The snow melts, spring returns to the earth, and the annual bird migration to the north begins quietly.
△Great Egrets in groups
Recently, researchers from the Treasure Island Wetland Administration of Hulin City conducted observations and investigations on the migration of birds during the Spring Festival in 2021, and found that various migratory birds have returned northward one after another. The so-called national first-class protected animal, the Oriental White Stork, has also successively entered the Zhenbao Island Wetland National Nature Reserve, and settled in the "new home" where the wetland researchers built artificial nests after the year, and began a long spring and summer life and reproduction.
When the Oriental White Stork was found in the reserve, two red-crowned cranes were also found, as well as great egrets and mandarin ducks waiting in groups to settle in the Zhenbao Island Wetland Reserve.
As the ecological environment of Hulin City continues to improve, more and more wild animals choose to thrive in Hulin.
The Treasure Island Wetland National Nature Reserve alone accommodates all the biological species in the Sanjiang Plain. It has 8 species of Siberian tigers, brown bears and other national first-class protected animals, and 21 species of national second-class protected animals. It has important scientific research and economic value. 130 species of wild animals.
There are 169 species of birds, more than 40 species of rare freshwater fishes, and more than 600 species of higher plants. It is the most primitive and most typical marsh ecosystem preserved in the same latitude area, and it is also a rich gene pool of species resources. It has now been listed as a national An important wetland area has become the only place for waterfowl in northern Asia to migrate south and the breeding center of waterfowl in Northeast Asia.
(Chi Song, CCTV reporter)