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A flamingo injured and left alone
Appear at the Dragon Spring Reservoir!
Today (October 18) morning, in the reed mudflat in the southeast corner of the Longquan Reservoir Dam, the reporter saw this special "bird" at the scene, which sometimes foraged on the reservoir beach against the wind and rain, and sometimes flew close to the water.
-Chinese wildlife photographer Zhou Zhicheng provided the picture-
Wang Shouyuan, a reservoir inspector at the Jingmen Longquan Reservoir Management Office, told reporters that the big red stork was accidentally found more than a week ago when he was patrolling the reservoir.
Injured red stork swimming in the water (Photo by Zhou Zhicheng)
Wang Shouyuan introduced that at that time, the bird immediately took off when it was alarmed, and its wings were red, which was different from the appearance of the wading bird egret that was usually seen. But the bird's right leg was injured, the entire leg was necrotic, it could stand on one leg, fly short distances, swim in the water, and forage for food on the beach. Many people come to bird watching these days, and they will also remind birdwatchers to try not to disturb the big red stork.
The right leg of the Great Red Stork is obviously broken (photo by Zhou Zhicheng)
Wang Zehong, a technician at the Jingmen Wildlife and Forest Plant Protection Station, introduced that the great red stork originates in Africa, the Americas, West Asia and South Asia, generally inhabits the wide and shallow waters that are inaccessible, and often lives in large groups of tens to hundreds of animals, with its neck straight when flying.
In China, it belongs to the "drifting bird", "drifting bird" is called a subspecies, there are records of flocks of birds and individual birds in northwest China, and there is a record of birds in Dongting Lake, which may be isolated from the breeding group in Afghanistan or central Kazakhstan and entered China. The Great Red Stork is listed on the Washington Convention and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2012 – No Threatened.
This species has been included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Under National Protection beneficial or of important economic and scientific research value" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.
Wang Zehong told reporters that because this flamingo was seriously injured, there are very few edible shrimp in the reservoir. It may be difficult to eat, and the protection station intends to control it before treating it. Since one of the flamingos' legs has been completely broken and released into the wild, the chances of survival are small, and they may be fed in rescue centers or zoos in the future.
At present, the Jingmen Wildlife and Forest Plant Protection Station has asked the Reservoir Management Office to protect the giant red stork in situ and is studying the next rescue plan.