What are you doing? 134th

It seemed to be gathering nesting materials on the ground,

but unfortunately I wasn’t able to witness such a rare moment.

I did, however, see it carrying the materials. The nesting material was dried pine needles.

　What are you doing? 133th

Carrying a beak full of protein, is it on its way back to feed the chicks?

Judging from the dark coloration of its body, could it be a male?

　What are you doing? Back Number

What are you doing? 121th-129th

　Barn Swallow 　（Hirundo rustica saturata）
　Chesnut-cheeked Starling
　Eurasian Crowned Warbler
　Oriental Reed Warbler
　Dusky Thrush
　Long-billed Plover
　Blue Rock Thrush
　Blue Rock Thrush
　Japanese Green Woodpecker

　※Numbers 130 through 132 are skipped.

What are you doing? 111th-120th

　Northern Shoveler
　Great Egret
　Great Crested Grebe
　Mandarin Duck
　Baikal Teal
　Common Snipe
　Hawfinch
　Japanese Grosbeak
　Eurasian Tree Sparrow
　Carrion Crow

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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