This year, there was no day when there was no news related to COVID-19 on TV and in newspapers. It was one that made me think.
The duck
says to the turtle "Keep distancing 2 m, don't approach me"
Thank you for visiting my blog always.
At this upload is the finishing of the year.
Have a nice new year!
Thank you very much
Short-eared
owl, one of the migratory birds, has come to the area where I live in as like
last year again this year in late December.
It is
said that short-eared owls do not take off for predatory behavior in the
evening when the wind blows strong, but I tried using a wind speed meter to
check, how much wind speed hinders predatory flight
The
maximum wind speed at the site on December 25 was 5.5 m, which was about 3 m on
average, but no predatory flight was observed.
On December 26, a predatory flight was observed after 3:30. The wind power around 3 o'clock on the same day had a maximum wind speed of 3 m and an average of about 1.5 m, and it became 0 m from around 3:50.The
February: Short-eared owl flying over rapeseed flowers
March: A Japanese Waxwing
April: A
kingfisher
May: A spot-billed duck family
June: Ａ Peregrine Falcon on the
rock shaped like a turtle
July: A young
Northern boobook angel-posed like
August: A pair of Rhyothemis fuliginosa
September: A Japanese white
stork
October: A Siberian rubythroat
November: Ａ Peregrine Falcon
This year is likely
to become the year's least number of migrating birds.
Whenever I every time see a common kestrel, it reminds me of things somewhat strange colored one that has taken Nov.2016.No matter how you look at it, it has white-colored feathers partly. As I am not a specialist of wild bird, asked Yamashina Institute for Ornithology located in this city where I live in.
The
reply is as follows:
In the photo, the face is bluish-gray from the head, the back and rain cover are brown with black spots, and the tail is gray with a thick black belt at the tip.The underside of the wing has black spots on a white background and looks a little whitish, so it is considered to be a male Kestrel. Besides, white feathers are thought to be partial whitening, which is an abnormality in feather color.
The prize for the new word
of the year, and the grand prize for the best vogue word of the year.
The U-Can New Words and
Best Vogue Word Award is an event hosted by the Japanese publishing company
Jiyuminposha, and selects the "words" that represent the year from
the events, remarks, and trends that became a hot topic during the year. This
year, 30 words have been nominated.
Among them,” Sanmitsu"
got the award. "Sanmitsu in Japanese means Three Cs in English" was
selected for the New Word / Buzzword Award.
The word "Sanmitsu in
Japanese" is used as a slogan when the Ministry of Health, Labor and
Welfare calls for avoiding "Closed ", "Crowded " and
"Close" in three situations where the
risk of COVID-19 infection
increases.
The word
"mitsu " is always the first letter in this sanmitsu word. What is
the mitsu meaning ?
Japanese kanji display : 密閉・密集・密接
Alphabet display(clogged sound)： mittsupei(closed) ・mittsyu(crowded) ・mittsusetsu(close)
The slogan released from
the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare:
"Closed spaces with poor ventilation," "Crowded
spaces with many people nearby," and "Close-contact settings such as
close-range conversations" are particularly common contributory factors in
outbreaks.
Please avoid group gatherings in poorly ventilated spaces
crowded with people.
In late autumn, this flower, Sasanqua, begins to bloom everywhere. Especially, many are planted as a planting tree on the border of one's residence.
The flowering of this flower here begins in early autumn and
ends in mid-winter. Also, at this time of year, Japanese White-eyes gather in
this flower in search of the nectar of this flower.
According to Wikipedia the history of Sasanqua in Japan is not clear, but the
summary of the description on the NET is as follows.
Sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua, scientific name: Camellia
sasanqua) is an evergreen broad-leaved tree of the genus Camellia of the
Theaceae family and is also a tree in the city of Kobe, Japan.
In Japan, Sasanqua varieties began to appear at the beginning
of the Edo period. The first record of cultivars of this plant was made by Ihei
Ito (1695–1733).
The Chinese character for Sazanka is derived from Sasanqua,
which refers to camellias in general in Chinese, and the name of Sasanqua is
said to have been derived from the original reading of" Sanzaka Originally
We said "Sanzaka", but the current reading with metathesis has taken
root.
Camellia Sasanqua was unknown to Western society until 1820
when Captain Richard Rowes of the East Indian Warren Hastings introduced the
Camellia Sasanqua variant.
It is currently being introduced in Australia and the United
States.
This is the second installment of a two-part series on this topic.
This is the first time to see a falcon that is searching for
prey on the ground.
Encounter with a Northern Harrier while flying
There is a saying that the best thing to have is a friend. I always learn a lot from this friend about birding technology. I can think...
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