White swans flock to Yellow River wetland in C China for wintering

STORY: White swans flock to Yellow River wetland in C China for wintering DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: SANMENXIA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Sanmenxia Yellow River wetland STORYLINE: Over 10,000 white swans have flown from Siberia to the Yellow River wetland in Sanmenxia City, central China's Henan Province to spend winter. Over the years, Sanmenxia has made relentless efforts in wetland protection and restoration. The habitat of the white swans has been expanded from more than 10 square km in the past to more than 130 square km. Cattail grass, reeds, water lilies and other aquatic plants which white swans like to eat have been planted to attract more of them to come here for wintering. Meanwhile, 24-hour patrol teams have also been dispatched to better protect the birds. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sanmenxia, China. (XHTV)

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(220706) -- BEIJING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 30, 2022 shows cattail-weaved fans at a bamboo market in Jingxi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Xiaoshu, or Lesser Heat, falls on July 7 this year, which means the beginning of hot summer. (Photo by Zhao Jingwu/Xinhua)

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush prepare to leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called "himegama," which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will travel the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called himegama, which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will sail the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush prepare to leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called "himegama," which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will travel the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called himegama, which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will sail the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo