Bird Watching in Japan & Asia

2011-06-26

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (June 26, 2011)

Very few birds were seen/heard as most of the birds are in breeding. Lesser Cuckoo was less vocal comparing to the previous two weeks.

Neozephyrus japonicus

Japonica saepestriata

Rapala arata

Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)

Papilio protenor

Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)

Potanthus flavus

Amata fortunei

Tettigonia orientalis

Gampsocleis mikado

Spiraea japonica

2011-06-19

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (June 19, 2011)

Lesser Cuckoo was very vocal and often flew accross paddyfield in the park while Japanese Bush Warbler was still singing well. Nothing else was seen well. Again, I enjoyed photographing insects. Today, I was able to take pictures of four species of zephyrus.

Japonica lutea is one of zephyrus, found from May to June.

Japonica lutea

Favonius orientalis: Male is active during morning.
It perches in the edge of oak or chestnut leaf
and chases each other when the other male(s) fly into the territory

Favonius orientalis

Neozephyrus japonicus: This individual is female.
This species has four types of female, called as
O type (entirely sooty grey),
A type (photo shows: normally with small orange spot),
B type (with blue spot) and AB type (with both blue and orange spot).

Artopoetes pryeri: One of lowland zephylus.
It looks similar to Celastrina argiolus
but is bigger with deeper purplish color.
Due to cloudy weather, it did not move

Celastrina argiolus

Lycaena phlaeas

probably, Agrypnus binodulus.

a kind of long-horned beetle

Purpuricenus　(Sternoplistes)　temminckii

probably, Siler cupreus. A kind of jumping spider.
The head is beautiful powder blue.

probably, Tenodera angustipennis, a kind of mantis

2011-06-12

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (June 12, 2011)

Due to high temperature and humidity, not many birds were seen. Only Lesser Cuckoo was vocally calling. Japanese Bush Warbler seems to be breeding in bamboo bush while juvenile Great Tits were seen well, too.

I enjoyed photographing butterflies rather than birds. Interestingly, many people photograph butterflies like me in the park.