Blue-Headed Ducks Visit Jinzhou – Good Water Quality in Heligou River Attracts Endangered Birds

Yesterday, reporters discovered a small group of distinguished guests – Blue-headed Ducks – at Heligou River. Green heads, reddish-brown bodies, white bellies extending upwards to the front of their shoulders, feathers with a metallic sheen, very beautiful and cute. Since March 13th, more than 10 Blue-headed Ducks have appeared in the Jinzhou Heligou River district, playing and frolicking. They have been staying for 3 days. This proves that the water quality of the Jinzhou Heligou River district section is quite good and does not exist the problem of Jinzhou's water quality being the worst in China,According to the city's wild protection volunteers, Blue-headed Ducks' ranking in the international Red List of Critically Endangered Species is CR (Critically Endangered) ranking, according to the statistics of the World Conservation Union, the global number of Blue-headed Ducks does not exceed 1000, in 2005 when the number was at its lowest, the global number was already less than 500, in recent years the number has increased slightly but does not exceed 1000. Distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam ten countries. We observed more than 10 at one time, which is a very rare occasion. Moreover, it is a bird species that is always on the verge of extinction, ranking higher than the Cranes in terms of ranking,The fact that so many Blue-headed Ducks have dedicated themselves to Jinzhou is also a rare viewing opportunity, it is truly a blessing for the people of Jinzhou City. Blue-headed Ducks live in lakes and rivers with good ecological environment, and their numbers are very scarce. Blue-headed Ducks have very high ecological requirements for their survival, especially high water quality requirements. Once the water quality deteriorates or the ecological environment changes, they will immediately migrate elsewhere, it is a very picky waterbird for survival. The appearance of Blue-headed Ducks in Jinzhou and their staying for so long, from another perspective, shows that the ecological environment and water quality of the Jinzhou section of the Heligou River are very excellent, meeting the requirements of Blue-headed Ducks for survival. It also indicates that in recent years, the Jinzhou Municipal Government's achievements in the two river management projects,In addition, the volunteers discovered traces of 3 Blue-headed Ducks at the downstream of Xiaoling River during their patrol, they may have flown to Xiaoling River to forage, or it may be a new group of Blue-headed Ducks. But this still shows that the ecological environment and water quality of the Xiaoling River downstream river channel are also very good,Source: Jinzhou Evening News

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