Living on the Monobe River I have the pleasure of seeing a lot of various wildlife. THe birds are plentiful and include Great Egret, Intermediate Egret, Gray Heron, Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Common Coot, Japanese Tit, Varied Tit, Common Kingfisher, House Sparrow, Carrion Crow, Black-eared Kite, Common Sandpiper, Gray Wagtail and Pied Wagtail. Across the river on a rocky face a Blue Rock Thrush is possibly nesting.
There are Chinese Softshell Turtles in the river and they also enjoy basking on the rocks along the shoreline. In Canada, softshell turtles are very rare but in Japan they are quite common in canals and rivers.
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| Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) |
A Tanuki, which is the Japanese version of a Racoon enjoyed sunbathing just along the river. I was able to see this little cutie for a few days in a row before I believe the stray cats in the area might have shooed it away.
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| Tanuki or Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) |
Crossing the road one evening was a Japanese Rat Snake. They move quickly but it stuck around for a quick picture when it passed before trying to get into a crack of someones house.
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| Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) |
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