Chinese pond heron,Aka-gashira-sagi,アカガシラサギ

IUCN Red List：Least Concern （国際自然保護レッドリスト：軽度懸念）

Category of migrant to Japan： Winter migrant, Resident bird（ 日本への”渡り”の分類 ）（冬鳥、留鳥）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Plumage in summer(夏の羽毛色）

 　　　　　　　　　                Plumage in winter

                                         In winter

The typhoon which was named No.10 landed before some at 18 on Aug 30, in Iwate prefecture which is northern part of Japan.

Although power of this typhoon has weakened, No.10 was the first one that landed in Iwate prefecture. The big damage by typhoon will be estimated in agricultural industry in that region.

台風10号が8月30日日本の北部岩手県に6時少し前上陸しました。台風の勢力は弱まりましたが
10号台風は岩手県に上陸した初めての台風です。上陸した地域の農業に大きな被害が予想されます。

Immature Night heron,Goisagi wakadori,ゴイサギワカドリ

Youkai demon,Youkai、ヨーカイ、妖怪

According to the forecast of today's Meteorological Agency, supersized typhoon 10 seems to strike the Kanto district on 30th on next Tuesday.
This time's blog title is quite different from blog theme, because winter migration birds do not yet arrive around my residence.

There are three kinds of animals in the legend broadly in Japan. One is a kappa one more in Tsu-chi-no-ko,and the other is Kama-itachi.

Because it is a legendary animal, they are not exist in the world, but news that somebody saw it that occasionally watched tu-chi-no-ko is handed down in a district. However, it is worthless because reconfirmation was considered to be it.

Ｉｍａｇｅｓ　ｏｆ　Ｋａｐｐａ

A monument of kappa in Teganuma, Abikoshi

 Ｉｍａｇｅｓ　ｏｆ　Ｔｓｕｃｈｉ－ｎｏｋｏ

Ａ　ｉｍａｇｅ　ｏｆ　Ｔｓｕｃｈｉ－ｎｏｋｏＩ

And,Kama-itachi

When I was childhood, my father often told me that a kama-itachi existed in the dust devil.

And if one is rolled up in a whirlwind, one sometimes is injured a part with no pain.

It mean that this was ruined by a kama-itachi, and this is the reason

of which kama-itachi isa yokai demon.

I install some images today because the tenth Abiko-shi kappa Festival was held at the Abiko-shi station square.

Kappa On-do(河童音頭）

Lesser Frigatebird,Ko-gunkan-dori、コグンカンドリ

ＵＣＮＲｅｄ　Ｌｉｓｔ　Ｃａｔｅｇｏｒｙ　：Ｌｅａｓｔ　Ｃｏｎｃｅｒｎ　

The lesser frigatebird is said to be the most common and widespread frigatebird in Australian seas (Lindsey, 1986). It is common in tropical seas, breeding on remote islands, including Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean in recent years. These birds are most likely to be seen from the mainland prior to the onset of a tropical cyclone, and once this abates they disappear again.（

Chinese goose，Shinagacho，シナガチョウ

Because my blog title is  wild bird and flower, Ｉ slightly feel embarrassed to upload the bird which is not a wild bird but domestic goose.

In addition, I feel this summer is extremely hot and humid, and, thunderstorm. Besides, tools for photo become sticky with moisture.

So, I will install Chinese goose from my album this time.

More further information about Chinese goose, please see wikipedia

Crape-myrtle,Sarusuberi,サルスベリ

Crape-myrtle,Sarusuberi,サルスベリ

About meaning of sarusuberi,サルスベリhiragana in Japanese

 saru,サル：a monkey

 suberi,スベリ：be slippery

Because the disease resistance has a flower beautifully, and this plant native to southern China does not grow big more than required, it is often planted in a garden or the park willingly.

In Japan, the name of this plant is called "sarusuberi" which means because it is a slippery tree, even a monkey slides down. And, other name is ”hyakujitukou”,"百日紅”in Chinese characters, which means a hundred days long flowering.

The crape myrtle with colors of a flower such as crimson, light red, purple, the white is planted in a park, the garden of the private residence and pleases the eyes of people in hot summer. However, I may sometimes feel crimson flowers at the time of the intense heat to be hotter.

 

Oriental Cuckoo,Tsutsudori,ツツドリ

  UCN Red List Category : Least Concern 

When this wild bird appears,"I whisper to myself "Oh autumn has come"

it is already autumn. This wild bird moves while eating the insect which is a lot parasitic on mostly cherry trees of the late summer.

              

 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Female　

                                       

Immature Night heron,Goisagi wakadori,ゴイサギワカドリ

Obon which is one of main annual festival in Japan, started from today on Saturday 13th.

Obon is the festival of souls. In this festival a variety of foods are offered to the spirits of ancestors,

and their repose prayed for. People who have moved to the cites to work return to their home towns during this period.Which to be called the big migration of nation before.Therefore, from 11th to the Sunday of 14th, a road is congested , also the Shinkansen is full and is crowded. In Tokyo and other major cities this festival is celebrated in July.

In towns and villages across the country people in yukata (light cotton kimono)gather for outdoor dances known as bon-odori. For many Japanese, summer wouldn't be summer without a bon-odori.(quote from Nippon, the land and its people, mainly)

Immature Night heron with water lily