Author: vc-dev

It is very windy, sometimes snowstorm in Sounkyo.
The temperature is -10°c, freezing.
The picture is “Haliaeetus albicilla”.
They sometimes come to urban area to get a carcass of Ezo deer.
They mainly eat fish, sometimes duck, and a carcass of mammal.

It is snow storm same as yesterday in Sounkyo.
We want to see clear sky.
And more it will be snowy for a while.
Weather forecast says that it will be warm next week, temperature sometimes will be 0°c (as of February 2)

The picture is “Pteromys volans orii 〈Kuroda, 1921〉”
They are nocturnal animal.
After sunset they go out their nest for 30 minutes.
We watch them for a few years.
They sometimes go out before sunset.
They are active when it is not the breeding sason.
We can’t understand them.

It has been bad weather since early morning.
Today’s snow is too much to finish shoveling snow.

And more we can’t see anything because of snowstorm.
We are afraid that we have so much snow tomorrow morning.
The amount of snow fall in January was 136cm, and depth of snow was 92cm.
Last year’s amount of snow was 122cm, as same as this year.

We can see blue sky between clouds.
Strong wind has been blowing since early morning.
And more it is snowing, too.
It is snow storm today.

We don’t have much snow.
But there was a snowdrift piled high against the wall of Visiter center..
The amount of snow is over 50cm high.

In these days we don’t have snow.
Temperature is almost -20°c.
But yesterday’s lowest temperature was 0°c, the highest temperature was 3°c.
That is an extreme weather!

February is the just beginning of winter for Sounkyo.
I wonder what this winter is going to be like?

Ceter　News vol.101 Jan has been published.

This theme is “Looking back 2020~occurrences at mountains and at foot of mountains~”

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On website there are selected photos.
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