Bringing Back the Birds: Conservation Program Returns Crested Ibis to Skies over Sado

A crested ibis flies on the island of Sado. (© Pixta)

Crown Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko attend the release of the first two crested ibises raised at the conservation center on Sado in September 2008. (© Jiji)

Elementary school students on Sado walk past a rice field where crested ibises are foraging in September 2020. (Courtesy of Tsuchiya Masaoki, chair of the conservation group Sado Toki Hogokai)