[Explanation] In the golden autumn season, swans in the Bayinbulak National Swan Nature Reserve in Xinjiang blew the assembly call. Whooper swans led the young swans to learn to fly. After more than two months of training, the swans will begin to move south.
On September 26, in the Bayinbuluk National Swan Nature Reserve in Hejing County, Bazhou, Xinjiang, the reporter saw tens of thousands of wild swans gathered together one after another. Whooper swans began to lead the growing young swan to practice flight. Be prepared for the upcoming migration.
Large and small swans swept across the grasslands and lakes, and their elegant posture and white wings became a moving landscape in the early autumn.
Bayinbulak National Swan Nature Reserve is the largest white swan nature reserve in my country, with an average elevation of 2500 meters and a total area of about 23,000 square kilometers.
Every year from mid-March to early April, tens of thousands of rare birds, mainly whooper swans, cygnets and mute swans, come here to thrive and relocate from October to November, and the residence period lasts for more than half a year.
Herder Sermu Jiafu told reporters that Mongolian herders live by water and grass and have a tradition of protecting the ecology. In order to protect these beautiful elves, local herders have spontaneously formed a swan protection team to regularly inspect the swans in their habitat.
Swans can build nests, multiply, and roost next to the yurt without being disturbed.
[Concurrent] Sermu Jiafu, a herder in Hejing County, Xinjiang
Herders live by water and grass, first of all, they must protect nearby water sources, surrounding grasslands, wild animals and water birds, and not dump garbage and dirty water into the water.
Swans can build nests, multiply and roost next to the yurt without being disturbed.
[Explanation] Na Qing, a staff member of the Bayinbulak National Nature Reserve, introduced that in recent years, with the increasing awareness of people’s environmental protection and the herders cherishing swans, the number of swans in the Bayinbuluk Nature Reserve is increasing year by year. The territory gradually expanded.
Compared with previous years, the number of young Bayanbulak swans has increased significantly this year.
[Concurrent] Na Qing, a staff member of Bayinbulak National Nature Reserve
At present, the number of swans gathered in the Little Uludus Basin can reach 3,000 to 4,000. By observing their body shape and coat color, most of them are this year's cygnets. The cygnets are in good health.
[Explanation] It is reported that tens of thousands of swans in the Bayinbulak National Nature Reserve will complete their southward migration by mid-to-late November.
Zhao Yamin, Li Bin and Bayinda report from Hejing County, Xinjiang
Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]