点评:Before taking the ferry to Oarai, we visited Lake Utonai Sanctuary. We had three hours to explore this place, which looked promising for birdwatching.
The visitor center was great. It had a few huge binoculars and scopes pointed at the lake, books about local birds, a mini-exhibition, and various bird-related supplies for sale. The area and the protection of Lake Utonai are under the management of the Wild Bird Society of Japan.
The lakeside path consists mostly of wooden walkways that branch off to visit different areas. At the end of one path, there was an excellent high wooden viewing hide, and we were the only ones there to use it. We climbed in absolute darkness and opened the thin windows to see the immensity of the lake. Excellent place to spend long minutes birdwatching!
We could see many Taiga Bean-Geese, Whooper Swans, an Osprey, and even a White-tailed Eagle!
There was only one thing that interrupted the tranquility of the place: at perfectly regular intervals, a deafening roar echoed throughout the wetland. Lake Utonai is 10 km from the New Chitose airport, and a plane landed there every two minutes. How does this affect all the wildlife?
翻译:在乘渡轮前往大洗之前,我们参观了乌托奈湖保护区。我们有三个小时的时间探索这个地方,这里看起来很适合观鸟。
游客中心很棒。里面有几架巨大的双筒望远镜和瞄准镜指向湖面,还有关于当地鸟类的书籍、一个小型展览,以及各种鸟类相关用品出售。乌托奈湖的保护区和保护区由日本野生鸟类协会管理。
湖畔小路主要由木制步道组成,这些步道通往不同的区域。在一条步道的尽头,有一个很棒的高木观景台,只有我们几个人在那里使用。我们在完全黑暗的环境中攀爬,打开薄薄的窗户,欣赏着浩瀚的湖水。这里是观鸟的绝佳去处!
我们看到了许多泰加豆雁、大天鹅、鱼鹰,甚至还有一只白尾海雕!
只有一件事打破了这片土地的宁静:每隔一段时间,湿地里就会回荡着震耳欲聋的轰鸣声。Utonai湖距离新千岁机场10公里,每两分钟就有一架飞机降落在那里。这对野生动物有什么影响呢?