Forest Ranger, starting from Picking Up a Lynx Girl

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The approval was granted, and the remaining work could commence anytime with sufficient funding.

The good thing about the location of the rest area was that it was not on the migration path of the Tibetan antelope, and there was a dirt road leading directly to it.

The bad thing was that if it rained, this road was extremely difficult to navigate.

From June to August each year, the unoccupied areas entered the rainy season, with almost daily thunderstorms lasting for an hour or two.

This time, Chen Ying did not follow the Patrol Team into Zhuonai Lake to protect the Tibetan antelope, instead, he turned his attention to other animals that had migrated due to the large gatherings of Tibetan antelope.

Especially around a seasonal lake near the Snow Mountain side, where a sudden increase in Tibetan gazelle and a few Black-necked Cranes appeared.

From June to August, after the melting of the snow and glaciers on the Snow Mountain, the meltwater would flow into the lake at the mountain’s base. A small lake could “grow” several times in size in a short period, and the overflowing water would turn the surrounding grassland into a marsh.

The breeding season of the Tibetan gazelle also fell in this season, they were not as “persistent” about giving birth in a particular place like the Tibetan antelope, so every season you could occasionally see the scenes of the Tibetan gazelle giving birth.

This time, there was a discovered breeding site for the Tibetan gazelle that also had no less than a hundred Black-necked Cranes entering their hatching period nearby.

The nests of the Black-necked Cranes were simple, essentially made out of dry grass. Typically, each nest would have one or two eggs, which were co-parented by male and female until the chicks emerged after thirty days.

The chicks were able to walk immediately on the day they hatched, looking adorable as they followed behind their parents.

Despite the cuteness of the little chicks, when there were two in a brood, fighting became daily routine for the chicks.

Sleeping, eating, fighting until one prevailed.

It’s said that within the first three days, the survival rate was only sixty percent, and it was only after a month and a half when the chicks grew into sub-adults and began to prepare for winter migration that this behavior ceased.

Of course, Chen Ying would not interfere in the fights among the chicks; his goal was to observe and ascertain the activity range and habits of the group, in readiness for any potential rescues.

The information in books and databases was always just cold text and images; many details needed to be filled in after seeing the real thing.