On April 22, 2026, the Ayabe City Board of Education in Kyoto Prefecture announced that it had confirmed the hatching of Oriental White Storks, a special natural monument, at four of the five nest towers installed in Ayabe City. They reported that the parent birds exhibited the behavior of "returning food" after hatching multiple times. This marks the seventh consecutive year that chicks have hatched in Ayabe City since 2020.
Articles are excerpts from reports and news in the Kyoto Shimbun. Due to automatic translation, some expressions may not be accurate.
