A kingfisher's juvenile with lotus,カワセミ幼鳥と蓮

The rainy season has not ended yet in my residence area, and besides due to COVID 19 I'm almost unable to go out to take wild bird photos.

That's why this time I have installed unreleased images of a juvenile kingfisher lotus-related.

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"Japan Railway Journal" (Introducing the N700S: JR Central's Next-Generation Shinkansen)

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The hovering of a kingfisher,カワセミのホバリング

Ｍake the still image into a movie

I made hovering of kingfisher still image into the movie.

This juvenile one did hovering ten times in day long.

Unfortunately, as the day was cloudy and partly rain, the images of background looks are not good.

So, I made these images trimming and exposure compensation, and use windows movie maker into the movie.

It is this juvenile who had hovered.

Barn swallow after leaving the nest

The feeling blue rainy season has not ended.

Besides, the number of people infected with COVID19 in Japan recently has started to increase.

The rainy season front, which brought record heavy rain mainly in Kyushu and various parts in Japan,

have been stalling over the South Sea of Honshu on the 15th as well, and It had become rainy and cloudy nationwide.

The rainy day in July was exceptionally long for on 3 to 13th  July consecutive days, exceeding the 11 days of heavy rain in western Japan torrential rain two years ago.

Japan Meteorological Agency's Secretary Yasuo Sekita showed recognition at a regular press conference that "I can't remember such as this long-term stalled."

Juvenile kingfisher perching on a white lotus,白い蓮に止るカワセミ幼鳥

Lotus flowers, whether red, pink, or white, will be in full bloom here in July.

The time when it has come in full bloom, the same as usual, I went out shooting of perched kingfisher on the flowers.

However, this year, in the park, which lotus has a color of red and pink was not seen any kingfishers.

According to media,

In this rainy season, torrential rain has been battering Kyushu Japan, claiming at least 66 lives.

Meteorological Agency has not announced whether when is it rainy season would be over.

If the same as usual, the rainy season over should be around on July 20.

While in this weather, COVID19 infected people in Tokyo yesterday July on 10th was 242, the largest number in the past.

Chiba prefecture where next to Tokyo, where I live infected was 12 people.

Suddenly appeared a osprey

a  hovering,this one did five times hovering

Hydrangea、アジサイ

Hydrangea macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn. Common names include bigleaf hydrangea, French hydrangea, lacecap hydrangea, mophead hydrangea, penny mac, and hortensia. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world in many climates. It is not to be confused with H. aspera 'Macrophylla'.(Cited from Wikipedia）

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on July 3 that 124 people new coronavirus positives have been identified in Tokyo.

It was the first time in 62 days since May 2 that the number of positives exceeded 100 people for the second consecutive day.

Government says coronavirus infections"appear to be spreading" in Tokyo.

In Japan archipelago, it is close to   the end of the rainy season,occasionally heavy rains hit various parts in the country at this time. Today it has been hitting central of Kyusyu.

One of big river in Kyushu has flood now.