The weather is getting warmer and the snow and ice are melting. The Horqin National Nature Reserve, located in the Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner of Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia, welcomes the first batch of migratory birds to return. Oriental white storks camp and build nests to breed; white-naped cranes forage leisurely; little swans and grey geese fly and play freely, bringing vitality to the land of Xing'an League in early spring.

The Oriental White Stork is a large wading bird, known as the Chinese Treasure of Birds. It is a national first-class protected wild animal. There are only more than 1,000 in the world, and it is listed as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union. The Oriental white stork has extremely strict requirements on the living environment. Only wetland areas with sufficient water resources, abundant food, inaccessible people and high comprehensive environmental quality can become their permanent habitats. Twenty years ago, the Oriental White Stork once inhabited and reproduced in the Horqin National Reserve, Keyouzhong Banner, Hinggan League. Breeding has been interrupted for more than 20 years due to habitat changes. In recent years, the Horqin National Nature Reserve Management Bureau of Keyouzhong Banner, Hinggan League has strengthened bird monitoring, built artificial nests, and attracted oriental white storks to set up camps and build nests for breeding, which proves that the local ecological environment is improving day by day, and the protection of wild animals Work pays off.

In the farmland near the Wetland of Horqin National Nature Reserve, Keyouzhong Banner, Xing'an League, dozens of white-naped cranes, a national first-class protected wild animal, can be seen leisurely pacing for food. On February 5, 2021, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly released the newly adjusted List of National Key Protected Wild Animals. It is reported that there are about 5,000 white-naped cranes in the world, and about 3,000 in China, accounting for 70% of the world's total.

In the Wetland of Horqin National Nature Reserve, Keyouzhong Banner, Xing'an League, little swans and grey geese fly and play freely in the water and sky, bean geese, red-winged ducks, swan-nosed ducks, green-winged ducks Ducks, ribbed ducks, mallards, red hemp ducks, spot-billed ducks and other migratory birds have returned one after another. Horqin National Nature Reserve provides a quiet and comfortable resting environment for migratory birds, and is known as a happy station for migratory birds. Every spring and autumn, tens of thousands of migratory bird army stop and forage here, accumulating strength for the long migration road.

In recent years, the Administration of Horqin National Nature Reserve, Keyouzhong Banner, Xing'an League, has conscientiously implemented the concept of ecological priority and green development, attached great importance to ecological environmental protection, strengthened the protection of wetlands and wild animals, and actively carried out wetland ecological Restoration, vigorously publicize the knowledge of bird love and bird protection, strengthen bird monitoring, the ecological environment has been significantly improved, the wetland area and function have been restored year by year, providing abundant conditions for the habitat and reproduction of migratory birds, and the species and number of migratory birds in the reserve are increasing. many.