What are you doing? 110th

What is the meaning of this action?

The rook probably has its own circumstances, but I can't help but think about the relationship between the two.

I wish I had heard it like the caption.

　What are you doing? 109th

Red Crossbill chicks have straight beaks when they are born,

but when they start foraging on their own, their beaks become crossed tips.

　What are you doing? 108th

The yawning of sandpipers is so funny, as their beaks curve in the middle!

You'll want to touch it a little.

Please forgive me you can't see the sandpiper's legs in this photo.

　What are you doing? 107th

It yawned.

When it coughs up pellets, it makes some preparatory movements beforehand,

so it's easy to notice, but when it yawns, it happens suddenly and without warning

(or maybe I just can't tell), so it's hard to take a photo its yawning.

　What are you doing? 106th

It was circling above the ducks, and judging by the look on its claw, it looked very motivated!

Inevitably, the ducks were fleeing confusedly on the water's surface.

However, the young Northern goshawk was not able to get a lunch.

A wise hawk hides his...

　What are you doing? 105th

Was he picking up sausages? It looks like.

Was it a beetle larva (something like a sausage in a sense...?)

He was not very cautious so much, so that I was a little worried.

　What are you doing? 104th

It's October and the dragonflies seem to be movement slowing down.

It caught such a dragonfly flying.

After this, did the dragonfly change into “Hayanie” (winter preserved food)　...?

* 103rd is a missing number.

　What are you doing? 102th

As I was eating lunch at a table in the garden of a mountain hut, it approached me on foot.

I was able to photograph the moment it flew away, but it is rare to see one up close even in the mountains.

Seeing climbers and approaching them may be part of their routine in the hopes of picking something up to eat?

　What are you doing? 101th

There were five children with their mother, one of them in the shadow of Siberian Dwarf Pine in the foreground.

A climber was approaching from behind, so they got a little nervous and moved with flapping their wings.

They had grown to the point where they can fly.

I encountered them somewhere between Mt. Higashitenjyou and Mt. Otenshou.

　What are you doing? Back Number

What are you doing? 91th-100th

　Eurasian Bullfinch
　Grey Heron
　Rock Ptarmigan
　Rock Ptarmigan
　White Wagtail
　Little Egret
　Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
　Oriental Reed Warbler
　Jungle Crow and Mountain Hawk-Eagle

What are you doing? 81th-90th

　Blue-and-white Flycatcher
　Oriental Reed Wabler
　Brambling
　Northern Shoveler
　Common Moorhen
　Cattle Egret
　Oriental Greenfinch
　Great Cormorant
　Barn Swallow vs. White Wagtail
　Long-tailed Tit

What are you doing? 71th-80th

　Green Sandpiper
　Brambling
　Common Kestrel
　Black-headed Gull
　White-cheeked Starling
　Meadow Bunting
　Baikal Teal
　Common Buzzard
　Bull-headed Shrike
　Japanese Grosbeak

What are you doing? 61th-70th

　Great Cormorant
　White Wagtail
　Brown Dipper
　Japanese Waxwing
　Common Pheasant
　Grey Heron
　Japanese Green Woodpecker
　Black-necked Grebe
　Brown-eared Bulbul

What are you doing? 51th-60th

　Brown-eared Bulbul
　Black-throated loon
　Herring Gull
　Alpine Accentor
　Japanese Sparrowhawk
　Japanese Tit
　Eastern Spot-billed Duck
　Dusky Thrush
　Northern Lapwing
　Narcissus Flycatcher

What are you doing? 41th-50th

　Blue-and-white Flycatcher
　Black Kite Osprey
　Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
　Eurasian Skylark
　Rock Ptarmigan
　Eurasian Jay
　Black-tailed Gull
　Pacific Swift
　Greater White-fronted Goose
　Grey Wagtail

What are you doing? 31th-40th

　Great Spotted Woodpecker
　Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
　Northern Goshawk
　Black-winged Stilt
　Bar-tailed Godwit
　Grey Plover
　Whimbrel
　Osprey
　Little Ringed Plover
　Long-tailed Tit

What are you doing? 21th-30th
　Little Ringed Plover
　Common Greenshank
　Barn Swallow
　Eurasian Coot
　Azure-winged Magpie vs. Common Buzzard
　Carrion Crow
　Coal Tit
　Bull-headed Shrike
　Honey Buzzard
　Japanese Green Woodpecker


What are you doing? 11th-20th
　Common Moorhen
　Little Ringed Plover
　Tufted Duck
　Brown-eared Bulbul
　Water Rail and Eurasian Coot
　Peregrine Falcon
　Great Cormorant
　Oriental Turtle Dove
　Oriental Stork
　Striated Heron

What are you doing? 1st - 10th
　Pale Thrush
　Eastern Spot-billed Duck
　Tree Sparrow
　Great Crested Grebe
　Grey Wagtail
　Black Kite
　Tufted Duck
　Copper Phesant
　Japanese Wagtai

　Who is taking these wonderful photos?

Minoru Tadachi　　Don't worry be happy

He lives in the heart of Azumino field, works here, looks at birds, flowers and a cloud everyday.
There are springs from Mt.Jonen and Chogatake, lush greenery, wasabi fields and blue sky.
In such daily life, Tadachi-san talks to living things around him everyday.
"Good morning everyone! What are you doing?"
Wild birds and insects reply to him.
"Good morning Tadachi-san! What are you doing?"
In such way, the day begins and ends.
These are wonderful photos from such a country life.

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