Okuyama (Feb. 1)

This morning I left our house 11:00 a.m. and went up to a mountain in Okuyama.

 

Aosagi or Grey Heron

Uso (osu) or Male Eurasian Bullfinch
They have red cheeks.

Uso (mesu) or Female Eurasian Bullfinch

They have grey cheeks.

It was snowing slightly yesterday. 

Icicles have formed under the grasses?

I reached top of the mountain at noon.

I looked down the town and the beach.

 

Joubitaki (mesu) or Female Daurian Redstart

I went down to the summit, and then I looked up to another mountain.

I took this picture in the Shinto shrine.

I don't think this picture nice -- too light as the white color is too strong!

Kaitsuburi or Little Grebe

Ooban or Eurasian Coot

 

Hiyodori or Brown-eared Bulbul

Joubitaki (osu) or Male Daurian Redstart

Keri or Grey-headed Lapwing

Grey-headed Lapwing looks beautiful when they open their wings.

The contrast of white and black color is conspicuous to human eyes.

Mukudori or White-cheeked Starting

Several years ago, they came to our garden.

It was so noisy, so I opened the window.

Soon after that, they flew away like this.