Birds return to Liaoning for spring breeding

Black-faced spoonbills are flying back to their breeding ground at Zhuanghe in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. They will stay at the habitat for eight months, nesting and bringing up their babies. Last year, 147 black-faced spoonbills were recorded at Zhuanghe. [Photo by Zhang Weiming/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Black-faced spoonbills are flying back to their breeding ground at Zhuanghe in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Black-faced spoonbills are flying back to their breeding ground at Zhuanghe in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo by Zhang Weiming/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]