Higambana, 彼岸花 Red Spider Lilies and their visitors

September is so busy. While the birds' migration is in progress my attention drifts to autumn flowers and  butterflies. The Red Spider Lilies were spectacular again this year. The Papilio's too

Chinese peacock butterfly カラスアゲハ

pair of Swallowtail Butterflies, アゲハチョウ

Known as the Great Mormon, Papilio memnon, ナガサキアゲハ

Higambana, red and white. Makes me feel like celebrating

Color variation

Again Swallowtail Butterfly, アゲハチョウ

Next: Cosmos?

Oriental Honey Buzzard, ハチクマ

A collection of  September 26 and 27, after the day my old camera messed up, and I didn't get ANY pictures while several birds came real close. GRRRR on the 25th

First thing in the morning, 1 of  2 birds perched on top of the trees to the west. 

female

Adult male

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

???

Chinese Egret, カシラサギ and some more

September 25th. It's a bit of a bleak scene on this cloudy afternoon. All is grey or white except for a little yellow. The bird was not seen when I arrived. Some people who were looking for it turned to leave. I was thinking, where do these Egrets go to rest? Not in the fields, not in the river. Where can I find it? After a while it appeared. It had been standing on a ridge in the concrete wall along the river. Aha. The crown feathers are not as long and pretty as in spring. This punky hairdo suits him - or her

14 Whiskered Terns, クロハラアジサシ were flying around a little lake. I saw them just for a few minutes, they soon moved on.

Again lots of grey. The light was from the wrong direction. I started looking for a better position, but didn't get a chance.

A pretty Shrike, showing some color - at last. It looked like something exotic. But I guess it is just a female Bull-headed Shrike, モズ

Common Snipe, タシギ 1 of many

In the life of a Black-winged Stilt, セイタカシギ

8 Stilts together, a common sight in September. While waiting for the tide to turn I sat in the grass at a corner and watched. I should not take any photos I thought. There are already too many in my albums. 

But...

Hello, who am I?

A cute young bird taking a bath

Another bird joined

The water is not deep, how do you fold your legs?

This bird on the right was not very active. It didn't search for food and hardly moved from its place. Then I saw it has just one good leg. The other is a stump. Did it have an accident? It must be difficult to keep your balance while feeding. Life must is hard!