Birds on their way back to the district
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MORE than 100 species of wild birds have been spotted in Jiading, with dozens of new species arriving in the past three years.
Last year, four wild birds were spotted by local residents, including a sparrow hawk on Xinghua Road near Huaxiang Road.
On November 24, a resident surnamed Wang saw a grey bird nestling on a branch. It didn’t fly away even when approached. “It looked like a owl or an eagle,” Wang said. He called police as it was motionless on the tree branch. Later it was confirmed as a sparrow hawk.
Yuanxiang Lake, Auto Expo Park, Jiabao Forest, Qiqian Lake Water Source Protection Forest and Liudao Island are the most popular bird-watching sites.
At Liudao Island bird-watchers can see more than 50 species of birds.
Swallows were commonly seen in Jiading years ago. However, with urbanization growing they are a rare sight these days.
“Swallows catch flying insects to eat, and they like empty spaces in suburban areas,” said Lu Wanpeng of Jiading Forestry Station. “Barn swallows normally seen around like to set up their nests under the roof of bungalows instead of high-rises. That’s why they can hardly nest in cities.”
Recently a pair of swallows repaired their nest at the home of Zhu Yueming, a villager in Huating Town.
“Years ago sparrows often visited my home, and later they disappeared somehow,” Zhu Yueming said.
“Nowadays they return again thanks to the improved environment.”
By the end of last year, more than 50 large forests had been established in Jiading covering an area of 80 million square meters, or 13.31 percent of the land.
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