Chinanews.com, Hengshui, February 22 (Cui Zhiping, Huang Jian) Hebei Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve Resources Conservation Bureau reported on the 22nd that during daily monitoring on the 21st, staff found 50 cygnets perched on the lake.
This is the first batch of migratory birds to come to Hengshui Lake this spring. As the weather gets warmer, the spring bird migration of Hengshui Lake kicks off.
There is also a white-fronted goose (back center) among the wild geese beside Cygnet.
Photo by Zhang Yuguang
According to Zhang Yuguang, chief of the Wetland Ecological Monitoring Section of the Resources Protection Bureau of Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve, after careful observation and counting, there are 50 cygnets in this group.
They live with the geese that have lived in Hengshui Lake for a winter.
Among the geese, in addition to the bean geese, the staff were pleasantly surprised to find a white-fronted goose, a second-class national protected animal.
Little swans and wild geese live on Hengshui Lake.
Photo by Zhang Yuguang
Zhang Yuguang said that cygnets are national second-class protected animals and mainly inhabit open waters with lush aquatic plants.
Sex likes clusters and lives in groups except during the breeding season.
Good water environment, rich food and safe habitat in Hengshui Lake are their basic requirements for habitat.
A bean goose waved its wings, as if calling for its companions to welcome the cygnets.
Photo by Zhang Yuguang
Zhang Yuguang said that the annual spring bird migration in Hengshui Lake lasts from mid-February to mid-to-late April, with March as the peak period.
With the arrival of this group of cygnets, there will be blue-headed pochards, white spoonbills, whooper swans, egrets, night herons... More and more birds will migrate here one after another.
Cygnets and geese live in harmony, forming a beautiful ecological picture.
Photo by Zhang Yuguang
Hengshui Lake is the only national-level nature reserve in the North China Plain that maintains a complete wetland ecosystem such as swamps, waters, tidal flats, meadows and woodlands.
In recent years, with the continuous strengthening of environmental protection, Hengshui Lake has become a paradise for more and more birds.
(over)