japan

female of Lemyra imparilis

Arctiidae,

Geometridae, also occurs in Japan,

Whooper Swans in snow at Akan Crane Centre, Japan

At Akan Crane Centre, Japan

This species is also known as the Pacific Reef Egret (OBC, Robson) but here I follow Clements who calls it Pacific Reef-Heron (IOC goes with Reef Heron without the hyphen). These birds occur in both a dark morph as seen here, and also a white morph which bears a resemblance to the Chinese Egret...

Taken at the Hirosaki Castle

This is a male. Formerly considered conspecific with the Common Scoter (M. nigra), Black Scoter has an extensive North American distribution with widely separated breeding populations in Alaska and Northern Quebec. However another population breeds in the Russian Far East and these are...

This is a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker male showing the red nape-side spots which are usually hidden by other feathers. And with bonus Cherry Blossom!

This individual was in full breeding plumage. Birds in eastern Asia including Japan are the race T. r. poggei which have distinctive pale lemon yellow eyes as seen here. Other subspecies have dark reddish or red-brown eyes. This smallest Eurasian grebe is sometimes called the Dabchick. This...

This species is also known as the Pacific Reef Egret (OBC, Robson) but here I follow Clements who calls it Pacific Reef-Heron (IOC goes with Reef Heron without the hyphen). These birds occur in both a dark morph as seen here, and also a white morph which bears a resemblance to the Chinese Egret...

Sometimes called Common Coot. This species resembles the familiar American Coot (F. americana) from which it differs in lack of a dark red callous at the top of its frontal shield, lack of dark ring on bill tip, lack of white undertail coverts and in having the proximal end of its frontal shield...

The Japanese White Eyes enjoys a sweet drink of nectar during the Cherry Blossom Season in Odawara, close to Mt. Fuji, Japan

An exciting encounter with a peregrine Falcon at the beach in Japan.

I got a nice flight shot of a Northern Goshawk on October 1st, 2010 in the same location. This wasn't so close but it was an exciting encounter. I just took off my 1.4x teleconverter because of poor light. I don't know if it would have looked better a bit closer. I heard a whiff of wind behind...

Also called "Common Cuckoo".

This is the outcome of diving Osprey pictures I uploaded yesterday.

I wish it was closer but I like the feet preparation.

I was standing on a bridge watching this Osprey approach. Just as I thought it was going to pass overhead, it pulled up with a jolt having obviously seen a fish.

I was taking a rest at a park bench when this appeared on the tree in front of me.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Sakura late in the day.

Sparrow in Sakura late in the day