A female Narcissus flycatcher.

 I requested the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology in the city to determine if this was a female Siberian flycatcher or a female Narcissus Flycatcher, but I have not been contacted yet.

I have come to the conclusion that this is a female Narcissus flycatcher. 

Red spider lily

 Called as higanbana in Japan, these flowers come in three colors: red, white, and yellow, and are in full bloom by October.

Higanbana  literally means "flower of higan (Buddhist holiday around the autumnal equinox.) 

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 Even though already autumn, the weather on the Japanese mainland this year, where autumn and summer come and go, why is this so? Also, mycoplasma pneumonia is reported to be more common this year. It is said that it is difficult to distinguish it from ordinary colds. 

I post last year's Siberian ruby-throated.

We are still waiting for the arrival of Siberian rubythroat this year.

                                October 2023

Carelessness

The crazy temperature has been continuing, including heavy rain.

                       Japanese soba noodles↑　　Unaju↡

White-bellied green pigeon

A movie upload

Additional upload on June 7,

There's a heat wave and heavy rain here, so I don't feel like going outside.

 

 

Bull-headed shrike with lotus flower

 

Full-fledged bird of the Azure-winged Magpie

During the breeding season, this bird can be very loud, particularly when people approach.

I found that this bird bred in a park 800m away from my house, and the chicks left the nest about 10 days ago.

* I uploaded this bird about a month ago, so I will not go into details about it this time.

A parent

　　　　　　　　　　　Two full-fledged bird

 

Kestrel breeding every year on a railway bridge

Summer flowers have started to bloom

A Great Miniature World

 Tobu World Square (東武ワールドスクウェア) is a theme park in Kinugawa Onsen, Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan. The theme park contains over a hundred 1:25 scale models of famous buildings, including UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites, complete with 140,000 1:25 miniature people.

On 24 April 2010, a 1:25 scale model of the Tokyo Skytree was unveiled at the park. This is 26 metres tall, taller than the 19.95-metre replica of the New York World Trade Center（From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia）

I took my family on a two-day, one-night drive to nearby prefectures the other day and took these pictures along the way. 

 

 

 

Ural owls(5)

Ural owls (4)

 

Ural owls（3）

Chicks that are fledglings of Ural owls

This is from a different nesting site to the previous post.