Every year, April 1 is celebrated as International Bird Day. In this regard, the staff of the department of scientific and research support for nature and ecology of the region held an event called "Messengers of Joy and Spring" for fourth-grade students of the Zarechenskaya school - lyceum, during which the children got acquainted with the features of the biology of some migratory birds, listened to their voices and at the end each received a booklet - a reminder about commercial and protected geese and brants, provided by the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan.