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| Barn Swallow Junsai-ike, Niigata, Japan April 13, 2013 |
Last Saturday morn Mr Honma and myself visited Junsai-ike from 7am til it started raining at about 10. I felt cold and called it a day. Typically it became fine and warm once I got home and packed up the camera.
Some blossoms about but also bits of melting snow under the hedges etc. I think when the weather became finer it would have been too crowded with humans for birds.
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| We saw this lost bunny when we arrived. It's haunted me since. I should have tried to catch it. |
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| Black-faced Bunting female Thought this was an Eurasian Siskin female however, many thanks to Pat Moll with the comment below I think: first time for me to ID these. |
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| male Black-faced Bunting ID thanks to Pat Moll, comment below. |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker female |
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| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker |
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| Common Moorhen |
4 comments:
You took some very atmospheric shots there Russell. Our Swallows just started to arrive in numbers this week but we don't have your lovely blossom and I know how famous the blossom season is in Japan. Those Pygmy woodpeckers must be amazing to see, smaller even than our Lesser -spotted I guess?
Those Siskins could be Black-faced Buntings :)
Thanks Pat. I reckon you're right. Didn't think of looking at buntings. All new for me. Well spotted and thanks for your comment! Cheers
Never seen a swallow in a cherry blossom tree before..............
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