Visitor Center Report

Many crows flied over the sky and come down to the ground.
Approaching there, there was a corpse of a deer.
The deer fell down from the cliff, and died.
Crow comes first, and “Nisaetus nipalensis” comes second.
“Nisaetus nipalensis” is about 80cm length, about 170cm with spreading wings.
They have a crest.
They always move like diving forest.
So we hardly find them.
They tried to get leftovers, but crows did mobbing and chased “Nisaetus nipalensis”.
So “Nisaetus nipalensis” gave up, went back to home.

Brown bears haven’t hibernated yet.
Depends on each bears many bears haven’t hibernated yet.
Soon they will hibernate at latest in end of December.
There is not so much snow.
When you go for a walk with snowshoes, pay attention to brown bears.

What a beautiful snowcapped rowan it is!
Rowan’s red and white snow make a good contrast.

Around here there are a lot of rowan’s fruits as usual.
( This year has more berry than usual year.)
Why are there many fruits in this year?
Because this summer is good weather in blooming season.
When being pollinated, rain didn’t flow pollen. So it is easy to be pollinated.

Rowan has poison and better taste before the fruit ripens.
The fruits ripens, and freeze, the poison comes out.

Do wild birds know this, or not?
They have not come yet.
Soon the fruits will ripen, “Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758)”, “Bombycilla japonica”,” Turdus eunomus Temminck,” and Hypsipetes amaurotis “” will come.

Today’s minimum temperature was -7°c at Sounkyo visitor center.
This is no.1 in this winter.

It will be snowy and rainy for a whale.
And more it will be warm and cold again and again.
This snow might melt.

Driving forest road at low mountain, we met beautiful snow scenery.
This is a perfect winter scenery.

“Tetrastes　bonasia“live in only Hokkaido in Japan.
They live in low trees forest to subalpine forest.
We found many “etrastes　bonasia” around Mt.Kurodake and at forest road
They swell their far to keep warm as same as another birdswhen temperature is going down.
This “Tetrastes　bonasia” in the picture looks fat.