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Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki Tsuchiya has set out before sunrise to search for a bird rescued from extinction in Japan.
Starting his car under star-dotted skies unpolluted by light, he works alone in the pre-dawn chill, marking sightings or absences in a planner, interrupted only by the crackle of a walkie-talkie.
The bird he is looking for is called "toki" in Japanese, and its presence on his home of Sado island is testament to a remarkable conservation program.
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That's kind of neat. They are social birds.
Starting his car under star-dotted skies unpolluted by light, he works alone in the pre-dawn chill, marking sightings or absences in a planner, interrupted only by the crackle of a walkie-talkie.
The bird he is looking for is called "toki" in Japanese, and its presence on his home of Sado island is testament to a remarkable conservation program.
Modern phoenix: The bird brought back from extinction in Japan
Every day for the past 14 years, 72-year-old Masaoki Tsuchiya has set out before sunrise to search for a bird rescued from extinction in Japan.
That's kind of neat. They are social birds.
