Artificially incubated cormorant debuts as fish hunter in Kyoto

Artificially incubated cormorant debuts as fish hunter in Kyoto

Utty, Japan's first cormorant born through artificial incubation, sports a sign resembling that of the country's beginner drivers on its first day as a traditional "ukai" fish hunter on the Uji River in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2015. Holding the bird is cormorant fishing master Mariko Sawaki who has been taking care of Utty since it was born in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Utty, Japan's first cormorant born through artificial incubation, is brought back to the boat by cormorant fishing master Mariko Sawaki after making a catch on its first day as a traditional "ukai" fish hunter on Sept. 5, 2015, on the Uji River in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan. Sawaki has been taking care of Utty since it was born in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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      Utty (foreground), Japan's first cormorant born through artificial incubation, swims in the Uji River in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on its first day as a traditional "ukai" fish hunter on Sept. 5, 2015. Holding the snares tied to the base of the birds' throat is cormorant fishing master Mariko Sawaki, who has been taking care of Utty since it was born in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo