Yanbaru Kuina Cache Traditional Cache
LTD.Hubb: L + D had lots of fun in this old bird. Sorry all we are archiving this one. Also D = will be having knee surgery soon and I will not be up to climbing anything, driving long distances for a while. See you all out there in Geoland so cache on.
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This is another fun park that is located at the tip of Okinawa. Parking is about two a minute walk or less away from the cache. Have fun...
The cache is a Tupperware tall container with a green lid. This cache has only a small log book, pen, and a few small toys. If you find the big Yanbaru kuina you can find the cache easily. Please enjoy the view from under my bill.
Yanbaru kuina: the 506th bird species found in Japan
The Yanbaru Kuina is a rare species of bird which lives in the northern mountain areas. The body of one of these birds was discovered on June 2, 1981 in a mountainous area of Kunigami Village. One young and one adult bird were captured on June 28 of the same year by researchers from the Yamashita Institute at the foot of Yonaha Mountain. Old people often said that birds like chickens lived in the northern mountain region of Yanbaru. The local people called the birds gShija.h
The institute checked the birds carefully and reached the conclusion that it was a new species of rail. In January 1981, Mr. Yoshimaro Yamashita and Mr. Toru Yano named it Rallus Okinawae, its scientific name; Okinawa rail in English, and Yanbaru kuina in Japanese. It was the 506th new bird species found in Japan and designated a National Natural Monument in December, 1982.
The average bird weighs about 43 grams and has short wings. The birds cannot fly. Its color from head to tail is brown. The birds have existed in Okinawa for many years. A fossil of the bird was also discovered earlier. In the deep mountain areas, the birds did not need to fly and subsequently lost their ability to fly. The birds stay in trees which are 2 or 3 meters above the ground. The birds eat earthworms, frogs, snails, and lizards. The Yanbaru kuina is used as a mascot for many events. This mascot is a little, plump figure, but charming, and looks like a typical Okinawan man.
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