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  some14someJan. 07, 2009 - 08:10AM JST

  Awesome picture, one can feel the warmth of winter !

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  cleoJan. 07, 2009 - 09:37AM JST

  Lovely, peaceful picture.

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  GWJan. 07, 2009 - 10:59AM JST

  only reason the birds are there is because food is spread for them

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  KhalMansJan. 07, 2009 - 02:43PM JST

  very nice pic...thanks

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  techallJan. 07, 2009 - 02:45PM JST

  Looks like of em lost a contact lens

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  ptolemyJan. 07, 2009 - 04:19PM JST

  Beautiful creatures

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  NoripinheadJan. 07, 2009 - 05:18PM JST

  Luckily, most cranes in Japan can keep their day job.

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  akagumaJan. 08, 2009 - 12:32AM JST

  "only reason the birds are there is because food is spread for them"- this is not the case. These birds have been flying into the hinterlands surrounding Kushiro for much longer than the farmers have been there. Most of the pastures around these areas are used for dairy farming and in the summer, which is the only time when the soil is not frozen, they grown corn and other crops to feed the dairy cows in winter. After these crops are reaped in the autumn they leave behind grains which the birds like to pick through when they return here to mate. They are magnificent creatures to witness up close.

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