What are you doing? 120th

The Ducks are known for their unique faces, but they have a surprisingly little-known color feature.

It's the blue color of their wings, which is hard to see when they're usually floating on the water.

I think it would be a little happy if you could see it.

　What are you doing? 119th

The lord（black-spotted pond frog）was attacked by a heron.

He glared at it, but it was already too late.

　What are you doing? 118th

This bird is rarely seen flying.

Its legs are located behind its body, making it good at diving, but not at walking on ground.

　What are you doing? 117th

This was a New Year's bird watching field trip at Matsumoto Castle on January 2, 2018.

Right at the start of the New Year, the lord was going mad!

He was lashing out at the Eastern Spot-billed Duck.

　What are you doing? 116th

The male's face has a vivid yellow, green and black pattern.

　What are you doing? 115th

It is preening its feathers.

The shape and color of the tail feathers of snipes vary depending on the species.

It is difficult to identify it in the field.

　What are you doing? 114th

It has a thick and powerful beak, which gives it a big-headed look.

It's hard to tell from the flight photo, but its primaries have a very strange, or rather unusual, shape.

　What are you doing? 113th

It flew over with what looked like a Japanese bittersweet flower in its beak.

It often sings as if asking for "co--ffee--?"

　What are you doing? 112th

I think the color is beautiful.

I've heard that this species is gradually decreasing.

　What are you doing? 111th

It found a pack of cigarettes in the city after the rain.

Perhaps it thought there was something tasty inside.

I guess the brand in this case would be LARK?

　What are you doing? Back Number

What are you doing? 101th-110th

　Rook
　Red Crossbill
　Common Snipe
　Pacific Golden Plover
　Northern Goshawk
　Brown-headed Thrush
　Bull-headed Shrike
　Japanese Accentor
　Rock Ptarmigan

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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