Jiangsu Yancheng: This year's first batch of "Hebao" flies with wings

On September 23, the young cranes born in the National Nature Reserve of Yancheng Wetland, Jiangsu, have completed their first flight ability training. It is understood that 22 chicks have reached the requirements of flight exercises. Carry out flight training to lay the foundation for the next step.

Druming courage, open wings, tiptoe to the tip of his toes, exhausting his strength, running and flying ... On the afternoon of the day, the staff of the Danbang Crane Rescue Breeding Center first led the chicks to the outdoor to adapt to the new environment. Seeing that the chicks patted the wings, the staff sounded the fixed whistle and guided the chicks to run and fly. "Every morning and evening, the chicks have two flight abilities training to let them learn to fly as soon as possible." The staff said.

"Flying is the basic sports skills of birds. When the chicks are about 3 months old in the wild, there will be a parenting bird to lead the practice of flying skills. People said that in the case of appropriate environmental temperature in the early stage, the chicks of one to two months began to practice walking and running, and practicing flying in about 3 months, mainly to improve their physical fitness and basic survival skills. In addition to flying exercises, some selected high -quality individuals also enter wild training procedures.

It is reported that in recent years, the Bird Research Center of the Reserve has made it a steady increase in the number of reproduction of the number of reproduction by the combination of the bird's self -incubation and other various incubation methods, and gradually expanded the artificial group of the elongan cranes. This year, the breeding of the red -crowned crane was carried out in January. The researchers of the protected area created a safe breeding environment for the breeding cranes, and giving measures such as nutrition and timely adding nest materials to observe and study the reproductive behavior of the Daniel Crane through video surveillance. In order to optimize the management model of red -crowned crane breeding. Beginning in April, there have been new members of the red -crowned cranes in this protected area. At present, 42 Yuchi Helbish has been successfully incubated, with a survival rate of 100%, a record high. (Photo source: Figure Supply of the Reserve)

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