Source: Qinhuangdao Evening News
On the morning of October 26, the 2019 Qinhuangdao Crane Watching Festival kicked off at the Qinhuangdao Bird Museum. The participants released 29 wild birds in Beidaihe Pigeon Nest Park.
Qinhuangdao is an important stop on the migratory route of migratory birds from Northeast Asia to Australia. A large number of cranes fly over Qinhuangdao from late October to early November each year.
For birdwatchers, the migration of the crane group is one of the most spectacular and exciting natural landscapes in bird watching, but few citizens of Qinhuangdao pay attention to and appreciate this natural beauty. Therefore, relevant departments and social groups hosted the crane watching festival so that more people will appreciate the unique landscape of our hometown.
27 Qinhuangdao forest ecological science schools was announced at the launching ceremony of the Festival. Chen Yuguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and minister of the Publicity Department, attended the event and delivered a speech.
He said that Qinhuangdao is the capital of bird watching in China. Watching birds and loving birds is an important brand of Qinhuangdao tourism industry, and a shining business card for Qinhuangdao ecological construction. The continuous improvement of good ecological environment of Qinhuangdao and the love and protection of Qinhuangdao people to wild birds have made the city an increasingly important place for bird breeding and migration. He said that the experts of forest, environmental protection, and education, as well as all walks of life should make suggestions for environmental improvement and ecological construction in light of the actual conditions.
The students should establish a sense of responsibility for protecting wild animals and ecological environment from the young age. They should be the volunteers who love birds and protect birds. They should be the successors of Qinhuangdao ecological construction, to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ecological model city and the first-class international tourist city with birds flying, beautiful environment and natural harmony.
After the launching ceremony, 29 wild birds including the national first-class protected animal red-crowned crane and the national second-class protected animal gray crane, and the like were released to nature. They are national-level protected animals that have been poisoned or injured, and discovered and rescued by enthusiastic citizens and volunteers since the fall of 2019, and have been recovered after careful treatment. Activities such as the display of educational achievements in forest ecological science schools, scientific education on forest ecological civilization, “Appreciating golden autumn, knowing forest trees”, and learning garbage classification were also carried out. The students attending the event went to the Beidaihe wetland wooden trestle to observe birds under the guidance of British bird watching expert Martin Williams.
The Festival was hosted by the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government, and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, undertaken by the Publicity Department of Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Work Committee of Caring for the Next Generation, the Municipal Forestry Bureau, the Municipal Education Bureau, the Municipal Civilization Office, the Beidaihe District Party Committee, and the Beidaihe District Government, organized by the Qinhuangdao Association of Watching (Loving) Birds, Qinhuangdao Wildlife Park, Qinhuangdao Rescue Center of China Wildlife Conservation Association, Beidaihe Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio and Television, Beidaihe Mantianxing Bird Science Education and Culture Camp, and supported by Alashan SE Foundation.
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