Warm Weather Brings Birds Back to Urumqi's Botanical Garden; Crowned Hawk-Eagles Return in Large Groups, Attracting Birdwatchers

Urumqi Evening News All Media Report (Reporter): "Look at that bird, with gold-colored heads and crowns, it's so beautiful..." On March 24th, at the City Botanical Garden, various birds attracted many tourists to stop and watch.

Birdwatcher Lin Bin pressed the shutter at the bird. He told the people around him: "That's a crowned hawk-eagle!"

"This year, the number of crowned hawk-eagles is more than in previous years. In the past two days, the largest number was about a hundred in the botanical garden, while in South Mountain, there were over two thousand." Xinjiang Birdwatching Association Vice Secretary-General Yang Feifei said that in addition to photographing crowned hawk-eagles at the botanical garden, they also photographed red-billed bluebirds, grey jay, golden pheasant, and several pairs of swallows preparing to build nests and breed. He said that as the weather warms, these migratory birds return after spending the winter in the south.

Crowned hawk-eagle.