Every April, more than ten kinds of migratory birds from South China and Southeast Asia, such as Bantouyan, Brown-headed Gull, Red-spotted Duck and Cormorant, thrive here. In autumn, they flew back to the south with their children. The state attaches great importance to this bird resource, and there are special protection institutions on the island.
Bird island sightseeing, convenient transportation. Starting from Xining, you can take a bus to Bird Island along the southern line of Qinghai Lake, passing Huangyuan County and Sun Moon Mountain to Heimahe Town, 64 kilometers north, and along the northern line of Qinghai Lake, you can also take a bus to Huangyuan County and haiyan county to gangcha county, and then 40 kilometers west.
Bird Island in Qinghai Lake. It is not only famous for its vastness, brightness, tranquility, grandeur and magic, but also attracts countless scientific and technological workers and tourists with its rich underwater mineral resources and fish resources. You can go boating on the lake, see the endless lakes and mountains, or stroll through the grassland and enjoy the scenery of nature.
Bird Island in Qinghai Lake is one of the famous tourist attractions in China. It is located about 130 km west of Xining City, Qinghai Province. It is the largest and highest-altitude saltwater lake in China, covering an area of about 4,583 square kilometers.
Take CMB out of Xining westbound, pass through sparse villages, follow the clear stream flowing eastward, and drive on the highway between valleys dotted with green jungles. Soon, I saw open mountains and benches covered with grass, just like huge green velvet carpets. Driving up the Sun Moon Mountain, you can see a beautiful pavilion on both sides of the mountain, with the Sun Moon Pavilion on the left and the Moon Pavilion on the right. According to legend, Princess Wencheng broke the mirror of the dowry because she missed her mother when she entered Tibet. Later generations built this pavilion on this day and the next to commemorate Princess Wencheng. Climbing Sun and Moon Mountain, overlooking, you can see more open green grass land, as if entering a green ocean.
After getting off Sun Moon Mountain, we continued westward. Occasionally, there will be a golden rape field, or a few Tibetan colored tents. The house is embedded in the mouth of the green grass, on the high pole erected in front of the house on the hillside, and the colorful flag flutters with the wind. The prayer flags are also called holy banners, and in Tibetan they are called "Tariq Joe", which means "flying constantly". These banners are made of blue, white, red, yellow and green cloth (some of which are also printed with scriptures or statues), symbolizing the sky, auspicious clouds, flame, earth and water respectively. Tibetans hang prayer flags high in a conspicuous position, let the wind blow, and with the help of the power of nature, wish people disaster relief and good luck. No matter far or near, you can see flocks of black yaks and white sheep grazing quietly. After crossing Heimahe Township, next to the lush grass, you can see a line of turquoise lake and Haixin Mountain. There are all kinds of clouds floating in the blue sky, and nature divides itself into beautiful spaces and draws a very beautiful picture.
Arriving at Manaihai Township, there is already a wide and calm Qinghai Lake on the right. This is the entrance of Bird Island-the entrance of Buha River into the lake. There are two bird islands. Birds are classified, left black and right white, and they are not mixed with each other. Get off at the entrance for about 3 kilometers and enter the "Bird Island of Qinghai Lake".
After walking about 200 meters from the gate, I boarded the bird watching platform of Bird Island. I saw the black-headed grey-haired seagulls on the beach under the stage. They lie or stand, fly or fall, dazzling. A loud "wow" pierced my ears. Near Taiwan Province, hundreds of geese are lying on the beach, incubating their eggs. Their husbands take care of their wives and children and protect their homes. Once they found the "invaders" invading, they immediately spread their wings, shouted loudly and rushed to the "enemy" to drive them away. Birds take sand as their nests, seize the good opportunity of abundant sunshine and food to live, keep healthy and reproduce. In the sparse cracks of birds, you will see scattered eggs "nobody cares".
In the air, geese or geese fly over the lake from time to time, and occasionally swans or albatrosses fly freely.
Starting from the gate of Bird Island in Qinghai Lake, drive to the left for about 1 km. After passing a hill, you will see another bird island by the lake. It's like a round pot upside down in the lake, with all black cormorants on it. Every cormorant's "home" is high. They are busy giving birth to children here until the children can fly high, and then miraculously "move to a new home."
Between the two bird islands, there is a huge silver-gray feather sculpture standing in the grass, next to a huge bird egg sculpture, symbolizing that birds are the darling of God and friends of mankind.