Cranes in China

____________________ Jianguo is the type of ____________________ who would spend his ____________________ in complete ____________________ if others didn't initiate ____________________ . In his 30 - year career as a bird ____________________ , the 55 - year - old has gotten used to ____________________ . Fu patrols Zhalong ____________________ in northeastern China's ____________________ province , where ____________________ birds like the red - ____________________ crane are still ____________________ . To monitor the birds day and ____________________ , he has swapped the comfort of a ____________________ home for an old bus insulated with sheets of ____________________ and equipped with a small ____________________ - fired ____________________ . Temperatures here can drop as ____________________ as minus 36 degrees ____________________ . To keep from ____________________ , Fu burns ____________________ . The red - crowned ____________________ is Fu's favorite ____________________ . ? You can't imagine how ____________________ they are . They can even ____________________ your patrol car and greet you when you ____________________ by , ? said Fu during one of his ____________________ for the Daqing Wildlife ____________________ Society , which pays him 1 , 500 ____________________ ( $215 ) a ____________________ . He's one of their most ____________________ conservationists . To ____________________ the red - crowned crane and other birds from ____________________ , Fu Jianguo has ____________________ most winters for the past 30 ____________________ patrolling the wetlands ____________________ the birds live . While on patrol , Fu keeps an ____________________ out for ____________________ who ____________________ the birds' ____________________ , taking only occasional breaks to listen to the ____________________ and voluntarily working ____________________ almost every day . Poachers use ____________________ , guns , nets , and ____________________ to kill and catch adult ____________________ , which can be sold on the the ____________________ market . A single red - crowned crane ____________________ can fetch as much as 8 , 000 ____________________ , Fu said . Fu alerts the ____________________ police when he finds a ____________________ , but as he is not allowed to ____________________ a weapon , he has little means of ____________________ the culprit stay . Sometimes , however , the patrols ____________________ are more dangerous than run - ins with humans . ? Last ____________________ was cold and ____________________ , ? reads a recent entry in Fu's patrol ____________________ . ? In order to find the ____________________ of poaching , I walked on the ____________________ , but I accidentally ____________________ into a ____________________ and hurt myself . ? Fewer than ____________________ , 000 red - crowned cranes ____________________ in the ____________________ , according to the International Crane ____________________ , which led the International Union for Conservation of Nature to list them as ____________________ in ____________________ . China is home to the species' most important ____________________ : Filled with ____________________ and crustaceans , the wetlands of Heilongjiang provide a ____________________ feeding ____________________ during ____________________ season , while the coastal areas of ____________________ China's ____________________ province offer a milder home in the ____________________ .