics, huh?” he asked Shawn. She nodded. “What’s your favorite event?”

“The balance beam,” Shawn answered.

They kept chatting as he showed us around. I was amazed at how well they got along. Then Shawn had to wait her turn for the beam. She fidgeted then stepped out of line and moved to a mat, performing a perfect cartwheel. I shook my head. But instead of scolding her, Coach Chow laughed. “I love her energy. That’s what you need in this sport.”

He knew what he was talking about. He’d competed for China’s national team in the 1980s and, after moving to the States, coached gymnastics at the University of Iowa. All that experience gave him the ability to see potential in Shawn. He kept her interest by keeping her challenged. In Shawn’s first week with Coach Chow, she learned to perform a back handspring.

“I didn’t know you could do that!” I said.

“Neither did I,” Shawn said. Only Coach Chow did.

Root for them—not for victory.

Coach Chow placed Shawn in the pre-teen advanced group, which competed against other gyms. For the first time, I had doubts. I’d seen other girls break down when they didn’t win. I didn’t want that to be Shawn. I sat in the stands at her first meet. She looked so tiny, dwarfed by the older, more experienced competitors. She’ll never keep up, I thought.

The other girls performed flips and jumps with ease. Shawn could barely get off the ground. Every step she took, every leap she made, was filled with enthusiasm, but the judges kept taking away points for missed landings, poorly executed techniques. Even so, the crowd loved her, clapping and cheering on her bubbly energy.

Shawn finished in twelfth place, and I was upset. Not because I wasn’t proud of her, who’d done better than expected against the more experienced girls, but because I worried she’d be discouraged by the results.

“That was fun!” Shawn said, proudly displaying her twelfth-place ribbon. She wasn’t upset. Neither was I, anymore. This wasn’t about winning to her —it was about showing what she could do.

Don’t decide, guide.

When Shawn was 12, she was invited to join the U.S. junior team. The practice schedule was intense—especially on top of her schedule outside the gym. She studied two hours a night, getting all As. She wrote short stories and poetry, joined the yearbook committee, even volunteered to walk dogs at a shelter. Sometimes it seemed like too much. I thought it might be better for her to quit gymnastics. One afternoon before practice I found her in her room, crying. “I don’t want to go,” she said.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I don’t know if I can do this anymore.”

I sat down and put my arm around her. “You don’t have to go,” I said.

“Coach Chow will be disappointed in me. The team will too.” She didn’t say it, but I could hear her next thought: You’ll be disappointed in me. After my worries about her workload, I had the perfect opportunity to tell her to quit, but I couldn’t. Gymnastics was no longer my way to channel her energy. It had become a part of her. This was her choice, not mine.

“You’re doing this for you,” I said. “Mr. Chow will go on coaching whether you’re with him or not. Just make sure you’re quitting because you want to, not because you’re having a bad day. I’ll support you either way.”

She wiped her tears. “Thanks, Mom,” she said, and gave me a big hug. Thank you, Lord, for giving me just the right daughter, high energy and all. Shawn was back with the team the next day. And I felt better knowing it was her decision.

Trust.

At 13 Shawn qualified for her first international competition—in Belgium. It would be the first trip out of the States for all of us. Maddeningly, U.S. team rules stated we couldn’t travel with our daughter (the team traveled as a team). By the time Doug and I took our seats in the arena the day of the competition, I was a wreck. I scanned the floor. Gymnasts dotted the blue mats. And there was Shawn, entering through the tunnel with the team, her eyes scanning the stands. She spotted us and gave us a big wave. Lord, she really has grown up a lot. Thank you for being with her when we can’t.

The competition was about to begin. My heart beat wildly. The way Shawn’s 90-pound body catapults through the air on the uneven bars, flips upside-down inches above the balance beam makes me hold my breath each time. I said the prayer I always say before Shawn’s meets. Please get Shawn through this safely. She looked so poised, focused. Was this the same daughter I was so worried about?

I shook my head, amazed at the new heights Shawn reached dismounting the vault and flying off the bars. She was leaping off apparatus much higher than our table—without her dad to catch her. I had to trust she’d land safely. She did, each time. Shawn placed first on vault and floor and won the all-around competition.

That didn’t mean I stopped worrying about her. I still do. I’m not making her curfew an hour later, even if she wins gold in Beijing. But if it’s one thing my daughter has shown me, it’s that the best way to be a parent to her is to trust—in her and in God. Shawn was given a gift. I’ll be by her side to help her use it. Isn’t that what we parents are here to do?

http://www.guidepostsmag.com/family/parenting-archive/?i=2865&page=1




驾驶技巧

考试要求:在行驶中将桥分别用左右轮压于轮下,平稳通过。有一轮未上桥或者已骑上桥面中途有一轮掉下的都要扣分。
破解方法:车头左边筋对准1桥左边上桥后看远方对比车身是否正,不正要修正回正,后车轮下桥车尾下沉,车头上抬时向右打方向半圈,看二桥左側到达驾车人正前方时,向左打方向一圈,看远方对比车身正时向右打方向半圈,回正。

考试——圆饼路最新破解
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考试要求:在7米宽的路面上设置6块圆饼,要求车骑于圆饼之上通过,车轮轨迹不得擦碰圆饼,并且不得超、压两侧路边缘线。
破解方法:
开始进入圆饼路时,车头左边1/4处对准1、2号圆饼左边的斜切线进入;
行进至车挡风玻璃左下角对准3号圆饼中心时向左转动方向到底后向右转动方向2圈,回正;
挡风玻璃右下角对准4号圆饼中心时,向右打方向到底后向左打方向2圈,回正;
左视镜对准5号圆饼中心时向左打方向到底后向右打方向2圈、回正;
前挡风玻璃右下角对准6号圆饼中心时向右打方向到底后左回2圈,回正。

"上坡起步"的要领
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学员在学车过程中,对上坡起步都普遍感到特别困难,其实只要掌握以下要领也不难把握:
一.起步时只要拉紧手制动,慢慢抬起离合器至结合点(车头出现"微微"上抬)立即稳住离合器,此时放下手制动,车子就不会出现"溜坡"现象.
二.坡道起步因阻力较大,所以离合器要比平路多稳3-4秒,当你放下手制动时,千万不要马上松离合器,须立即加油,等车子慢速行进3-4米时,再将离合器慢慢抬起,这样才能保证车子在坡道上平稳起步不熄火.
三.要敢加油,在上坡起步,当你放下手刹时,要利立马加油,使发动机转速在1500转左右,这样才能保证车子上坡起步动力充沛,不会出现"抖动"现象.

驾校里学不到的10大技巧
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1、如何拐弯进窄门?
首先目测是否能够进得去,不要紧贴着门边的障碍物拐弯,尽量减小转弯的夹角。
2、上坡、上桥怎样防止旁车“插入”?
坚持“走自己的道”,不要理会别人。若在中间一根道,则保持车辆居中;若在里车道,则居中偏外,这样别的车辆就不容易插入。还要注意车距,一定要保持相当的车距,防止前车溜车。
总之,让速不让道,在任何情况下,都要在自己的固有位置上。
3、怎样把车“嵌入”一排车的中间?
采用倒车停车方法。通过反光镜,以车位前方车辆车头的中线为参照物,当后车轮的一半过了这条线时,开始打足方向盘倒车,待车辆进入2/3以后,再回方向盘。
4、要不要放空挡?
不建议经常放空挡。在速度不快、不影响安全的情况下,可以采用空档滑行,但省油效果不明显。下坡时切勿放空挡,不仅容易导致刹车失灵,而且一旦熄火,车辆可能失控。
5、如何超车和变道?
要坚决、果断,尽量贴近前车,尤其是双向车道,可以节省超车的时间。
变道时一定要通过反光镜仔细观察隔壁车道的车流情况,不仅要判断距离,而且要判断后车的速度。在确保安全的情况下才可以变道,否则一旦发生碰撞,变道车要负全责。
若行驶过程中,前方有公共汽车靠站,看不清车头处是否有行人过马路时,可以看公共汽车车头前轮的空隙处,若地上有脚或阴影移动,则表示有人,超车时一定要注意。
6、绿灯闪烁,是否可以继续往前开?
按照新的交通法规,不建议绿灯闪烁的时候过,最好绿灯一闪就停车,避免闯黄灯。并且尽量避免停在斑马线上。
7、怎样换挡最有效率?
换挡的诀窍在于学会听发动机声音。车速快、挡位低、拖挡的时候,会发出嗡嗡的声音;反之,低速高挡的时候,声音也会异常,会很响,同时还会发生车身抖动的现象。
一般来说,起步后,车子开动之后放2挡,40码左右就可以换3挡了。
8、怎样把速度保持在60-80码?
很多路段超过80码会被电子警察揪住,但开得太慢又会影响交通顺畅,因此60-80码是最安全的行车速度。
首先,一定要养成不猛踩油门的习惯,至于踩油门的最佳力度,每一辆车都不一样,要尽快熟悉自己车子的油门轻重。
9、遇到红灯,如何把车停得稳一点?
提前从油门收脚,刹车不要猛踩,第一脚踩得略深一点,让速度迅速降下来,待车辆停之前,微放刹车,汽车就不会向前“冲”了。
10、如何把车开到上街沿?
一般不主张把车硬生生开到上街沿,容易损坏车辆。长时间“凝”离合器,车内会传来一股焦臭味,这是离合器磨损的味道。
有的地方停车紧张,实在需要把车开到上街沿,也要放慢车速,一个轮子一个轮子地上去,千万不要两个轮子一起冲上去,这样很容易造成避震系统的损坏。下来的时候,也最好从侧面下。

2008年8月24日星期日

August 24, 2008

天下没有不散的筵席

2008年8月20日星期三

Shawn Johnson

I like Shawn Johnson, the little is so lovely.
and Chen Ruolin is also a lovely girl.

2008年8月16日星期六

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt, god on the hightway, 9"69=100meters

2008年8月9日星期六

开幕式

美丽、壮观、震撼、有面子,人海战术。

有人说得好,中国文化的精髓不是人海战术(尽管我们常常以此取胜),而在于空灵的哲学。

2008年8月6日星期三

mazda 6, zoom~zoom, today we got it

马自达6 2.0L 5AT轿跑

外观/内饰
高位刹车灯

电动天窗

铝合金轮圈

真皮方向盘

运动型保险杠及前格栅

运动型侧装饰裙

运动型后扰流翼板

带遮阳区的绿色风窗玻璃

深色后风窗玻璃

运动型宝石斜面一体式卤素前照灯及雾灯

运动型宝石斜面整体组合式后灯

顶式天线

排气尾管装饰

高级真皮运动型座椅

高级深色类金属内饰

真皮换档手柄

真皮手制动杆

舒适性配置
驾驶席座椅可调腰部支撑

扬声器数量6个

电动车窗

带防夹功能车窗

防眩目内后视镜

自动恒温空调

AM/FM收音机

可折回式电动外后视镜

车外温度显示器

组合仪表带AT档位显示

暗光仪表盘

硬币盒

杂物盒

带盖前杯架

前座可折叠式双层盒式中央扶手

后座可折叠式带2个杯架式中央扶手

司机侧眼镜盒

前后烟灰盒

后部两个衣帽挂钩

3个车门把手

塑料迎宾踏板

铝合金踏板

数字时钟

电动调整外后视镜 司机侧带广角镜

防侵入式制动踏板

六碟CD机

颗粒过滤式空气滤清器

可记忆3个位置的8方位电动调节式驾驶员座椅

防颈部扭伤可调式座椅头枕

后座中间独立式头枕

高度/前后可调方向盘

带音响便携式开关的真皮方向盘

遥控开关玻璃窗

电动门锁(车门和行李箱)

电动车窗带断电控制系统

折叠式遥控钥匙(车门和行李箱)

后风窗定时除霜装置

油箱盖内开装置

一个动作可完全放平KARAKURI后座椅

感速式前/后风窗刮水器

司机搁脚板

车辆安全/防盗配置
倒车雷达

发动机防盗功能

ABS防抱死制动系统

EBD电子制动力分配系统

驾驶座安全气囊

副驾驶座安全气囊

侧部安全气帘

侧部SRS安全气囊

儿童安全锁

智能防盗装置

3H结构高刚性车身

前座2个预紧和载荷限制式ELR三点约束式安全带

后座3个ALR-ELR三点约束式安全带

后座安全带 带儿童座椅固定装置

伺服钥匙系统

其他功能配置
S-VT(VVT) 可变气门正时控制系统

VIS可变进气歧管系统

VTCS可变涡流控制系统

VAD可变进气道

双排气管

电子控制节气阀

感速型动力转向系统

2008年8月4日星期一

mazda 3 & mazda 6

今天下午去取车。让店里的工作人员打开mazda3和m6的引擎盖看了一下,差别真大。
mazda3是日本防府厂出的,生产工艺真是没得说,再看看mazda6,不比不知道,粗糙得一塌糊涂。制造大国跟制造强国还是有差距的。

2008年8月1日星期五

Streptopelia chinensis

中午看到河边有两只鸟逡巡觅食,用望远镜仔细观察,然后对照杭州观鸟地图,确定是“珠颈斑鸠”。

学名:Streptopelia chinensis
英文名:Spotted-necked dove
以下来自zh.wikipedia.org
分布
广泛分布在亚洲南部的开阔林地、农地、都市等地区,从印度、斯里兰卡东部到中国南部、东南亚等地。该种还被引入美国洛杉矶地区,还于1860年代被引入澳大利亚墨尔本,以及印度尼西亚新西兰地区。

特征
珠颈斑鸠尾长,体长在28-32厘米之间,比鸽子略小。背部、翅膀和尾部为灰褐色,尾羽外侧为黑色,尾端为白色,头部为深蓝色,头颈为黑色,带有白色斑点,下腹部为暗红色,喙为暗褐色,脚红色。 人们常把它和鸽子混淆,但只要由颜色来分辨就可以简单看出两者的差别。 叫声低沉,重音靠后,类似"咕-咕-咕"、"咕-咕-咕~ 咕";驱赶入侵者或保护幼鸟时会发出"咕-咕"、"咕咕咕"。
习性
主食是果实、谷物和其他植物的种子,也会捕食昆虫。主要在地面上觅食。有水时也会喝水,他们喝水的方式是用吸的,与其他鸟类不同。 如果地点许可,它们也会用水清洗身体。
繁殖
通常为一夫一妻制,一年繁殖一次,通常由雄鸟寻找合适的地方,再带雌鸟去选,选一个双方都认为可以的地方,筑巢是一起筑的;但也可能“鹊巢鸠占”占用之前其他珠颈斑鸠或其他鸟类的巢。 孵蛋、养育小斑鸠则是轮流。一次生两颗白色的蛋,大约两个星期,小斑鸠就会破蛋而出。也大约是两个星期,小斑鸠就必须离巢。