Morning

I went birding only morning last Saturday.

Red Squirrel.

Summer visitors came to Sapporo.
In this time, I only took photo of only Short-tailed Bush Warbler.

Surprisingly, Brown-eared Bulbul caught a cicada. I was aware cicadas already emerged they will sing in a few days. Summer is comming, though it is still cold.

Carrion Crow.

Sapporo, Hokkaido. 14th/May/2011.

Snow shoes and bird

I went to Nishioka park, Sapporo in January 6 before noon for birding through snow shoes trek.

Brown-eared Bulbul.

Great tit.

Eurasian Nuthatch.

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

On the snow shoes trek, I usually seek foot-prints of mammals.

I could find two foot-prints.

Red fox's (Vulpes vulpes).

Mountain Hare's (Lepus timidus).

Birds feeding

A day in December, I took photos of birds' feeding behavior walking around Teganuma, Chiba prefecture.

Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) fed on lawn grass.



Dusky Thrush (Turdus naumanni) fed on a dried fruit.



Common Coot (Fulica atra) ate floated grass and alga on pole in water.



Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) were striped reeds and search bugs but I couldn't see their catching bug.




In opposite, Siberian Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) picked reeds' spike.


Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) ate peal of mandarin orange.


White-cheeked Starling　(Sturnus cineraceus) fed on fruit, I don't know name of this tree.



All photos in Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture. Dec/2009

Brown eared bulbul

Brown-eared Bulbul(Hypsipetes amaurotis) is very common speicies in Japan.

So, many birders don't see this species hardly.

This species is said to have eight subspecies in Japan.

This photo's one is the most common subspecies: H.a.amaurotis.