7100 Migratory Waterbirds and 2900 Przewalski's Horses Monitored in Qinghai Lake This Spring
Qinghai News Network · The Great Beauty of Qinghai Client News Agency reported (reporter, Cui Yongtao, report) Reporters recently learned from the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area Protection and Utilization Management Bureau that the bureau organized professional technical personnel to conduct monitoring of migratory waterbirds and Przewalski's horse populations in the Qinghai Lake area and wild animal epidemic and disease source monitoring using 4 days, successfully completed the 2020 spring patrol monitoring tasks, a total of monitoring 7100 waterbirds, 2900 Przewalski's horses. This patrol monitored 7100 plus waterbirds of 25 species, of which 2900 plus were the four summer migratory species of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Brown Gull, Black-headed Gull and Common Cormorant; the Common Cormorant has already established nests on Cormorant Island; the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Brown Gull, Black-headed Gull and Common Cormorant roamed in the surrounding shallow wetlands and freshwater lakes to replenish energy and nutrients; 90 plus Greater Flamingos; Compared with last year's same period, the total number of migratory waterbirds in Qinghai Lake has decreased, mainly due to differences in the number of Red-eyed Pochard and Tufted Pochard among ducks and geese. Przewalski's horses are in the mating period, affected by distance, light and Przewalski's horse camouflage colors, the male and female sexes are difficult to distinguish, a total of 2900 plus Przewalski's horses were monitored, distributed according to county districts: 200 plus in Republic County, 1100 plus in Haiyan County, 1500 plus in Gancza County, 100 plus in Tianjun County; according to the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve district, distributed within the reserve 900 plus, outside the reserve 2000 plus; Compared with last year's same period, the flagship species of Qinghai Lake, Przewalski's horse, overall number increased, population development remained stable.
At the same time, in the patrol monitoring work, staff members went deep into individual business households and pastoral households to distribute the 'Protection of Wild Animals and the Advocacy of Not Eating Wild Animals' manifesto, to publicize the importance of protecting wild animals, and to actively carry out wild animal source and disease prevention and control monitoring and prevention; there were no cases of eating wild animals, trading wild animals and wild animal deaths in the Qinghai Lake patrol area, wild animals in the Qinghai Lake area were active.
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