China News Service, Daxinganling, August 13 (Huang Xiaohua, Liu Jianxin, Jiang Hui) "I found a large white bird injured near a cave in Hongwei Town. I have never seen it before. Please help me..." Recently, Heilongjiang Huzhong The National Nature Reserve Administration received a call from local residents, Zhao Hongbo and his wife, and rescued a large white bird with a long beak.
Experts identified it as an oriental white stork, an animal protected by the state.
The Oriental White Stork is known as the "Panda in the Bird" and is a national first-class protected animal.
At present, the two main breeding areas of the oriental white stork in the world are the Sanjiang Plain of Heilongjiang Province in the Heilongjiang River Basin and the Russian Far East.
The staff fed the oriental white stork.
Photo by Cao Huanbo
"This bird has white feathers, black tail feathers, and a black long beak."
According to the staff of the Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, according to the location provided by Zhao Hongbo and his wife, they rushed to the scene immediately and found a large bird with a body length of nearly 1 meter standing wet on the grass. Slumped, I didn't fly away when I saw people approaching.
Subsequently, the staff took the big bird back to the ambulance station for rescue.
After being identified by experts from the Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, this big bird is an oriental white stork, a large wading bird, a national first-class protected animal, and an endangered bird.
Expert inspection found that there were no obvious scars on this oriental white stork. It was inferred that the rain caused a gastrointestinal cold, which ruled out the possibility of injury caused by man-made hunting.
At present, the Heilongjiang Huzhong National Nature Reserve Management Bureau has set up a rescue team to conduct further inspections and treatments on this oriental white stork, and release it to nature after its body recovers.
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