Storks of Huangshan
by M Spadecaller
Title
Storks of Huangshan
Artist
M Spadecaller
Medium
Digital Art - Digital & Photographic Art
Description
In years past, the Oriental stork populated Japan, Manchuria, Korea and Siberia. It is now extinct in Japan and the Korean peninsula. However, for the first time in 40 years a wild hatchling was reported in Japan (2008). Since then, efforts to reintroduce the storks to the wild have commenced. The offspring of two storks who were bred in captivity triggered new hope for their return. Due to habitat loss and overhunting, the Oriental stork is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Changes to the environment must first occur to enable restoration of the storks. The use of pesticides by the rice industry harshly impacted the stork’s survival. Currently, rice farmers are being urged to grow their plants organically so that the storks may breed and grow safely in their environments. After breeding, the storks migrate to eastern China in September and return in March.
Huangshan literally means the Yellow Mountain(s), which is a mountain range in southern Anhui Province in eastern China. While Huangshan is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature, Spadecaller introduced his hand-painted digital background of the Yellow Mountains to augment the journey of the Oriental storks. This is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite created in Spadecaller’s Florida Studio on 12/11/2020.
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December 11th, 2020
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