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At Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, baby red-crowned crane in mid-June 2022. That's the mother on the left.21 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).21 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, Hokkaido.20 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).20 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).18 views
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Entrance to the park has this sign indicating how many years the park has been operating since Aug. 27, 1958. Visited in 2022, so it was 63 years. It also says the park currently has 14 cranes.11 views
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Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve) keeps red-crowned cranes (tancho 丹頂) for the public to see year-round. Kushiro is where the cranes can also be found in the wild. 10 views
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The park basically is marshland with fences keeping the cranes inside. Visitors could walk along the tall fence and see the cranes, usually in pairs. 8 views
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History of the Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve in Japanese.8 views
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Walked back and checked every crane on display.6 views
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The fence also has quiz questions like "What's the difference between the male and female crane?" The answer is behind the sign.6 views
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At Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, baby red-crowned crane. You can see baby cranes at the park from April to June.6 views
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Red-crowned cranes, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, Hokkaido. 6 views
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Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve6 views
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Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve crane feeder. They also feed the cranes in the morning. It would be neat to see if you're there.6 views
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Crane skeleton.6 views
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Panel displays explaining about the cranes and problems.6 views
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Cleaning up a crane that fell into a slurry pool.6 views
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Crane dolls.6 views
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I walked all the way to the end and found this dead-end. This is also a bird sanctuary where they treat injured cranes. The park has done a lot to help preserve and multiply the cranes. 5 views
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At Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, we also saw a baby crane, about a month old. (Born in mid-May 2022.) Here he/she is with dad and mom5 views
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At Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, baby red-crowned crane in mid-June 2022. 5 views
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"Why do they have a red crown?"5 views
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Life cycle of Japanese red-crowned cranes. For wildlife photographers, the most popular time is Jan.-March in winter when the cranes dance in the snow for their mating ritual.5 viewsAsian mainland has about 1,600 red-crowned cranes, and Japan (eastern Hokkaido) has 1,200 cranes.
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What cranes eat. Small fish, insects, and more.5 views
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Adult males, fully grown on the left and 6 months old on the right still with brown feathers.5 views
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About the Kushiro Japanese Red-Crowned Crane Reserve.5 views
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History of the Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve.5 views
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The cages also have signs indicating the names, birthdates, and birthplaces of the paired cranes.4 views
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The fence also has a covered hole for taking pictures.4 views
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Red-crowned crane, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park, Hokkaido.4 views
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Red-crowned cranes, Kushiro City Red-Crowned Crane Natural Park (Kushiro Japanese Crane Reserve).4 views
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The park also has a small crane museum.4 views
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Baby cranes grow very quickly. Left one is 39 days old, middle is 5 days old. They reach adult size in 3 months. Their brown feathers also turn black and white.4 views
   
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