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Name	pika (*1)
Mail to...	pikanakiusagi10ybb.ne.jp
Gender	Female
Made in	Japan
Inhabit	Tokyo
Birth Month	August, 196x
Birding History	Since 1993(*2)
Binocular	Nikon: MONARCH 10x42 D CF
Binocular 2	Nikon: ESPACIO 10x40 D CF
Binocular 3	Nikon Sportstar 3 10x25D CF
Binocular 4	Pentax: Tankuro 10x24 (Camouflage)
Telescope	Carl Zeiss Diascope 65 T*FL + eyepieces: x23 & x20-45
Telescope 2	Leica Apo-Televid 77 + eyepiece: x20
Telescope 3	Nikon Telescope II + eyepieces: x20 and x40
Telescope 4	Kowa Spotting Scope TS501/Zoom (Purple)
MD	SONY Hi-MD
MD 2	SONY MZ-R50
MD 3	SONY MZ-R91
Microphone	SONY ECM-999(stereo)
Microphone 2	"Choujiro" HA-2(mono)
Microphone 3	SONY ECM-G3M(mono)
Microphone 4	SONY ECM-MS907(stereo)
Microphone 5	AIWA CM-DS5(Stereo)
Linear PCM Recorder	OLYMPUS LS-10
PCM Recorder	Roland R-09
IC Recorder	SONY ICD-SX40
iPod	iPod nano 4GB 2nd generation(pink) iPod Classic 160G(silver), iPod nano 8GB(blue)
Digital single-lens reflex camera	Nikon D60
Digital Camera	Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FH5
Car	Volkswagen Touran

*1 As you know, it's a Cony, a tiny cute mammal. In Japan, we can see them only in Hidaka mountains area in Hokkaido, but we could see them at Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Teton National Park. Once I read in a book that their territories are very strict so it's very unusual to see several pikas at a time, but we saw a dozen of pikas at Rocky Mountain NP. Three pikas in a binocular!

*2 It was a cold winter day. We stayed in Tateshina during the Christmas vacation. After heavy snow, while taking a walk, we happened to see a cute Coal Tit was bathing very close, about 2 yards from us. Suddenly we fell in LOVE with him/her.

Our fields are mainly Tateshina, Karuizawa and Tokyo and its vicinities. My husband, Marmot, is 'in charge of Recording' and I am in charge of Taking snaps & Carrying the heavy telescope. (To tell the truth, our telescope is the lightest one.)