To protect the sable the Barguzin Nature Reserve was founded. Stone Capercaillie - in the forests of the eastern coast. Of birds whose life is connected with water, most abundant are ducks. Their nesting grounds are river mouths and other swampy parts of the coasts. Here they stay during their migrations.
Ducks are popular objects for hunting on Baikal.
One of the interesting species is gray duck, which occur on swampy shores of waterbodies in forest-steppe zones. From far away one can see habitats of grey herons on willow branches in the river Selenga delta. Now the number of herons here contunues to grow. The reason for, probably, lies in the appearance of a new kind of food for these fish-eating birds. Amur sleeper which has high numbers during last 10 years happened to come into the Selenga river.