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(Message started by: Carrie Ma on Apr 18^th, 2006, 9:48am)

Title: Released Oriental Storks breed in Japan ©ñ¸ªF¤è¥ÕÆ|¦b¤éÁc´Þ
Post by Carrie Ma on Apr 18^th, 2006, 9:48am

An interesting message, share with members.

-----Original Message-----
From: Simba Chan
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 5:22 PM
To: apmw; orientalbirding
Subject: [APMW] Released Oriental Storks breed in Japan

Dear all,

Following the reintroduction of Oriental Stork to the wild in Japan last September. One pair nested and laid their first egg on an artificial nesting post in Hyogo Prefecture yesterday.

Simba Chan
Asia Division
BirdLife International

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060415TDY02010.htm

The Yomiuri Shimbun

A white stork that is one of a pair released in September has laid its first egg in a nest near the Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Stork in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, the facility said Friday.

If everything goes well, a baby stork will hatch from the egg around the end of May and will be the first stork of this species hatched in the wild in Japan since 1964.

The species is designated as a special natural monument by the central government.

According to the facility, the pair--a 7-year-old male and a 5-year-old female--have spent most of their time together since they were released. Earlier this month, they were seen mating at a 12.5-meter-high nest pole.
The pole is about 2.4 kilometers southwest of the facility.

Yoshito Osako, chief researcher at the facility, said at a press conference that he discovered the egg--which is about twice as large as a chicken's--at about 2:15 p.m. on Friday, when he was up at the nest to install a video camera to monitor the storks.

Other people involved in the wild breeding of white storks were surprised at the news.

"I didn't expect it to happen so easily," said Kojiro Matsushima, 64, a former chief breeder at the facility who retired four years ago.

"I'm happy, but I'm also concerned about whether the parents can care for the egg well enough for it to actually hatch," he added.

(Apr. 15, 2006)