Migrating cranes pause in China

Bird-watchers in Shanghai flock to see wonders of Mother Nature

Every year's end, Yao Li makes the two-hour drive to Shanghai's Chongming Island to meet old friends. He never speaks with them, and he never joins them in activities. After all, Yao cannot fly.

Shanghai is one of the stops in the migratory flyway from Siberia to Australia, and the Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve is the largest wintering site in China. Every year, about 1,000 hooded cranes stop in China, and some can be spotted making their way to the reserve from October to December, Yao said.