Last Sibrian crane returns to Iran for cold season (+VIDEO)

Head of the Fereydunkenar Department of Environment at the northern province of Mazandaran, Yaser Salar made the announcement on Saturday and, saying the rare bird arrived in Fereydunkenar wetlands on Friday evening for the 14th consecutive year.

Since its first journey to Fereydunkenar in 2007, Omid has been flying to Fereydunkenar in the first week of the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban falling on the last week of October.

This year, the rare bird has got back home a few days earlier, bringing joy to the environmentalists and birdwatchers.