Wild birds and flowers around Tokyo　　

2023年8月27日日曜日

The largest fireworks in Japan

The 95th National Fireworks Competition "Omagari Fireworks" took place on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the bed of the Omagari Omonogawa in the city of Daisen, Akita Prefecture.

This fireworks festival is one of the three most essential fireworks festivals in Japan and the biggest fireworks festival in Japan.

18,000 shots were launched by 28 participating companies.

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2023年8月22日火曜日

Flowers of Crape-myrtle

The crape myrtle is the flower that can soothe the bitterness of midsummer. This flowering tree is native to China, but now blooms everywhere in Japan. The flower colors are crimson, pink, purple, and white.

The English name of this flower is crape myrtle, and the Japanese name crape myrtle is derived from the analogy that even monkeys who are good at climbing trees have smooth bark so that they slide down. Because of its long flowering period, it is also known as hyakujitsuko (hundred day red), and its Chinese name is also "hundred day red".

"It not blooms continuously from summer to autumn." "Actually, from the tip of a branch that has bloomed once "Sprouts sprout again "In order to bear flowers, "It looks like it's continuing to bloom." The flowers are wrinkled.

Although I am supplying water every evening,

Some of the trees in my garden have dried out due to the heat wave every day.

2023年8月16日水曜日

An unforgettable image

Short-eared owls meeting each buttock in the sky..

This was taken on February 20th, 2012.Ibaragi prefecture Japan

It's up to you whether you believe it or not.

I didn't edit this photo.

I won't be able to get a shot like this again, think it can be the same as the chance to get the lottery 1st prize.

2022年12月31日土曜日

Happy New Year 2023

2022年12月22日木曜日

A vagrant bird or new species?

In Japan, the long-tailed tit is a kind of cute little bird, and four subspecies have been confirmed.

The subspecies a. c. japonicus that lives in Hokkaido has almost white plumage.

On the other hand, in the northwestern part of Chiba Prefecture, where I live, individuals similar to the subspecies that have inhabited Hokkaido since the Edo period have been confirmed.

Its name is called Chiba Enaga.

This is a colloquial name, not a scientific name.

I can't find an academic report about this long-tailed tit that has a white color inhabiting my residence.

Speaking of which, I wonder if there are wild bird researchers in this country, I have no idea

Remarks:

Chiba is one of the prefectures in Japan close to Tokyo, and Enaga is the Japanese name for the bird.

The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai) is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan

This is exactly what I have believed for a long time to be the subspecies "a. c. japonicus".👇