To announce

 Hello dear readers.

I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has been web surfing on this blog.

I turned 80 this January and taking this opportunity, I have decided to close on this blog.

And,to commemorate 80 years old, a new blog which is named"Wild birds and flowers in the Tokyo metropolitan area of Japan" has started.

https://www.yosi85kawa.blogspot.com

                                     Thank you very much for visiting my blog for a long time.      

Red-flanked blutail,ルリビタキ

I found a male Red-flanked bluetail at the snow-filled park today.　 

The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and related species, are often called chats. （Cited from Wikipedia）