Rare Red-crowned Cranes Unexpectedly Spotted in NE China

Three red-crowned cranes landed in a residential area in northeast China’s Shenyang city on March 29, 2016. Citizens in the area were marveled to see such rare big birds. Fortunately, environmentalists who arrive at the scene gave the birds a body check and found no injury.

It later turned out that a neighboring residential area also found two red-crowned cranes, as it is their migration time.

The birds are currently well-kept in the local raptor rescue center, and will be released in a couple of days.

The red-crowned crane is a large East Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world. In some parts of its range, it is known as a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity. There are knowingly less than 3,000 red-crowned cranes left in the wild.