After checking in to the bungalow we went to the birding point nearby. Contrary to our expectation, no other photographers were around. We stayed there until the evening but could see only frogs, mandarin ducks and black thrushes. No Ruddy kingfisher.
At the next pond there were 5, 6 camera person. They said the birds come once almost every 30 minutes. So if there is no cameraperson, there is no bird. As they had said, a Ruddy kingfisher came. I was impressed. This is the birds that many birders really want to see.
実はこんな遠いところです。
It perched on a branch so far away.
何か食べているようでしたがよく見るとカエルでした。
It was eating something. I looked at it closely then found out it was a frog.
アカショウビンを待っている間に来たのは穴熊の親子でした。
While waiting for kinfishers, a badger came with two children.
This is the photo of the pond. You might think where is a pond? The water of this pond comes from snow. This year they had very little snow so almost no water in many ponds. Ruddy kingfisher catches frogs or crayfishes living at the water edge. Almost no water, they don't come to the edge where we can see it. They did hunting at the back of the pond where there was still some water.
A person who comes everyday introduced us a local small restaurant, where we could have a nice lunch only for 1000 yen, in front of the Juniko station . So we first down the mountain and went to a local station.
ホームに出るとこんな感じです。もちろん無人駅です。
The platform of the station. Of course unmanned station.
The next day, we went to the third place where it was said that they would come twice a day but very close. We went there, set our camera and Waited. Soon a kingfisher came on a branch just in front of us. It was beautiful. I was very happy.
