Event Date: May 28, 2017 (Sunday)
Park Hours: 9am-5pm
Festival Hours: 10:00am – 3:00pm
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Event Details:
Annual Spring Festival at the Bird Park will showcase many activities for participants ranging from Festival food vendors, Nature Crafts, Special Presentations and Live Music! All special features and talks are for Japanese language speakers. No English language support provided during the event.
Keynote Speaker: Eiji Nakatsu, Retired JR Engineer and train designer who used design elements that were inspired by birds and nature to create unique designs. He developed the popular 500 Series Shinkansen Bullet Train which runs in West Japan’s train lines.

                                                 Mr.Nakatsu with 500 series Shinkansen train-car.

Other activities include: Explore the creatures living in the shoreline habitat with Mr. Youji Yamada advisor for public TV - ETelevision nature shows. Make animal masks with illustrator Mrs. Sonoko Sahara. Make handmade sea shell decorations with staff from Oomori Nori Museum. Collect “animals” in the Stamp Rally points throughout the festival. Experience harvesting vegetables from the garden (and take some home) from 9:30am and 12:30pm. The first 200 people who come will receive a blueberry plant for free! Come early to sign in and get a chance to participate in these events! Visit the Japanese website for more details and descriptions of the event. Please be aware the information is only available in Japanese and the event staff do not provide English language support.

                                                 Exploring the shoreline with Mr. Yamada, the Nature Enthusiast.

The following is the list of species that park rangers observed today.

Spot-billed Duck、Little Grebe、Great Cormorant、Grey Heron、Great Egret、Intermediate Egret、Little Egret、Common Moorhen、Little Ringed Plover、Grey-tailed Tattler、Little Tern、Oriental Turtle Dove、House Swift、Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker、Large-billed Crow、Japanese Tit、Barn Swallow、Asian House Martin、Brown-eared Bulbul、Japanese Bush Warbler、Japanese White-eye、Zitting Cisticola、White-cheeked Starling、Eurasian Tree Sparrow
　(24species)

Ranger's Activities
Research : Daily Surveys  and  updating records
Habitat management : Patrol、Trail maintemance
Education : Providing visiter services at the Ranger Station
Other : Nothing to Report

May 27th
The following is the list of species that park rangers observed today.

Spot-billed Duck、Teal、Common Pochard、Little Grebe、Great Cormorant、Cattle Egret、Grey Heron、Great Egret、Little Egret、Common Moorhen、Little Ringed Plover、Little Tern、Oriental Turtle Dove、House Swift、Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker、Large-billed Crow、Japanese Tit、Barn Swallow、Asian House Martin、Brown-eared Bulbul、Japanese White-eye、Oriental Reed Warbler、Zitting Cisticola、White-cheeked Starling、Eurasian Tree Sparrow、Oriental Greenfinch
　(27species)

Ranger's Activities
Research : Daily Surveys  and  updating records
Habitat management : Patrol、Trail maintemance
Education : Providing visiter services at the Ranger Station
Other : Nothing to Report

May 25th
The following is the list of species that park rangers observed today.

Spot-billed Duck、Common Pochard、Little Grebe、Great Cormorant、Grey Heron、Great Egret、Little Egret、Common Moorhen、Little Ringed Plover、Grey-tailed Tattler、Little Tern、Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker、Azure-winged Magpie、Large-billed Crow、Japanese Tit、Barn Swallow、Asian House Martin、Brown-eared Bulbul、Japanese White-eye、Oriental Reed Warbler、Zitting Cisticola、White-cheeked Starling、Eurasian Tree Sparrow
　(24species)

Ranger's Activities
Research : Daily Surveys  and  updating records、Conducting weekly surveys for Marsh birds
Habitat management : Patrol
Education : Providing visiter services at the Ranger Station、Environmental education program for Elementary school children
Other : Nothing to Report

The following is the list of species that park rangers observed today.

Spot-billed Duck、Common Pochard、Little Grebe、Great Cormorant、Black-crowned Night  Heron、Cattle Egret、Grey Heron、Great Egret、Little Egret、Little Ringed Plover、Grey-tailed Tattler、Little Tern、Oriental Turtle Dove、Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker、Azure-winged Magpie、Carrion Crow、Large-billed Crow、Japanese Tit、Barn Swallow、Asian House Martin、Brown-eared Bulbul、Japanese White-eye、Zitting Cisticola、White-cheeked Starling、Eurasian Tree Sparrow、White Wagtail
　(26species)

Ranger's Activities
Research : Daily Surveys  and  updating records
Habitat management : Patrol、Cutting Grass in the East Freshwater Pond、Plowing
Education : Providing visiter services at the Ranger Station
Other : Nothing to Report