January 17, 2008

ICU campus, Mitaka (January 18th)


One little violet flower is opening in my container garden.
プランターに植えたスミレが一輪、早くも花を咲かせています。

Today I went to take some walk in the research forest at the ICU campus. I saw lots of little birds in the campus. I saw Parus major (Shijuukara, Great Tit), Aegithalos caudatus (Enaga, Long-tailed Tit), Dendrocopos kizuki (Kogera, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker), Carduelis sinica (Kawarahiwa, Oriental Greenfinch), etc. No people was there, so I enjoyed walking in the nice and quiet forest.


Dendrocopos kizuki (Kogera, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker)
コゲラ。背中の派手な縞模様も、こうして見ると見事なカモフラージュになってます。


Interesting shapes of the trees.


View through the bush of camellia.

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