Eurasian Wryneck, アリスイ

What a surprise. First time for me to see it in Japan. My memory of a previous sighting is so blurry... I call this a lifer! Jynx torquilla

These unusual birds are able to turn their snake-like head nearly 180 degrees, hence their English name.

When threatened they twist their head, making hissing sounds, like a witch putting a spell on someone in the old days. This gave them the name jynx.

They use their long tongue to find ants and other insects.

Visiting a Sakura tree... but it has no flowers...

On the same day: Sakura in full bloom and a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, コゲラ busy making a nest.

 Out at sea: Pelagic Cormorants, ヒメウ

  

Black-throated Loon (Diver), オオハム   far out