When the cranes fly south? Where do birds fly to winter?

Birds are amazing and interesting creatures, amazing with their beauty and abilities. They excite human consciousness since the time of Aristotle and are sung in the poems of the poets of ancient Greece.

From time immemorial, many people are concerned about the following questions: "Why and what birds fly to the south? How do they find the way to the warmer regions? How do they know about the time of the flight?"

About why and when the cranes fly to the south - one of the most beautiful birds in the world, we will try to find out in this article.

According to the well-known folk calendar on September 13 - a crane vespers or Kupriyanov day. Cranes on this day leave their native places.

What birds fly to the wintering grounds?

What birds fly to warmer lands?

According to statistical data in the territory of Russialives more than 50 thousand species of birds, annually making similar trips. During the winter, when the number of insects is reduced to zero, birds gather in those regions where such food can be consumed all year round. Thrush, swallows, finches, rooks, gerbils and jackdaws fly there. Also fly away are chibis, wagtails, robins and Orioles.

And still all the cranes fly to the south by caravan. Usually they eat seeds and herbs, and in order that they always have food they also have to go on difficult and long flights to countries with a warm climate.

The science of birds (ornithology) is very interesting, butto the end not studied. Scientists sometimes make guesses and draw conclusions simply on their personal observations and assumptions. This amazing unique natural phenomenon, in which there are many mysterious and unexplored.

When the cranes fly south?

As a rule, during the summer period all the chicks already fly well. For a warm season the birds have time to get stronger and gain the necessary weight.

In September, the time comes when they are preparing for long flights. There is even a Russian saying about this event: "September is gathering birds for the journey."

Before the autumn flight cranes in certainplaces gather in flocks. Then, having scattered, with loud shouts, soar into the blue boundless sky. From the place they are very difficult to climb, they make a long run up to several meters in length. It's amazing that their flight is made non-stop, during the day and at night.

When the cranes fly south, often in the sky you cansee the amazingly beautiful shape of the wedge. It should be noted that birds stick to one route once chosen year after year. After reaching the wintering site, the leader himself chooses the territory to stop, where the whole flock lands. Here they begin a new life before the next flight to their native land.

Where do the cranes fly?

In the autumn, the cranes fly south. Where are the shark packs going?

They hibernate in India, Iran, Iraq and Africa. Some Russian flocks for wintering stop in Transcaucasia, in the territories between the northern part of the Talyshinsky lowland and the middle part of the Kura River valley. The cranes of the shore of salt lakes and semi-desert territories took a fancy. Suitable for them is a local mild climate, plenty of food and water. And the population in these places is small.

Many birds fly to hot Africa, especiallyin the valley of the Nile. The presence near such a large pond of Africa favors the safe living of the birds in these places. Many flocks of croaks reach the Cape province (South Africa). Cranes are hibernating in India (one of the largest wintering grounds is Rajhastan state). Also in the northern part of the country with numerous lakes, birds find themselves a cozy shelter. And the east of India (Oriss) well prefers them. The favorite place of cranes is the southern states, and the eastern parts of Iran with lakes and ponds. Many cranes of flock also reach the territories of Iraq off the coast of the Tigris River.

Conclusion

The time when the cranes fly to the south, marks the end of summer (rather an Indian one) and the approach of cold and winter.

In ancient times, it was a custom when children flew along the ramshackle fields during the flight of cranes, shouting: "The road is the wheel!" This was done so that the birds returned to the fields by their relatives in spring.

There is such a sign: if the cranes are slowly going to the south, it means the fall is warm, but if the flocks of the cranes are abruptly gathered and disappeared, then the autumn will come quickly and be cold.