Wild geese come to Hunchun

Recently, wild geese came to the middle and lower reaches of Tumenjiang River. They are prepared to migrate to the South.

Hundreds of thousands of wild geese come to Hunchun to prepare their next migration. [Photo provided to ejilin.gov.cn]

Greater white-fronted goose that is the State second protection animal, bean goose, greylag goose, swan goose and lesser white-fronted goose are all temporarily living there for future migration.

Wild geese are at rest.[Photo provided to ejilin.gov.cn]

Wu Zhigang, a researcher in Jilin Provincial Academy of Forestry Sciences Institute said the middle and lower reaches of Tumenjiang River has been a good place for migrating birds to have a rest.

In 2017, the number of migrating birds reached the highest. There are two main routes for Chinese birds' migration, the first one is from East Asia to Australia, and the other is from Korean Peninsula and Russian Far East. Recently, Jilin paid more attention to the protection of environment to create a better habitat for birds.

Birds playing with their families.[Photo provided to ejilin.gov.cn]

In 2017, geese came here from the end of September, within the two months of staying here, the total number of geese is expected to reach hundreds of thousands.