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Ottawa Bluesfest preparations obstructed by nesting bird

渥太华Bluefest音乐节被一只筑巢的鸟阻碍

A major Canadian music festival faced an unexpected, tiny hurdle: a nesting bird who picked the site of the main stage to lay her eggs.

加拿大的大型音乐节遇到了一个意想不到的小难关:一只筑巢的鸟在主舞台上“坐月子”。

A killdeer and her four eggs has delayed the Ottawa Bluesfest from setting up for its 5 July opening.

双领鸻和她正在孵的四只鸟蛋已经推迟了渥太华Bluesfest原定于 7月5日的开幕时间。

Construction of the festival's main stage was scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

音乐节主舞台的建设定于周二开始。

The bird and her eventual brood could not be moved without the approval of the Canadian federal government.

如果没有加拿大联邦政府的批准，是不允许移动这只鸟和她最后一窝鸟宝宝的。

That authorising permit was received by festival organisers on Tuesday afternoon, on condition they would bring in an outside expert to help them move the nest.

周二下午，节日组织者得到了这份授权许可，条件是他们要聘请一位外来专家帮助他们移动鸟巢。

The eggs will be moved incrementally towards a protected spot that will be behind the main stage once it has been built.

一旦主舞台建成，这些鸟宝宝将逐步移向主舞台后面的保护区。

It will be in a protected area near where festival performers have their trailers that "even the artists can't get into", said Joe Reilly, who does media relations for the festival.

负责音乐节媒体关系的Joe Reilly说，保护区将放置在靠近音乐节表演者们进行预演的地方， “即使是表演者也不允许进入”。

If the killdeer mother does abandon the eggs, they will be collected and incubated at another site.

如果双领鸻真的抛弃了鸟宝宝，工作人员也会把它们收集到另一个地方进行孵化。

Mr Reilly said it's been "a bit of a challenge" trying to balance being environmentally conscious with putting on a music concert.

Reilly 表示，他们正在努力兼顾环保意识与举办音乐会，这是“一种挑战”。

The festival set-up is at least 12 hours behind schedule.

音乐节的筹备工作比原定计划晚了至少12个小时。

The Ottawa Bluesfest attracts tens of thousands of music lovers from across North America each year. This year's line-up includes Beck, Bryan Adams, and the Dave Matthews Band.

每年都有成千上万的来自北美的音乐爱好者前来参加渥太华的“Bluefest”音乐节。今年的表演嘉宾有：贝克、布莱恩·亚当斯和戴夫·马修斯乐队。

Killdeer are not endangered birds but are a federally-protected migratory species in both the US and Canada.

双领鸻不是濒临灭绝的鸟类，但在美国和加拿大都是受到联邦保护的迁徙物种。

The small plover and her eggs are being protected by security tape and guards who watch over her and her family day and night.

这只小千鸟和她的鸟宝宝被人用安全胶带保护着，守卫也日夜守护着她和她的家人。

"I have to say this is one of the most challenging problems that we've been presented with recently, but we feel we can work through this," Bluesfest executive director Mark Monahan told journalists on Monday.

Bluesfest执行董事马克•莫纳汉周一对记者表示：“我不得不说，这是我们最近遇到的最具挑战性的难题之一，但我们觉得我们可以解决这个问题。”

Killdeer can be frequently found nesting in human-modified habitats and in areas with little vegetation cover.

在人类改造过的栖息地和植被覆盖较少的地区，经常可以发现双领鸻筑的鸟巢。

来源：英国BBC

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