Birdwatch: معادل پرندگان مدل catwalk، جرثقیل های آبی در معرض تهدید هستند

Birdwatch: the avian equivalent of a catwalk model, blue cranes are under threat

Numbers of the exquisitely graceful species are falling amid loss of food supply and habitat Few birds are quite as elegant as the blue crane. As I watched a pair feeding alongside a busy road in South Africa, against the rather incongruous backdrop of a herd of cows, I was struck by their sheer beauty. With a slender body, curved neck, long legs, elongated tail plumes and a subtle, dove-grey plumage, this bird…