救護ヤンバルクイナの放鳥と今季初のエリグロアジサシ
4月15日に救護されたヤンバルクイナの放鳥を見てきました。というか取材してきました。^^;
環境省とNPO法人どうぶつたちの病院沖縄の指示に従い、報道陣はV字に整列。V字の狭い方からヤンバルクイナを放すとあっという間に森の中に消えて行きました。右足には環境省のメタルリングが装着されています。
帰り道、辺土名のエリグロアジサシの営巣地をのぞいてみると8羽ほどがいました。古宇利大橋付近にもたくさんのエリグロアジサシが飛び交っていました。ベニアジサシはまだ確認できず。
When the Okinawa Rail was released from the cardboard box, it made a 90-degree turn right in front of the Ryukyu Shimpo reporter.
It ran past a Okinawa Times photography staff member who was lying on the ground.
And sprinted away like a startled rabbit.
You can see a metal ring on the right leg.
Apparently it had some paralysis in its legs when it was taken into care, but judging by the way it ran, it looks like it's doing just fine.
They also showed me the non-public breeding and rearing facility. This was its first public reveal to the press as well.
This chick hatched four days ago — a Okinawa Rail. The food is apparently a specially formulated mix of pellets made for ibis, combined with nutrients specific to Okinawa Rail.
A Black-naped Tern had come to the nesting site.
Last year no typhoon damage hit, and many chicks fledged. Hoping for many more chicks to fledge this year!!
I also came across a wild boar. The boars you encounter in Yanbaru are always slow and dopey, so you can get quite close.