Chinese Online Live Stream ‘Homecoming Stories’ of White Cranes Reveals Surprise: Five ‘Baby Cranes’ Born on Poyang Lake
Recently, a pair of white cranes nested beside the Poyang Lake on high-pressure towers, which triggered widespread attention from netizens. On March 25th, the China Jiangxi Online Media Live Streaming Team came to Poyang Lake to livestream the 'homecoming' story of the white cranes.
Information Daily Client Reporter Shen Guannan/Text, Reporter Wang Qi/Photo
The center of the bird's nest has seven members of the family, a warm and lovely group of baby cranes.
At 11:00 on the 25th, through the drone footage, the reporter saw a mature white crane standing at the edge of the nest. Its neck was long and slender, its body shape was very beautiful, its feathers were pure white, the tips of its wings were black, and its beak was also black, with long, red legs. It was truly a 'high-white beauty'. The reporter zoomed in on the drone's perspective and surprisingly discovered that the five previously laid eggs had successfully hatched into five white crane babies! The baby cranes were huddled in the center of the nest, looking fluffy and cute, and occasionally poked out their little heads, full of charm.
The reason for the white cranes preferring to nest on high-pressure towers is because of the high location, which is not disturbed; the tower structure is stable and easy to build, and very strong.
Many netizens had a question while watching the live broadcast: Why do white cranes favor high-pressure towers? Senior Engineer Chen Nanjing of the Jiangxi Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve Administration said that this is because the towers are high, and they are not disturbed; the tower structure is stable and easy to build, and very strong. Generally, white cranes nest in places with abundant food, such as crops and shallow lakes, ponds, or rivers.
The power department installed and insulation sleeves to prevent bird droppings from corroding.
White crane droppings are acidic substances that can affect power grid equipment. To this end, Liu Fengqi, the responsible person of the South China Grid Transmission Management Center, told reporters, 'We installed and insulation sleeves below the nest to effectively prevent white crane droppings from sticking to the transmission line insulators', and transmission line inspection personnel also used new technologies such as drones to strengthen line inspection and monitoring.
Experts suggest building artificial nests to provide a more comfortable home for the birds.
The breeding grounds of white cranes are mainly in Siberia, Russia, and Northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. They arrive in Poyang Lake for wintering from October to November, and return to the breeding grounds in early March or mid-March. So why did the white cranes that should have flown to Northeast China to breed choose to lay eggs and raise babies in Poyang Lake? Chen Nanjing said that this is generally considered due to global climate change, which has caused some changes in the ecological habits of wild animals, and also indicates that the Jiangxi wetlands and bird protection are effective, providing a good habitat for white cranes. How to further protect rare birds? Chen Nanjing suggested choosing suitable places to build some artificial nests to attract white cranes to live in the artificial nests and provide them with a more comfortable home. However, 'once the white crane lays eggs in the nest, please do not remove or relocate the nest'.
Source: Jiangxi News Network
Source: Jiangxi News Network
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