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県北部に位置する秋田北地方にもハイペースで春の足音が近づく中、「冬の使者」白鳥の群れが鳴きながら北へ向かって飛び交う光景が各地で見られる。
同地方の主な飛来地は、鳥インフルエンザ予防策として餌やり禁止の措置がとられて久しい。このため、かつての飛来地のほとんどは移動時の通過点にすぎず、同地方屈指の飛来地だった大館市長木川の「白鳥広場」も事実上"形骸化"。 東北に飛来する白鳥たちは例年、3月にシベリアへの旅立ちを開始し、4月中にすっかり姿を消す。今季は2月に平均気温が高めだったことや同月以降の降雪量が少ないことなどを背景に、平野部での雪解けが大雪に見舞われた昨シーズンより早い。 このため、北帰行の途中で白鳥らが水田に舞い降りて落ち穂をついばむ光景が昨シーズンより早く見られるほか、「さようなら」とばかりに住宅街などの上空を鳴きながら飛翔する群れもこのところ多く目立つ。 日中降雨ながら朝方曇天もようだった13日の大館市は、いくつもの群れが通過し、朝のあいさつを交わしあう市民らは「北へ帰る季節ですね」の会話も。今季は、昨年より早く春本番を迎えそう。 (午前11時半) 下段は記事英文 By English As the sound of spring approaches at a high pace in the northern part
of Akita prefecture, the messenger of winter, flocks of swans, can be seen
flying north while crying out. The main wintering sites in the region have long been subject to
measures prohibiting feeding as a precaution against avian influenza. As a
result, most of the former wintering sites were merely transit points
during migration, and the "Swan Plaza" in Odate, one of the region's
premier wintering sites, is now essentially obsolete. The swans that fly to Northeast Japan typically begin their journey to
Siberia in March and disappear completely by mid-April. This season, due
to higher average temperatures in February and less snowfall since then,
snowmelt in the plains is earlier than last season, which was hit by heavy
snow. As a result, scenes of swans landing in rice paddies during their
northward migration to nibble on fallen grains are being seen earlier than
last season, and flocks of swans flying over residential areas while
crying out, seemingly saying "goodbye," are also becoming more visible
lately. On the morning of the 13th, despite the rainfall, multiple flocks
passed through Odate City, where the sky was mostly cloudy in the morning,
and citizens greeted each other, saying "It's the season to return north,
isn't it?" This season, it seems that spring will come earlier than last
year. (11:30 AM)
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