(250627) -- HARBIN, June 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An oriental white stork family is seen at the Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 9, 2025. As summer progresses, the breeding season of oriental white storks is gradually coming to an end. The growing chicks begin to learn how to fly under the guidance of their parents.
The oriental white storks, a migratory bird species under first-class national protection in China, migrate from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River back to their breeding habitats in northeast China every spring. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)
