Chinese Egret, カシラサギ 2

 I did not go back to see the Chinese Egrets, these photo's are from the same day. But I was fidgeting with the camera that had failed earlier that morning. (ALL my Honey Buzzard pictures down the drain 💔😢😭😿💔!!!) And somehow I misplaced this memory card. So, more images. The time of shooting was a little earlier, it was still sunny.

The Chinese Egret, カシラサギ was a bit upset with the Great Egret, ダイサギ who chased him away eventually

There were 2 Far Eastern Curlews, ホウロクシギ both juveniles I think.

Digging deep!

What do you come up with? The tiniest crab

Oriental Magpie, カササギ and a Japanese style roof

Rice farmer

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Rice, お米 - part 1

Rice is eaten every day and rice farming takes an important part in Japanese agriculture. It is deeply embedded in the culture and can be found in the oldest stories and works of art as well as community activities of these days. Now that many people have left the countryside to work in the cities there are many projects where families from town can experience working as farmers. In autumn we often see them working together to harvest the rice.

Every year newly made scarecrows (案山子) line the fields and contests are held all over the country

What do I do with this?

The older girls seem to know.

The rice that grows at the edge of a field where the machine can't get to it usually gets cut with a sickle - by hand.

Loose rice stalks are gathered and fed into the rice harvesting machine, which cuts it and separates the grains from the stalks

Rice 2

More of the same stuff as previous post. Scenery, rice farming, flowers, insects and wonderful people!

Cosmos, コスモス

 

 

Left one of many colorful caterpillars that I don't have a name for. Right a Japanese Patanga, ツチイナゴ

Red Spider Lily or Higambana, 彼岸花

                                                      Chinese fever vine, ヘクソカズラ left

and Sweet Autumn Clematis, センンソウ right

Rice 1

The rice is ripe and the fields are that golden color green; the pattern of terraces stand out It's beautiful at Hachimandake. (Saga pref)

Ready to be harvested

The whole family pitches in

 

Lining the fields and stone walls: Red Spider Lily or Higambana, 彼岸花

The place teems with caterpillars and butterflies, like the Common Glider, コミスジ

East Asian Arrowroot, クズの花

Asiatic Dayflower, ツユクサ、

And yes, there are snakes. But we saw only one