This morning a group of children from a nearby daycare center in west Tokyo was out enjoying a walk. Some schools have closed. Check and follow the guidelines from your country’s department of health or its center of disease … Continue reading →
My December photo of a mejiro, Japanese White-eye, is a recognized entry in Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s “No Bird Left Behind” challenge! Author Susan Taylor Brown is on the list as well! The bird’s name or classification in Latin is … Continue reading →
Crows gathered here again. About 40. Fluffing and drying their feathers at 5:30 A.M. And… gathering and eating their breakfast from this tree. Soaring and watching me.
Here is Big Sister’s silk cocoon. After the silk worm spun its cocoon, she had to put it in the refrigerator for several weeks so the moth wouldn’t mature and break out. The teacher wanted them to measure the … Continue reading →
We saw this on a chair in the garden. I ran to get the camera. It hadn’t flown away, so I took pictures from every angle. The dark spot on the top of its back looks like … Continue reading →