first ibis chick photos released

first ibis chick photos released

NIIGATA, Japan - One of pictures released June 1 by the Sado Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture shows three chicks hatched this year from eggs laid by the pair Mei Mei, who was given to Japan by China in 2000, and Yu Yu, who is the offspring of another pair Yang Yang and You You, also gifts from China.

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