Due to the improvement of ecological and environmental (protect) in recent years, the western part of Northeast China's Jilin province has seen (many) rare migratory birds than other places, searching for food in spring and autumn.
With (it) favorable geographical location and wetlands, Jilin is important stop for migratory waterfowl, including large numbers of rare species, such as white cranes（鹤）, red-crowned cranes, white storks and Chinese merganser ducks（秋沙鸭）.
Western Jilin (focus) on water management and started major projects such as river and lake connectivity in the past decade to improve the ecological conditions.
(locate) on the border of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces and the Inner Mongolia（蒙古）autonomous region, the Momoge National Nature Reserve in Baicheng city has rich natural (resource) and is a key habitat migratory birds in China settle. It is one of the nine major global bird migration routes, more than 5 million migratory birds passing through every year.
The number of white cranes ( stop) in the reserve in spring and autumn has risen to around 3,500, with a resting period of about 100 days every year.
