On its 14th release, the crested ibis flies away from its cage and flies over a rice paddy in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture.
On June 10, the 14th release of the Japanese crested ibis, a national special natural treasure, into the wild took place at the Sado Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. The 18 birds (16 males and 2 females), ranging in age from 1 to 4 years, were released at 6:00 a.m. When the cage door was opened, they spread their wings, which were colored to mark their presence, and took off. The evening edition of the same day, "18 crested ibis take to the sky" appeared in the evening edition of the same day.
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