Appreciation of Nature

Takashi Kumagai took pictures on Jan.14 with 500mm/F4 lens

(Update: Jan.29, 2002)

Kogera, or Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos (Picoides) kizuki) You will find Kogera(s) pecking in the grove around Tokiwadai Station of Nose-denn line. Others can be seen in almost the same place and in small woods and in the parks in Toyono area.

Binnzui, or Indian Tree Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)

Jyohbitaki, or Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

Ruribitaki, or Siberian Bluechat (Tarsigar (Erithacus) cyanurus)