Birth of storks First in eastern Japan after extinction 16:26, June 8, Tochigi
At the Watarase Reservoir in Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, two special chicks of the stork, a national special natural monument, were born, and after the extinction of wild storks in Japan in 1969, the first outdoor breeding in eastern Japan. It was confirmed.
Stork chicks returned to the nest on the tower at the Watarase Reservoir in Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, where local volunteer groups and photography enthusiasts confirmed two chicks on the 7th.
In Oyama City, we are working to create an environment where storks can live in easily, such as making rice without using pesticides and installing towers. It was thought that this past April, he began to take action called "incubation", which warms the eggs.
According to the city, it is the first time in eastern Japan that breeding has been confirmed in the field since wild storks became extinct in Japan in 1946.
On the 8th, a lot of photograph enthusiasts visited and used a large telephoto lens from above the embankment for photography and observation so as not to approach the nest.
Masakichi Hirata, a representative of the local volunteer group Watarase Yumizuchi Morimoritai, who keeps observing storks, said, “I'm very impressed with the observations for about two and a half years. If it grows up and lays eggs a few years later, I would say nothing."