Uso, it's not a lie

Last week I finally got  a chance to photograph the Bullfinches. Their name in Japanese is uso, which is also the word for lie. But these birds don't lie, they are very real.

Grey-bellied Bullfinch, fem  ウソ 

                                                      Red-flanked Bluetail, female type  ルリビタキ雌タイプ   

         Yellow-throated Bunting, male  ミヤマホオジロ

Long-tailed Rosefinch, male  ベニマシコ

A day later: Grey-bellied Bullfinch, male  ウソ 

male and female

They love the young flower buds of the Japanese Sakura. With a flock of 20 birds hanging around I wonder if we will we get any blossom this spring...

one last female

今日の勉強 　嘘 = うそ,  a lie