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BIRDS:→SEE NEXT PAGE
- One of the most famous histrical site in Japan. There is
a biggest buddha statue at Toudaiji Temple in this park. A primeval
forest is protected as a spiritual place.
- A lot of forest birds are observed in this park. for example;
Northern Goshawk, Copper Pheasant, Japanese Pheasant, Japanese
Green Pigeon, Little Cuckoo, Brown Hawk Owl, Ural Owl, Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Japanese Green Woodpecker, House Swallow,
Gray Wagtail, White Wagtail, Japanese Pied Wagtail, Indian
Tree Pipit, Ashy Minivet,
Brown-eared Bulbul, Bull-headed Shrike, Red-flanked
Bluetail, Daurian Redstart, White's
Thrush, Japanese Grey Thrush, Pale Thrush, Dusky Thrush,
Eastern Crowned Willow Warbler,
Goldcrest, Black
Paradise Flycatcher, Blue-and-White Flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher,
Brown Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Caol Tit,
Varied Tit, European Nuthatch, Japanese White-eye, Siberian Meadow
Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Yellow-headed
Bunting, Black-faced Bunting, Oriental Greenfinch, Siskin, Long-tailed Rose Finch, Brambling, Bullfinch,
Hawfinch, Masked Hawfinch, Tree Sparrow, Grey Staring,
Jay, Carrion Crow, Jungle Crow, etc.... (black letter:resident,
pink letters: Summer visitor, pale-blue letters: winter visitor)
ANIMALS:→SEE NEXT PAGE
- There are a lot of Japanese Deers are protected in this park,
because the deers are recognized as sacred animal by the Sintoism
shrine (Kasuga Shrine).
- The above picture shows the traditional ivent of cutting
antlers in autumn. The first of this event was held more than
thousand years ago. One of the reasons of cutting antlers is
to avoid wounding tourists in their mating season in fall.
- Flying Squirrels are observed in the forest near the shrine
and the temples in the night. In the dusk, you may see they are
flying between trees.
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