What are you doing? 60th

Autumn migration fair.

Migrating bulbuls on September 30, 2016 (photo above).

Whenever a flock of birds approaches, I look around to see whether there is any other bird mingling

A few years ago, there was a person talking " Eurasian Hoopoe was in it, and I was able to shoot it!!"

So I've been keeping an eye on it ever since.

When can I see it in the blue sky background?

The blue sky background photo was taken in 2013.

　What are you doing? 59th

The bird was preening its belly.

The point of interest is the tarsus, which can be seen to be flattened.

It looks like it's going smoothly, and this species is catching fish in the water, so it must be a form suitable for life.

It had a greenish neck.

　What are you doing? 58th

It was diving in the spring sea.

When I was watching what it was catching, it had something that looked like a small squid in its beak.

I was in a fishing port, and a man who seems to be a neighbor was scooping up what looked like squid

with a long-handled net, so I wondered if it was a firefly squid?

　What are you doing? 57th

It's not about the funny behavior .

It would be difficult to see the condition of these plumage in plain...

Is it okay if it is transitioning from juvenile plumage to the first winter plumage?

It has juvenile horns and cute tail feathers. It was less cautious than adult and actively pecked at

small insects.

　What are you doing? 56th

With such a look, it seems that its prey will treat it lightly! .

Even though it is a child, it is still a hawk, so can't it do somehow...?

Well then, is it going to catch its prey off guard by saying,

"I am your friend's raptor～♡"

　What are you doing? 55th

For this bird, this caterpillar was quite large.

This photo was taken while it was moving to a tree several dozen meters away from the flock.

Perhaps this caterpillar was too big to be eaten quickly, so it evacuated because it was wary of being

stolen by its fellow. .

　What are you doing? 54th

Togakushi in spring.

When I was watching the courtship behavior of the Great Spotted Woodpecker at the Togakushi Forest

Botanical Garden, I heard a loud bang behind me.

Turn around and see what you see! Is it a Montane brown frog that became part of the duck?

　What are you doing? 53th

It was staring at the ground and soon pecking at a worm.

What is the technique for finding earthworms in the soil?

Are they familiar with the habits of earthworms?

As an aside, it also appeared in the poster for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.

　What are you doing? 52th

It belongs to the order charadriiformes.

As you can see, the tips of the flight feathers are arranged in a round shape, which is why they fly.

Also, their song are a little interesting, I would like you to listen to it, but you can't observe it until

winter. This winter, you will be visiting the waterside and rice fields!

Adult birds have a very beautiful green luster (the photo is not an adult bird). Is its face kind of funny?

　What are you doing? 51th

He is transforming now.

Such a feather pattern is the first summer plumage (1S), maybe.

He has to wait at least a year before he can be fascinated by his reflection on the surface of the water.

　What are you doing? Back Number

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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