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Menunkatuck Audubon: The Winter Wonders of Japan
October 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The winter wildlife of Japan offers a number of spectacles unmatched in the wild! Tens of thousands of Cranes of at least 5 species can be seen feeding on snowy fields or flying into roost against the backdrop of glorious sunsets in Kagoshima. The famous dancing Red-crowned Cranes are in full performance in Kushiro. Snow Monkeys (Japanese Macaques) frolic in hot thermal pools in the Jigokudani valley. Japanese Murrelets come to near shore islands to breed. Steller’s Sea-Eagles, White-tailed Eagles, hordes of seabirds and ducks winter on and around Hokkaido. And, if you know where to go, you can watch the massive Blakiston’s Fish-Owl catch fish right out your bedroom window! This program reveals the winter wildlife of Japan with vivid photos and anecdotes from travels around this island nation of eastern Asia.
A naturalist and birder for more than thirty years, Gina first became fascinated with the natural world in rural upstate New York where she spent most of her childhood out of doors. In 2005, Gina founded Sunrise Birding, LLC to offer personalized, authentic, affordable private and small group bird watching and wildlife tours around the world.
