December birds, the last of 2022 part 2

Continued from part 1

female Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ ♀

male Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ ♂

 

At the mudflats: Common Sandpiper, イソシギ

The Spoonbills, 3 Eurasian, ヘラサギ and 1 Black-faced, クロツラヘラサギ

Grey Plover, ダイセン forgot to migrate south?

Northern Lapwings, タゲリ and Spot-billed Ducks, カルガモ

More ducks: Gadwall, オカヨシガモ

Shelduck, ツクシガモ

Here for the 3rd year in a row now, Albi Po, a leucistic Common Pochard

Great Cormorant, カワウ

Black-headed Gull, ユリカモメ

juvenile

Blue Rock Thrush, イソヒヨドリ

Dusky Thrush, ツグミ in Imazu. I head to wait quite some time to see you there!

December birds, the last of 2022 part 1

 It's a whole lot of small stuff, nothing unusual, except for the Ferruginous duck maybe. And the Smews.

Baikal Teal,トモエガモ; Ferruginous Duck,メジロガモ and a Pochard, ホシハジロ in the snow

Smews, ミコアイサ on a cloudy day

again, on a sunny day

Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

Common Reed Bunting, オオジュリン

Zitting Cisticola, セッカ

Buff-bellied Pipit, タヒバリ

Japanese Bush Warbler, ウグイス

Kanatake walk, December 20th

 It was cold on our last walk of the year. As expected there were few flowers and no butterflies. Birds were more heard as seen. The tea party in the end made the day festive and everyone seemed happy, except for Mr. S who was not well and stayed home.

Eastern Buzzard, ノスリ proudly perched 

Daurian Redstart, ジョウビタキ resting on the ground. Tired? Cold?

female Bull-headed Shrike, モズ fluffed up to stay warm

An impaled frog, ready to be consumed by the owner, Mr or Mrs Shrike

モズのはやにえのカエル

Not all bugs were absent. Bagworm, ミノムシ

Caterpillar of Winter moth, キリガ 幼虫

Another caterpillar

Under the leafs of a forgotten plant: Caterpillar of Small Copper ベニシジミの幼虫

as well as a Stinkbug, カメムシ

Sticking out of the stem of a tree:

moth chrysalis, ガ の さなぎ 

Fungi

Maiden's Blush, ハツユキツユクサ

Platycarya strobilacea, ノグルミ

Kadsura japonica, サネカズラ