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16:30, 03-Jun-2018
The picture-perfect family of oriental white storks
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A family of oriental white storks was spotted by photographers from Xinhua News Agency in late May in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province.
The parents were captured feeding and watching over their nestlings.
An oriental white stork feeding its nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
An oriental white stork feeding its nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
Two oriental white storks and nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
Two oriental white storks and nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
An oriental white stork and its nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
An oriental white stork and its nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
Two oriental white storks and their nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
Two oriental white storks and their nestlings at a wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. /Photo by Yao Shiyao, Xinhua
More than 10 pairs of oriental white storks nested at the wetland to incubate eggs.
The oriental white stork is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
(Head image is a file photo from VCG Photo)
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency