What are you doing? 80th

One bird Exile! Or Senju Kannon! Or the head of Medusa...

The other birds also flutter their wing at the end of preening. Is it a Natural set?

　What are you doing? 79th

When I was looking at old photo, I was wondering where and how many brambling
there were. .

The person myself who took this photo is looking for it, so it could just be amnesia...

When brambling were to fall to the ground, its back would melt into the ground,

and when we were walking, it would fly off from nearby.

! ‥Ah, Brambling. (In Japanese, Brambling is Atori　”あ！とり”, tori means bird. )

　What are you doing? 78th

When I got out of the car, it suddenly landed on the telephone pole in front of me and turned its left leg towards me.

It was waiting for me to come home and came to show me dinner. Such a good timing!

　What are you doing? 77th

Something good must have happened, She (maybe) looks so happy and excited!

　What are you doing? 76th

They were coming together in droves on the power lines.

Perhaps they were gathering before going to roost, they look like there were fruits growing on the electric wires.

They were exchanging information and going to the bathroom (so there was so many bird droppings all over the place!?)

It was snowing that day, but it was a white-cheeked Staring accumulation advisory, not a snow accumulation.

　What are you doing? 75th

It's not just a snow viewing bath, it's a snow bath.

Is it feet reaching the branches?

Or is it resting on its belly on the snow?

With this amount of snow, it needs "Zuku" to find food!

(Zuku is a dialect of Nagano Prefecture and means motivation and perseverance.)

　What are you doing? 74th

Why don't you play traditional Japanese games in the New Year Week?

How about "Fukuwarai swimming in the sunrise on New year's Day?"

(* It was a New Year's photo in 2017.)

　What are you doing? 73th

It was catching a mouse on the bank of a nearby field a dozen minutes after this photo.

In the snow, it must have been thinking on the pole,

"I wonder if I'll enjoy a snow-viewing mouse today..."

　What are you doing? 72th

My eyes met with this bird through the camera lens.

The front face was completely different from the image we are used to seeing.

Does it look like the one we saw on TV once upon a time?

*One tail feather was missing

　What are you doing? 71th

Everyone flew comfortably aiming for the enoki fruit while making light calls of "Kyo" "Kyo".

However, I found out that they had been eating snacks somewhere along the way

because of the dirt on their beak.

　What are you doing? Back Number

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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