🌾 Oriental storks went extinct in the wild in Japan in 1971.

Now 728 fly free. Only 49 were released by people. Most of the rest hatched in the wild, raised on frogs and fish from rice paddies farmed with few or no pesticides.

#OrientalStork #Toyooka #Kounotori #Conservation

コウノトリのちり
アオサギをゆうにしのぐ巨体で歩いてても飛んでても一瞬ウォッ！となる
京都生まれの1歳らしい、ようこそここへ
この日は4羽見ることができた

#ケツ曜日　#けつ曜日　#Birdbutt
#OrientalStork