Kanatake walk, April 19th

Warning: This is a long post with mainly insects and flowers and some reptiles. A few birds are at the very end.

The Kanatake walk was very pleasant, as usual. The weather as well. The people too. It's good to share the things we love. I made a point to pay extra attention to the butterflies and I counted 15. Not all are on photo. Just the main ones.

female Chinese Windmill, ジャコウアゲハ♀

Himeuranami Janome, ヒメウラナミジャノメ

Short-tailed Blue, ツバメシジミ

Common Bluebottle, アオスジアゲハ

Blue Admiral, ルリタテハ

Dragon flies, it's just the beginning

Japanese River Dragonfly, ニホンカワトンボ 

A mysterious looking silvery-white dragonfly, トンボ  Probably new-born.

Harabiro tombo, ハラビロトンボ female

Other wings:

Species of Litter Moths, アツバ  Taiwan-kishita-atsuba? 

Caddisfly,トビケラ？

And the larvae:

ハチのイモムシ, Larvae of wasp or bee

Larvae of poisonous moth doguga, ドグガの毛虫

Larvae of Mulberry butterfly, クワゴマダラヒトリ

Some kind of larvae, holding on to a bit of green, slightly moving on S's hand. イモムシ, Larvae

Flowers:

Left ヘビイチゴ, Hebi Ichigo        Right Hochakuso、ホウチャクソウ

Everyone was so happy to see the Noble Orchid, シュンラン albeit only one...

flowers of Burning bush、ニシキギ

Ribwort Plantain, ヘラオオバコ

Mube flowers, ムベ の花

オランダガラシ, Watercress

アリドオシ, Aridoshi

Golden Orchid, キンラン

キランソウ,　Kiranso

Kozo, コウゾ

Centipede、ムカデ

Giant Cockroach, オオゴキブリ

Kind of Japanese beetle, コガネ

Carpenter Bee, クマバチ

Weevils, ゾウムシ

Japanese Striped snake, シマヘビ

ニホンカナヘビ,  Japanese grass lizard

Fejervarya frog, ヌマガエル

ニホントカゲ, Japanese five-lined skink

Bull-headed Shrike, モズ

Mallard, マガモ

Barn Swallow, ツバメ

Olive-backed Pipit, ビンズイ

December's WBSJ meeting in Imazu

 It's been such a busy week; this post comes way too late. But better late than never, right?

When I arrived first thing in the morning, there were 5 Smews, ミコアイサ at the 2 ponds; 3 males and 2 females

1 female stayed by itself

I stopped by the Night Heron point and counted 7 birds: 2 adults and 5 juveniles.

It is never a pretty picture; they have to live among all that rubbish in the creek. かわいそ

Black-crowned Night Heron, ゴイサギ

At the mudflats about 8 or 10 Saunders's Gulls, ズグロカモメ were active.

Below a juvenile and an adult bird

When the Falcon flew over all the Lapwings took to their wings

Northern Lapwing, タゲリ

A large flock of Rooks, ミヤマガラス was foraging in one of the fields, something that had not occurred for many years apparently.

After the meeting I drove to the other side of the river, where I found 1 Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

Among the White-cheeked Starlings ムクドリ on the wires some Common Starlings, ホシムクドリlooking very dull on this grey day

Only the White-cheeked came down for a drink

At this side of the river were the Dunlins, ハマシギ that didn't show during the meeting around some Mallards, マガモ

In this grey world I found just a little bit of color among the Eurasian Tree Sparrows, スズメ

I'm waiting for the day the Russets visit Fukuoka