In the golden autumn, the silence is relieved when many common cranes fly to the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture, NW China’s Xinjiang.

In recent years, with the strengthening of returning farmland to grassland, ecological water transmission and maintenance of grassland, the ecological environment of the Kulusitai Grassland has been greatly improved. Every migration season, a large number of migratory birds arrive at the grassland and have a short break, then keep migrating. (Correspondents: Yang Huaguang, Song Danqing)

Photo taken on October 10, 2021 shows common cranes fly over the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Yang Huaguang]

Photo taken on October 10, 2021 shows common cranes forage on the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Yang Huaguang]

Photo taken on October 10, 2021 shows common cranes fly over the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Yang Huaguang]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows common cranes fly over the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows common cranes fly over the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows common cranes frisk on the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows common cranes sing on the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows common cranes frisk on the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]

Photo taken on September 18, 2021 shows a couple of common cranes on the Kulusitai Grassland in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture. [Photo by Song Danqing]