…モモンガの天敵。しばしばモモンガたちを襲ってはガイドの邪魔をしてくれます(笑) 食べるフクロウに食べられるモモンガ。それも北海道の自然の一部、十勝にフクロウが居続けるということはそこには多くのモモンガが棲んでいるということなのです。「今日はいるかな？いないかな？」フクロウが潜む樹洞に向かっている時のなんともいえない緊張感。樹洞にいたときのなんともいえない幸福感。…癖になります。「エゾフクロウ撮影プランのご相談はこちら」
Ural Owl (Ezo Fukuro) – The Forest Guardian
The Silent Hunter and the Forest’s Balance: Ural Owl
The Ural Owl—a formidable natural predator of the flying squirrels. Occasionally, they’ll show up to “disrupt” our guiding by hunting the very subjects we’re looking for! (laughs)
But this is the raw reality of Hokkaido’s nature: the owl that eats, and the squirrel that is eaten. The fact that Ural Owls thrive in Tokachi is proof that there is a healthy, abundant population of flying squirrels nearby.
“Is he there today? Or is the hollow empty?”
That indescribable tension as we approach a known nesting tree, and the overwhelming sense of joy when we find those calm eyes staring back at us… it’s truly addictive. Experience the deep rhythm of the forest with Calico Wildlife & Photo Guides.