A holiday at Mt Hiko, what can we expect?
The wind was strong and the temperatures low despite the sunshine, but out of the wind it felt like a Dutch summer. However, there were no birds to speak of. A detour in Mr. H's car brought me to new valleys and ridges. We were there to find an eagle and sure, there was one, soaring in the sky. A juvenile:
Followed be an adult female, the parent maybe, after a few minutes.
That was wonderful. First time to see it a little closer than a moving pinpoint in the sky.
Other things of interest were a female Copper Pheasant along the road. (I had just learned that they are the Hawk Eagles' prey, ouch!) a huge Japanese common toad, ニホンヒキガエル
And セリバオウレン, Coptis japonica var. dissecta
The next day the wind had died down an there was a little more wild life, but still a striking absence of small birds, other then Japanese Grosbeak, イカル
Greetings from Hiko-san!
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