[Breaking News]Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo - Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025. (Kyodo)

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are in mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

[Breaking News]Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan, Feb. 15 Kyodo -Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.(Kyodo)

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, interact during mating season on their snow-covered feeding grounds in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in Hokkaido

Cranes in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Red-crowned cranes are pictured in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2013.

Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crowned cranes gather in a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 26, 2012. The cranes are designated as special national natural treasures.

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures.

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures.

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures.

No. of red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido surpasses 1,000

No. of red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido surpasses 1,000

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special natural monument, gather at a feeding place in the village of Tsurui, Hokkaido, on Feb. 13. Local government research at 137 sites in 17 municipalities on Jan. 23 detected 1,065 cranes, the second-largest number since the survey was initiated in 1952.

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes gather for food on Oct. 28 at Tsurumidai in Tsurui village on the outskirts of the Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer in the national park breeding and raising chicks and fly to Tsurui in late autumn to spend the winter.

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes gather for food on Oct. 28 at Tsurumidai in Tsurui village on the outskirts of Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer breeding and raising chicks in Kushiro Wetland National Park and fly to Tsurui in late autumn to spend the winter.

Red-crested cranes move out of Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes move out of Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested white cranes, the harbingers of winter, gather for food near the Tsurumidai crane observation post in Tsurui village on the outskirts of the Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer breeding and raising chicks in the Kushiro Wetland National Park and fly to Tsurui, which literally means ''the habitat of cranes'' in late autumn and spend the winter there. According to officials at the Ito Red-Crested Cranes Sanctuary in Tsurui, more than 500 red-crested cranes are observed in Tsurui from December to January every year.

Japanese cranes fly to Tsurui village in Hokkaido

Japanese cranes fly to Tsurui village in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 4 shows red-crested white cranes flying to Tsurui village in eastern Hokkaido from neighboring areas, heralding the arrival of the winter season there.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are seen in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2022.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido?

TSURUI, Japan Kyodo - Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, flutter on a feeding ground in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes are seen walking around dent corn fields in the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes are seen flying over the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 11, 2015, as the tree covering the surrounding mountains display their autumn leaves in various shades of red and yellow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes are seen flying over the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Oct. 11, 2015, as the tree covering the surrounding mountains display their autumn leaves in various shades of red and yellow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, flutter on a feeding ground in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, flutter on a feeding ground in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, flutter on a feeding ground in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021.

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, fly over the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2021.

Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crowned cranes gather in a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 26, 2012. The cranes are designated as special national natural treasures. (Kyodo)

Red-crested cranes move out of Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes move out of Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested white cranes, the harbingers of winter, gather for food near the Tsurumidai crane observation post in Tsurui village on the outskirts of the Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer breeding and raising chicks in the Kushiro Wetland National Park and fly to Tsurui, which literally means ''the habitat of cranes'' in late autumn and spend the winter there. According to officials at the Ito Red-Crested Cranes Sanctuary in Tsurui, more than 500 red-crested cranes are observed in Tsurui from December to January every year. (Kyodo)

Japanese cranes fly to Tsurui village in Hokkaido

Japanese cranes fly to Tsurui village in Hokkaido

TSURUI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 4 shows red-crested white cranes flying to Tsurui village in eastern Hokkaido from neighboring areas, heralding the arrival of the winter season there. (Kyodo)

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes gather for food on Oct. 28 at Tsurumidai in Tsurui village on the outskirts of the Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer in the national park breeding and raising chicks and fly to Tsurui in late autumn to spend the winter. (Kyodo)

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

Red-crested cranes leave Kushiro wetlands as winter nears

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes gather for food on Oct. 28 at Tsurumidai in Tsurui village on the outskirts of Kushiro Wetland National Park in southeastern Hokkaido. The cranes, designated by the state as special national treasures, spend spring and summer breeding and raising chicks in Kushiro Wetland National Park and fly to Tsurui in late autumn to spend the winter. (Kyodo)

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures. (Kyodo)

Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

File photo taken in January 2021 shows red-crowned cranes, a nationally protected species, in the Hokkaido village of Tsurui, northern Japan.

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures. (Kyodo)

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

Cranes gather in snowy Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Red-crested cranes fly onto a feeding field in the village of Tsurui in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2010. The cranes are designated as special national treasures. (Kyodo)

Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are seen in Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo