Many birds live in Zhalong all year , while some go there for a short . Most birds are in the daytime, so you can easily watch there. There are not many cranes in the world, and 40 percent of them live in Zhalong.

Some people want to make the wetlands smaller in order to have more for farms and. This will to less and less space for wildlife. , fishermen keep fishing there. As a result, the birds do not have enough food to eat. Now the Chinese has made laws to prevent all these things in Zhalong.