Aisatsu

Aisatsu

This blog is for family and friends, to share my feelings and photos with and for myself, to support my fading memory. Readers who have my site translated automatically, please refer to the original if necessary. Especially when it comes to identification. Any comments, anonymous or by email name are always welcome!.

Monday 26 April 2021

Kanatake walk, 2021-04-21

We were welcomed by the warm sunshine and the sound of busy Barn swallows. It was a pleasant day.  Perfect if we would not have to worry about our health during this 4th wave of the Corona virus. (Don't you hate the face masks?) There was a first for many things, specially the Night Heron, who we had not met at this place before and the dragonflies, first of the year. Flowers seemed earlier than usual. 


Barn swallow, ツバメ





New in Kanatake: Black-crowned Night Heron, ゴイサギ





Broad-winged damselfly, カワトンボ



Some dragonflies are really big and when they fly they look like small helicopters. There are several kinds, mostly green and black. Which is this one? Maybe キイロサナエ





Wild Thistle, ノアザミ  with  コアオ?ハナムグリ, Flower chafer



Wild Thistle, ノアザミ  with キアゲハ, Old world swallowtail 



Japanese grass lizard, ニホンカナヘビ 



Japanese tree frog, ニホンアマガエル



コガクウツギ (Hydrangea luteovenosa)



Smilax China, サルトリイバラ



アリドオシ(Damnacanthus indicus)





An army of Silver Dragons, ギンリョウソウ (Monotropastrum humile ) shooting up from the ground







the Noble Orchid, シュンラン with a visitor







Marlberry, ヤブコウジ (Ardisia japonica)



Plenty of purple:  Alehoof, カキドウシ



コバノガマズミ  (Viburnum erosum)



Red Longhorn beetle, アカカミキリ



アメリカフウロ (Carolina geranium)



Burr medic, ウマゴヤシ 



seed of Burr medic, ウマゴヤシ 



Lesser trefoil, コメツブツメクサ 





ヤマキマダラヒカゲ?  サトキマダラヒカゲ? Japanese Labyrinth or Goschkevitschi's Labyrinth



One very big killer wasp!!!   Asian Giant Hornet , オオスズメバチ Vespa mandarinia



コウホネ, East Asian yellow water-lily



Wide belly dragonfly, ハラビロトンボ





Wide belly dragonfly, ハラビロトンボ  corr:   Blue forehead tombo, アオビタイトンボ . It has a blue metallic luster on forehead



Soft rush, イグサ 



Bush cricket ヒメギス?



Four-spotted chaser (ヨツボシトンボ)







Lots of good luck today: Four-leaf clover, 4葉のクローバー
How many 4-leafed can you see?



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