Zoige Flower Lake: land of idyllic beauty for black-necked cranes

Publish Time: 2017-09-26 Author: Tian Ruolin From: Kangba TV

Zoige Flower Lake, a perfect place for black-necked cranes (Photo/Hua Xiaofeng)

Zoige Flower Lake is the main habitat for many wild animals, including some rare and precious ones like the tadorna ferruginea, graylag, coot, swan, etc.

The coots and black-necked cranes are playing and feeding on the lake. Walking on the plank roads, tourists can occasionally see how black-necked cranes hunt grassland rats and feed on them.

According to the head of the scenic spot, it is autumn now and black-necked cranes will leave for the south to overwinter in November. They will not fly back until the Spring Festival.

The black-necked crane’s head is hoary, foreneck and flight feather black and tail feather brown-black. They mainly inhabit in highland wetlands, lakes and beach at an altitude of 2,500m to 5,000m.

The black-necked crane is the only crane growing and reproducing on the plateau.