AnaerialdronephototakenonMarch18,2024showsZhaoShiweicheckingtheconditionofred-crownedcranesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince.ZhaoShiweiisastaffmemberofthecranebreedingandprotectionstationinLiaohekouNationalNatureReserve.Hegraduatedfromcollegein1993andstartedtoworkatthenaturereserveinPanjinCity,whichsitsalongaprimarybirdmigrationcorridor,welcomingamyriadofwildmigratorybirdstobreedandwinterannually.Theendangeredred-crownedcraneisunderfirst-classstateprotection,dubbedoneofthemostsensitiveindicatorspeciesofawetlandecosystem.In1996,Zhaoandhiscolleaguessuccessfullyhatchedthreebabyred-crownedcranes,andgraduallyexploredacompletesetofbreedingmethodsforred-crownedcranessincethen.From2016to2023,Zhaoandhiscolleagueshavebred356red-crownedcranesandreleased140inthewild,whicheffectivelysupplementedthewildpopulationofred-crownedcranes.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweifeedsred-crownedcranesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweiobservesmigratorybirdswithatelescopeatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweicollectsfallenfeathersofred-crownedcranesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweicheckstheconditionofared-crownedcraneatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)Awildred-crownedcranefliesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)AnaerialdronephototakenonMarch18,2024showsZhaoShiweicheckingtheconditionofred-crownedcranesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweitakesrecordsofmigratorybirdsatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweifeedsared-crownedcraneatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweicheckstheconditionofred-crownedcranesatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)ZhaoShiweicheckstheconditionofred-crownedcranesthroughamonitoratLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)Ared-crownedcraneeatscornatLiaohekouNationalNatureReserveinPanjin,northeastChina'sLiaoningProvince,March18,2024.(Xinhua/YangQing)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.