Bird Information

The Natural Calendar of Shunkunitai

April

		Long-tailed Tit

　

The birds

The Plants

The animals and nature

early month

■	Migratory birds of spring such as Skylarks, Reed Buntings and Long-tailed Rosefinches return .
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Smew sand Tufted Ducks, a kind of ducks, return.
■	Great Spotted Woodpeckers start to their drumming.
■	You can see crows and seagulls falling down the seashells from the sky at the mudflats
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Sanderlings and Far Eastern Curlews return.
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Kentish plovers and Grey Plovers return.
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Oystercatchers return.
■	Japanese Cranes start to make their nests.

■	Adonis amurensises blossom.

■	The ice of Lake Furan has melted completely
■	The fishing of seashells starts at the sea in front of Shunkunitai.

the middle of month

■	Migratory birds of spring such as Curlews and Bar-tailed Godwits return.
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Great Egrets and Intermediate Egrets return. There are very rare in Hokkaido, especially in eastern Hokkaido.
■	Migratory birds of spring such as Stonechats, Red-flanked Bushrobins, Woodcocks and Brown Thrushes return.
■	The number of gulls reaches to the peak.

■	Flowers of early spring such as Corydalis ambiguas, Gagea lutea, Symplocarpus foetiduses and butterbur flower stalks blossom.

■	Ticks start to move. Please be careful when you walk in forest.

the end of month

■	Migratory birds of spring such as Japanese Robins, Black-faced Buntings, Bush Warblers, Wrynecks, Water Rails and Latham’s Snipes return.
■	It is a courtship season for Black Woodpeckers. We can often see them

■	Flowers of spring such as Lysichiton camtschatcenses blossom.
■	Adonis amurensises are in full bloom.
■	A flower of spring such as Caltha palustrises blossom.
■	Flowers of spring, a kind of violets, bloom.

■	Ezo brown frogs start to chirp and lay eggs
■	Ezo Salamanders start to lay eggs.
■	Papilio bianor dehaani wake from hibernation and start to fly.
■	Hunting for shellfish starts at the beach in front of Shunkunitai. (charged)

　

This natural calendar is drawn up by the various data researched from around the Nature Center. The season of flowers and birds are different from year to year. Please use it as a reference.