Several swans take off at Qinghai Lake in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, on March 1, 2008. The Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve estimates that a record number of 4,400 swans spent the winter at the lake.

Swans rest on Qinghai Lake in northwestern China's Qinghai Province, on March 1, 2008. The Qinghai Lake Nature Reserve estimates that a record number of 4,400 swans spent the winter at the lake.

(CRI, Xinhuan News Agency March 3, 2008)