National Treasure Birds Appear in Xiangyuan! Oriental White Stork Makes a Guest Appearance at Sanzhang Wetland Park.

Bird·National Treasure

Oriental White Stork

Appearing in Xiangyuan County Sanzhang Wetland Park

Blue sky and white clouds, reed marshes, white egrets and wild ducks fly and dance. Bright spring sunshine shines on the river surface, a majestic Oriental White Stork plays in the river, its plumage as white as snow, its legs and flight feathers are vividly red, and its shimmering coverts and flight feathers are combined so exquisitely, creating a stunning effect and presenting a vibrant atmosphere, depicting a beautiful spring painting. This is the first time the Oriental White Stork has appeared in Xiangyuan County.

According to relevant information, the Oriental White Stork is a large wading bird with a beautiful body shape, a national first-class endangered bird, also known as 'Bird Treasure' and 'Bird Giant Panda'. Its main distribution and breeding grounds are concentrated in the Russian Far East and Northeast China, while its wintering grounds are concentrated in the Yangtze River Basin in China.

In recent years, Xiangyuan has deeply practiced the concept of 'Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains', and has continuously promoted ecological civilization construction, increased the intensity of water protection, and the ecological environment has become increasingly good, attracting more birds such as white egrets, red junglefowl, and black storks to inhabit here. (Source: Xiangyuan, Xiangyuan)

(Editor: Zhang Wenwei)