Eurasian Cranes Welcomed by People in Iran's Southeastern Province (+Video)


Eurasian Cranes Welcomed by People in Iran's Southeastern Province (+Video)

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian people welcomed hundreds of Eurasian cranes that flocked to Sistan and Balouchestan Province in southeast of the country from Caucasian regions Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

People in southeastern Iran are known to have always been hospitable in their behavior towards the common cranes and other migratory birds.

The cranes' beauty have made them highly symbolic birds in many cultures with records dating back to ancient times. Crane mythology is widely spread and can be found in areas such as Iran, India, the Aegean, South Arabia, China, Korea, Japan, and Native American cultures of North America.

A video in being circulated in Persian language social media showing Iranian Baluch people feeding the Eurasian cranes.

The species is a long distance migrant predominantly wintering in northern Africa. Autumn migration is from August to October and spring migration is in March through May. Important staging areas occur anywhere from Sweden and Germany to China (with a large one around the Caspian Sea) and many thousand cranes can be seen in one day in the Autumn. Some birds winter in southern Europe, including Portugal, Spain and France. Most eastern common cranes winter in the river valleys of Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia and Eritrea with smaller numbers in Turkey, northern Israel, Iraq and parts of Iran.

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