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We held an observation event with geese roosting at Chojabaru Service Area on the Tohoku Expressway.

～Let's observe the migratory birds that have landed for the winter this year～

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December 21, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

The view of Kejonuma from the Chojabaru Service Area on the Tohoku Expressway, a photograph of a large flock of migratory birds flying over the surface of the wetland for the winter.
Migratory birds visiting Kejonuma, a nationally designated wildlife sanctuary and registered under the Ramsar Convention
(Around Tohoku Expressway Chojabaru service area)

The Sendai Administration Office of the Tohoku Regional Head Office Office held a wild goose nesting observation event on December 10, 2020 (Saturday) at the Tohoku Expressway Chojabaru service area (In-bound line).
This service area is a great location overlooking Kejonuma, one of Honshu's leading wintering grounds for migratory birds. Mr. Toshio Ikeuchi (Executive Director of Gan-no-Sato Friends Association), an expert on the activities, was invited to explain how wild geese enter the Kejonuma roost. did.
The 10 participants from all over the Tohoku region enthusiastically captured the flock of migratory birds that flitted about with the setting sun.

Photographs of customers taking pictures with a telephoto camera and observing with binoculars who participated in the wild goose roost observation event at the Chojabaru Service Area on the Tohoku Expressway
Customers enthusiastically observing wild birds using telephoto cameras and binoculars
A set of novelty gifts given to customers who participated in the Wild Geese's Roost observation event at the Chojabaru Service Area on the Tohoku Expressway Image of the 2023 goose calendar, etc.
The novelty presented to the participants is the “2023 Goose Calendar” sponsored by NEXCO Engineering Tohoku!

Kejonuma, located in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, is a nationally designated wildlife sanctuary and a wetland registered under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) as a waterfowl habitat.
In order to deliver good scenery to our customers, we are also contributing to activities to conserve the biodiversity of this wetland in cooperation with local residents.
Keiichi Shirai, deputy director of the Sendai Administration Office, commented, "The sight of a flock of wild geese flying into Kejonuma is truly spectacular."

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