Red-crowned cranes return to Mekong Delta

More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province and the Tram Chim National Park in Dong Thap province after a year of absence.
Red-crowned cranes return to Mekong Delta ảnh 1Red-crowned cranes gather in the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province (Photo: VNA)
HCMCity (VNS/VNA) – More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returnedto the Phu My Biosphere Reserve in Kien Giang province and the Tram ChimNational Park in Dong Thap province after a year of absence.

A representative of the Phu My Biosphere Reserve confirmed that 30 craneshad been here for half a month.

The red-crowned cranes have returned, but have not gathered among the greysedge. Instead they have found a quiet corner within the reserve. In theafternoon, the cranes typically fly to Anlung Pring, Cambodia to rest.

About 150 kilometres away, a family of three cranes was spotted in the TramChim National Park last week.

Le Thanh Cu, deputy director of the park, said that that the crane familyreturned from 2017 to 2019, but in 2020 they did not come back.

The Tram Chim National Park has been recognised as the world's2,000th Ramsar site (a wetland designated to be of international importanceunder Ramsar Convention) and the first in the Mekong Delta, with an area ofmore than 7,300 hectares. It is one of the world's most famous stops forred-headed cranes, a factor that helped Tram Chim become a Ramsar site./.
VNA

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