Wearing a "ID card" for thousands of birds for thousands of birds

Reporter Cao Hua

Recently, the National Wetland Park of Wuliangu Lake in Fuhai County carried out the scientific activities of bird ring -minded monitoring to wear a ring to 1,000 birds in order to thoroughly study the migration routes, reproduction and population changes of wetland parks, for the protection of birds and the protection of birds and the protection of birds and the protection of birds and the protection of birds and Ecological environment construction provides data support.

The ring of wore on the bird's leg. Photo by Chai Yongbin

"This work starts from mid -July this year and is planned to end at the end of August. This is also the first time that Bird's ringing work is carried out in the first large -scale launch of birds in Wuxungu Lake National Wetland Park in Fuhai County. . "Said Haraba Kaiser, deputy director of the Wuxian Lake National Wetland Park Management Bureau of Fuhai County.

In the past few days, the staff is busy catching birds and wearing a ring of circles in Wetland Park. The whole process is not only a scientific activity, but also testing people's physical strength and endurance. "Bird catching is a very hard process. We must support the hidden nets in the river. In order to reduce the damage to the birds, people must always stay on the side of the net. Once there is a bird's live, the birds will be removed as soon as possible. Sometimes when encountering a big wind, Bird Net will be blown down and needs to be installed repeatedly. It is often to catch a bird, one morning is a morning. "Chai Yongbin, member of the Organization of the Autonomous Region Protection Place and founder of the Chinese Science Investigation Volunteer Alliance, said At present, the staff has completed the installation of more than 700 bird ring circles, and at the same time, 80 bird positioning tracker installation will be completed.

The staff is ready to fly with the birds in the ring circle. Photo by Chai Yongbin

It is understood that the installation of bird ring is a scientific method for studying birds, that is, to capture birds in the breeding place, wintering or migration in the concentrated birds, and the special number of the National Huanzhi Center and the unique number of the National Huanzhi Center and the unique number of the unique number will The metal rings or color plastic rings are fixed on the bird's calf or sloppy, and then released in place to capture or observe again in other places. "This is equivalent to handling the" ID card "for the birds. For the normal migration route of migratory birds, it is determined that each migrant bird has a logo basis in the middle of the way." Chai Yongbin said.

The staff is flying a bird wearing a positioning tracker. Photo by Chai Yongbin

The area of ​​Wetland Park, Wuliangu Lake, Fuhai County is about 120,000 hectares. It is on the global migration route 3. It is an important node of the global biological chain and the "energy supplement stations" of migrating migratory birds flying over Tianshan and Altai Mountain. In recent years, Fuhai County has continuously increased the protection of the protection and control capabilities of the Wetland Park of Wulun Guhu Lake, and continued to improve the ecological environment. The birds in wetland parks have increased to 271 species, of which 17 rare and endangered birds, and national level Nine species of birds and 45 species of secondary protective birds.

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