A group of black-necked cranes with some 60 was found seeking food in the vicinity of Qinghai Lake, the most in number around the lake, sources from Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve Administration.
An inspector with Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve Administration found a total of 44 black-necked cranes seeking food in farmland along the Qinghai Lake. After that, monitoring data put the total number at some 60.
The black-necked cranes, first class of national key protection animal, inhabit in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and live through the winter in Bhutan, northeast of India and southwestern China.
Every late April to early May, only a few black-necked cranes, which usually leave since late September, are attracted to give birth to babies near the Qinghai Lake. Number that reaches 60 is the ever most in that region.
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