C.ZIEGWER 1953 (TRANSCRIBED) JOURNAL JAN. MIHO A.F.B., TOTTORI PREFECTURE, HONSHU JAPAN. WEATHER: COLD WITH FREQUENT SNOW. NO TRIPS TO THE FIELDS SURROUND- ING BASE. ONE SHRIKE SEEN - PROBABLY LANIUS BUCCPHALUS TEMMINCKI SCHLEGEL (MOZU). CORVUS SP. SCARLE (KURATSU) SEVERAL HAWKS SEEN AT ONCE A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING MONTH PROBABLY MILVUS MIGRANIS (TOE BEE). THE FORKED TAIL OF THIS SPECIES WAS NOT TOO NOTICABLE IN FLIGHT AS THE BOOKS WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE. SINGLES & PAIRS SEEN FREQUENTLY. MIHO A.F.B. IS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE BY 1 1/2 MILES. IT IS LOCATED 1/2 MILE FROM OSHINOZU (OR NAWAHAMA) VILLAGE & ABOUT 10 MILES NW. OF YONAGO, ON ONE SIDE OF OSHINOZU IS A BEACH OF A SHELTERED BAY AND TO THE OTHER SIDE IS THE BASE & THEN A LARGE LAKE OR BAY REACHED BY WATER THRU A NARROW CHANNEL 5 MILES NORTH OF THE BASE AT SAKAI. THE SURROUNDING LAND IS RICE, WHEAT & VEGETABLE FIELDS UNDER CONSTANT CULTIVATION. FROM YONAGO THE LAND GRADUALLY RISES TO THE PLATEAU SURROUNDING MT. DAZEN ABOUT 40 MILES SE OF MIHO ALTITUDE OF MIHO - 14'. ACROSS THE ALMOST LAND-LOCKED BAY FROM MIHO IS MATSUI - HOME OF LA FACARDO HEARN UNIVERSITY.