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2016年4月11日月曜日

Japanese green pheasant

Japanese green pheasant is the national bird that declared as the national bird  by a non-government
body in 1947, which is called The Ornithological  Society of Japan.  


A male eating the rape seed flower

It is difficult to take a picture of the pheasant which is flying.







                                          A male for the copulation

2016年4月9日土曜日

Wind-up of cherry blossom

Abiko-shi Shinsui public park ,which is located in front of Abiko Bird of Museum that is the only one in Japan.


Spotlight to the cherry blossom at night, it is called yozakure viewing. Yozakura  means that people
watch a night cherry blossom lighted up by spotlight.



  Last shot of kingfisher with the cherry blossom

2016年4月7日木曜日

Kingfisher(a couple) with cherry tree

This is fourth installment in a series and final.

If about two weeks passes after hatching ,the  aprox. two weeks old chicken will leave a nest
in my observation.
When the time comes, I will be upload  it.

 I spent for four days to take these kingfisher which perched on these cherry trees.








2016年4月5日火曜日

Now,in full bloom

Now, the cherry blossoms around my residence are in full blossom .

The cherry tree street-lined-with-trees way which continues also 1 km
Toride shi, Ibaraki, Prf.
Akebonoyama agriculture park, Kashiwa shi, Chiba Prf.
    
   Toukai temple,Kashiwa shi,Chiba Prf.  
Tōkai-ji (東海寺?), formally called Kōryūzan Fuse Benten Tōkai-ji (紅龍山布施弁天東海寺?), is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.In the year 807, Emperor Saga requested Kūkai to found this temple.( quote form Wikipedia)

I was made to walk by this Tokai temple as an annual event of the elementary school at the time of the child. Coming and going distance aprox.6 km, It is a good old memory now.
                                                      Same as above
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            Akebonoyama agriculture park
                                        Tokai temple ↑↓

2016年4月4日月曜日

Kingfisher(a couple)

This is the third installment in a series.


After the couple completed the nest hole that is cave around 80cm, they copulate.
Then, the female lays several eggs although based on the environment of small fish baits.





2016年4月2日土曜日

Kingfisher(a couple)

This is the second installment in a series.
As I described before, this acts in Japan ,has said the courtship feeding, kyu-ai-kyu-ji.





You can see a small hole over hanging bluff, this is a kingfisher's nesting.
This nesting hole estimated 1.1m from a surface of the water  would be submerged due to heavy rain in May .Even if submergence is avoided, when a chick leaves the nest, to eat this chick, a snake invades a nest. I have seen these seen  many times. This is natural.
                                       
This nesting over shell mound hanging bluff , close to my house last year. 

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