This article explains in Japanese the overview of the New Year's events*1 held at the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka, Japan). If you are interested, please read it.
La mésange à longue queue est petite et ronde avec un cri unique, elle est donc facile à repérer lorsqu'elle est à proximité. À tous ceux qui sont ici, passez une belle journée.
Mésange à longue queue 柄長 F##
Mésange à longue queue avec chant ,filmée en France
Le conservateur Wada, spécialisé dans la recherche sur les oiseaux, observe chaque année le déclin du fruit de Melia azedarach dans les jardins botaniques pour voir si les oiseaux peuvent accueillir le printemps sans pénurie de plantes.
Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) feeding on the fruit of a Cape lilac aka white cedar tree (Melia azedarach) in a wintry front yard in Edenhope, 400km west of Melbourne, Australia #ownpicpic.twitter.com/Phvw1wREdL
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An immature* male Australian king-parrot (Alisterus scapularis) feeding on fruit of a white cedar aka Cape lilac tree (Melia azedarach). Seen in Orange and Cowra and further east, but few reports from Canowindra.
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Mèlia, arbre sant, parenostre o metzina {Melia azedarach} De les seves llavors se'n fan els rosaris. El seu fruit és verinós per als humans i embriagador per als ocells. Localització: #ParcMàgic#Almenarpic.twitter.com/6b9pjJ0nyh
Hoy toca "marisco". La FOCHA COMÚN ((Fulica atra) generalmente come vegetales, pero también proteína animal. En época reproductiva aumentan más la proporción de esta última por su mayor aporte energético para dar a los pollos. Hoy le ha tocado a un cangrejo americano #birdspic.twitter.com/WqBZOsWhGr
I took a sunflower head from last year's garden and wedged it on a branch of a tree outside my window. Wasn't long before this Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) found it and was chowing down big time. 😀 #birdinghungary#finches#BirdsOfTwitterpic.twitter.com/tygA5V3Vrr
PICOGORDO COMÚN /Coccothraustes coccothraustes/: hacía tiempo que no veía uno y me hizo mucha ilusión verlo afanado en almorzarse las semillas de un cedro. Tiene unos poderosos músculos que accionan ese descomunal pico para poder romper las semillas de las que se alimentan #birdspic.twitter.com/DJf9Da6uLp
Hay ahora en muchos campos una explosión de flores propia de esta época, aprovecho la ocasión para buscar especies como el Picogordo (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), que gracias a la robustez de su pico puede alimentarse sin problemas de semillas y frutos #pajarisiacopic.twitter.com/CUpN72lV65
During this time, there are few ducks seen alone or in pairs, and they are often seen in flocks in ponds, where they can be seen circling the center of the pond and eating food on the surface of the water, forming a "feeding circle" This time, we will introduce the Northern Shoveler at the Mausoleum of Emperor Suinin (Horai-san Tumulus)*1 in Osaka*2.
Northern shoveler 嘴広鴨 F##
In the center of the picture, there is a Northern shoveler spitting water. It's so cute.
Northern shoveler 嘴広鴨 F##
Northern Shovelers are known for their unique foraging behavior, swimming rapidly in circles to create a funnel effect that brings food to the surface.
Curator Wada (Osaka Museum of Natural History) points out that as the season progresses, pairs of Northern Shoveler can also be seen in Japan feeding together, creating a funnel effect.
This wooden board with a picture of a giant snake on it is called an ema(絵馬/えま)*1 in Japanese. Ema are hung in shrines and it is believed that the gods will receive them.
Japan is facing a declining birthrate and an aging population, but housing development is still progressing in this small country. Since humans began living in the mountains where animals live, many animals, including deer, wild boars, and bears, have been driven out of the mountains and exterminated as vermin. I pray for world peace from Japan, and sincerely hope that the number of animals exterminated as vermin in Japan will decrease, and that the fireflies, which were once abundant, will return to their former numbers. This video is very valuable.
Due to global warming, it seems that winter flowers such as camellias are blooming late in Japan this year. Japanese macaques love camellia petals and nectar. The yellow color around their mouths is probably due to the large amount of camellia pollen.
While monitoring a germination experiment in a beech forest we were able to watch the migration of a huge group of bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) 😁🐦. This species is very associated with beech forests and masting events, more about that in the comments pic.twitter.com/AaDULtLXC1
As you may know, young crows have many whisker-like feathers around the base of their beaks, and the same tendency seems to be true for brown-eared bulbuls.
As a traditional Japanese event, there are shrines where Kadomatsu*1 decorations are made during the New Year holidays, but this time we will introduce the Kadomatsu decorations at Miwa-myojin in Nara Prefecture. (Depending on the sect, Kadomatsu decorations may not be made.)
