C. ZIEGLER 1954 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL FEB. MIHO A.F.B. & VICINITY, TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU, JAPAN. WEATHER - COLD WITH SOME RAIN TOWARDS THE END OF MONTH. NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX(?) SEEN ABOUT THE 20TH. MIKVUS MIGRANS FAIRLY COMMON. CORVUS SP., IXOS AMAUROTIS VERY COMMON. CORVUS PICKING UP DEAD __________ (FU-GO) ON OSWAGO BEACH & CARRYING THEM INTO PINES JUST BEYOND BEACH, BUT APPARENTLY THE FISH WERE TOO WCHN. PROTECTED BY THEIR SPINES OR TOO DRIED UP FOR THE BIRDS TO EAT BECAUSE MANY OF THE 3"-4" FISH WERE FOUND ONLY DENIED UNDER THE PINES. SEVERAL SEARCHES UNDER THE PINES FOR OIL PELLETS WERE MADE BUT NONE WERE FOUND FROM OCT. '53 -> MAR. '54. THE FISHMEN/ PINE BRANCHES & NEEDLES WERE RAISED UP, EVERY FEW DAYS, THO, SO IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY PELLETS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED WITH THE NEEDLES. NONE OF THE VILLAGERS ASKED HAD EVER SEEN PELLETS, THO. TURDUS NAUMANNI SEEN IN CULTIVATED FIELDS OCCASIONALLY TOWARDS END OF MONTH. PLAVORA ARUENSIS SINGING IN FIELDS LAST 3 OR 4 DAYS OF MONTH, SOME ON THE GROUND & SOME HIGH IN THE AIR - SINGING WHILE HOVERING.