F.C. ZIEGLER 1955 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL APR 29 (CONT) "GRUS, GRUS, GEEE HHHH-HA" ABOUT 6:00 A.M. I HAD HEARD TWO OF THE SAME AT THE FUSHIMI FILTER PLANT IN FUSHIMIKU ON THE MORNING OF APR. 15TH BUT WASN'T SURE IT WAS A BIRD OR NOT -- PERHAPS STRIX URALENSIS? ALSO HEARD A FARAWAY "TOO-TOO, TOO-TOO, TOO-TOO, ETC" WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN NINOK SCUTULATA, ALAUDA ARVENESIS (20), HIRUNOO RUSTICA (20), CORVUS SP. (3), TURDUS NAUMANNI (2), TURDUS SP. (5) -- ALL IN FIELDS, LANIUS BUCCALUALS (3) -- ONE NEARLY FULL-GROWN YOUNG (?) -- FLUTTERING WINGS & OPENING MOUTH FOR FOOD, PASSER MONTANUS (10) -- IN TOWN ALONG ROADS, EMBERIZA SPODOCEPHALA (1) -- NETTGO. APR 30 FUJINOMORI, FUSHIMIKU, UYOTO CITY, HONSHU, JAPAN. COOL, RAINY. WENT TO THE HOME OF MR. & MRS. MINORU SAWANOSHITA THIS EVENING TO COLLECT GEEKOS WHICH THEY SAID CAME OUT EACH NIGHT IN WARM WEATHER TO CATCH INSECTS ON THEIR WINDOWS. DIDN'T SEE ANY TONIGHT -- MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING, BUT MINORU HAD CAUGHT ONE JUST BEFORE I ARRIVED. THE JAPANESE ARE QUITE AFRAID OF THESE -- MINORU CAUGHT THIS ONE BY PUTTING A CAN OVER IT -- SAYING THEIR BITE IS POISONOUS. THIS GEEKO WAS A SMALL