Wintersweet or Japanese allspice、ロウバイ

Around here which I have been living, when it comes late December, wintersweet shrubs are in fragrant bloom in the garden of residential neighborhoods, and parks.　

Wintersweet is native to China and is said to have been brought to Japan in the Edo era in the early 17th century. It is widely planted as a garden tree in Japan.

Japanese allspice, along with Camellia sasanqua and Red plum, softens the murderous landscape of winter with few flowers.

The Japanese notation is at the bottom. （日本語表記は下段です）

Teganuma, located in my city

                                               Camellia sasanqua

                                              Red plum

私が住んでいる周りでは、12月下旬になると住宅街の庭にロウバイが香ばしく咲きます。

ロウバイは中国原産で、17世紀初頭の江戸時代に日本に持ち込まれたと言われています。 日本では庭の木として広く植えられています。

またロウバイは、サザンカや紅梅とともに、花の少ない冬の殺戮の風景を和らげます。

 

 

A happy new year,新年あけましておめでとうございます

 　　　　

世界が平和でありますように

Thank you for visiting my blog, from the year 2022  on posting, Japanese will be put down with this blog.

 　このブログをご覧頂きありがとぅございます。今年からこのブログに日本語を併記いたします。

Osprey,ミサゴ

Although I saw the osprey was diving for fish in the watershed drainage for the first time in two years,

I couldn't take the moment of diving in time.

Disappointing!

 

Falco peregrinus pealei、オオハヤブサ

It's the first time I've watched a Falco peregrinus pealei , but I can't instantly tell the difference between the Falco peregrinus japonensis and the Falco peregrinus pealei .

According to Wikipedia,

In Japan, the subspecies peregrine falcon inhabits year-round (resident birds), and (the subspecies peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei) rarely flies in winter due to overwintering.

                                              a Falco peregrinus pealei

 

Long-tailed Rosefinch、ベニマシコ

For the first time in two years

Anyhow, rarely meet migratory birds and goshawks, both last year and this year, and I feel tired.

While I used to be able to shoot in the usual field without difficulty several years ago.

So, I was a bit excited when encountered a Long-tailed Rosefinch for the first time in two years, and

I took a few shots immediately, but they disappeared in a blink of an eye.

That was all in the day！ 

Long-tailed rosefinch inhabits Japan, China, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia.

In Japan, it breeds as a summer bird in Hokkaido and the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture and migrates to the south of Honshu as a winter bird to overwinter. （Cited from Wikipedia described in Japanese）

 

White-bellied green pigeon ,アオバト

 The white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in China, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, India and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.The pigeon is known for its unusual habit of drinking saltwater. A well-known location where the pigeons do this in Japan is Terugasaki in Ōiso in Kanagawa Prefecture. （Cited reference from Wikipedia）

The first time to have been appeared a white-bellied green pigeon in this area.

I have heard it have somewhat an injury on the legs.

It is feeding on the fruit of the Round leaf holly.