备受关注的南洞庭湖东方白鹳产下3枚卵后，于5月13日孵化第一只小宝宝，预计第二只小宝宝将于5月13日下午或14日孵出。
4月12日，南洞庭湖舵杆洲监测站发现一只东方白鹳在位于20余米高的监控塔顶产下了两枚卵，并于4月15日产下第三枚卵。此事受到省林业局高度关注，称这是首次在我省发现东方白鹳繁殖，并预言这对东方白鹳可能变成南洞庭湖的留鸟。东方白鹳是国家一级保护鸟类，以前以冬候鸟在南洞庭湖栖息，每年3月底北迁回归。
东方白鹳在南洞庭湖安家安家落户、筑巢繁殖，说明南洞庭湖内食源充足、保护有加，之前国家一级保护动物青头潜鸭成功在南洞庭湖繁殖了二代。（来源：新湖南、益阳日报）
Theoriental white stork of South Dongting Lake, which has been in the spotlight, hatched its first baby on May 13 after laying three eggs, and it is expected that the second baby will be hatched on the afternoon of May 13 or 14th.
On April 12, an oriental white stork was found to have laid two eggs at the top of the monitoring tower located at a height of more than 20 meters at the South Dongting Lake Duogan Island Monitoring Station, and on April 15, it laid a third egg. It was highly concerned by the Provincial Forestry Bureau, which said it was the first time the oriental white stork was found breeding in our province and predicted that the pair of oriental white storks might turn out to be a resident bird in South Dongting Lake. The oriental white stork is a national-level protected bird, formerly inhabiting the South Dongting Lake as a winter migratory bird, and they migrate north to return at the end of March every year.
Oriental white storks settled in South Dongting Lake and built nests to breed. It shows that there are enough food sources and protection in South Dongting Lake. The green-headed duck, a national protected animal, has successfully bred two generations in the South Dongting Lake before.
