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  1. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Male Red Spots

    Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Male Red Spots

    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!
  2. Northern Boobook Female

    Northern Boobook Female

    Northern Boobook female, Kyoto, Japan (Split from Ninox scutulata, Brown Hawk Owl) (Female has more white on the front - fewer, or lighter dark flecks than the male, and the eyes seem rounder, less squinty)
  3. Northern Boobook Male

    Northern Boobook Male

    Northern Boobook male, Nara, Japan (Split from Ninox scutulata, Brown Hawk Owl) (Same bird as previous picture)
  4. Northern Boobook Male

    Northern Boobook Male

    Northern Boobook male, Nara, Japan (Split from Ninox scutulata, Brown Hawk Owl)
  5. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

    Japan doesn't have many really colourful birds, but this is one of them. I hope some of you enjoy them as much as I do.
  6. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

    Japan doesn't have many really colourful birds, but this is one of them. I hope some of you enjoy them as much as I do.
  7. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

    Japan doesn't have many really colourful birds, but this is one of them. I think this is a passage bird where I am - even though the maps say it is a summer visitor throughout Japan, I have only seen it before at much higher elevations in the summer, as opposed to the transit season. I saw it a...
  8. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

  9. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

  10. Narcissus Flycatcher

    Narcissus Flycatcher

    In Nara, central Japan, the Narcissus Flycatcher is here for a week or two on its way further north. Also, it's not easy to get a shot of, so yesterday felt like a lucky day. This is the first time I've seen this bird in this spot and in our city, maybe because the woodmen cut out a lot of...
  11. Companions

    Companions

    Mallard, Moorhen and Little Grebe shelter together from the wind at a pond in the centre of Nara. It's the season of friendship.
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