Black Drongo, オウチュウ

 A rare visitor to Fukuoka. It got a lot of attention from the local birders and it escaped a number of times, keeping everybody on edge. The cloud cover made detailed photography rather difficult. This will have to do.

The mountains of Saga

 A different mountain this time. Not good for birds, but many pretty flowers.

Ebine Orchid, エビネ (Calanthe Discolor) 

No idea

Silver Dragons, ギンリュウソウ (Monotropastrum humile)

White Thistle, シロバナアザミ

Hana Ikeda, ハナイカダ  (Helwingia japonica)

Kaya Lan, カヤラン (Thrixspermum japonicum)

Imazu April 21st

 After the visit of the Black-winged Stilts, there was a bit of a gap in Imazu's updates. I spend more quality birding time in the parks, looking for colorful flycatchers and the like. But I did come here on the 21st of April and, though it was a grey and bleak day, This is what I saw:

Some of the Garganeys, シマアジ were still at the pond in the west

At the mudflats some Whimbrels, チュウシャクシギ had arrived

1 Bar-tailed Godwit, オオソリハシシギ among them

The Godwit and a Far-Eastern Curlew, ホオロクシギ

The only bit of color in this grey world, the legs of Terek Sandpipers, ソリハシシギ

Osprey, ミサゴ

Small stuff around the mountains

Not only birds. There are other Wings and Things to see. All things beautiful and intriguing are respectfully documented in this blog post.

A long-time "wish-to-see"  Japanese Flash, トラフシジミ on April 1st

Miyama Seseri, ミヤマセセリ (endangered) on the same day

The first Blue Admiral, ルリタテハ of the year, in Odo

The Noble Orchid, シュンラン in the mountains to the south

Nearby the swamp where Bogbean, (Mitsugashiwa) ミツガシワ blooms

Ordinata or Club-tailed Dragonfly, サナエトンボ

Five-leaf akebia or Chocolate vine (Akebi) アケビ, XXX

Fuderindo, フデリンドウ  (Gentiana zollingeri)　

スミレ Violets in countless varieties

White Ermine moths, maybe Kiharagomadarahitori キハラゴマダラヒトリ mating

Another moth that looks so much like a leaf.

The Cherry blossom was gorgeous

Siberian Rubythroat, ノゴマ etc

On a day that I thought he had left already. But he was still there, enticed to come out of the bush by his audience. What did they treat him with? 

Siberian Rubythroat, ノゴマ

A splash of bright yellow and orange, Narcissus Flycatcher, キビタキ in the late afternoon birdbath

And finally, I got an image of the Brown-headed Thrush, アカハラ

Eyebrowed Thrush, マミチャジナイ was there, too