Saturday 8 January 2022

Feeding Frenzy

The unexpected heavy snowfall was a bit of blessing for me because if I put out little something for the birds in the garden, say, even an apple, it'd definitely attract common but lovely garden birds as feeding birds in gardens is not a popular practice in Japan. It is not just an apple from me though, of course!


the Guard of the ApplešŸ˜„šŸ’‚ - Brown-eared bulbul (Hiyodori惒ćƒØ惉ćƒŖ)

what a flexible neck!

Dusky Thrush (Tsugumi惄悰惟)

I had thought a Dusky thrush would choose an apple but found out they prefer raisins - this one ignored a piece of apple on the ground and went for the raisins.

Don't worry, I cracked ice in the basin so that birds can have access to the wateršŸ‘

 

Japanese white-eye (Mejiro惔ć‚ø惭)

This is actually a satsuma-shaped feeder šŸ˜ a birthday present from my husbandšŸŽ

It has sometimes strawberry jam and at other times chopped-up apple cores in it.


Japanese tit (Shijukarać‚·ć‚øćƒ„ć‚¦ć‚«ćƒ©) 

They are the same as the Great tit in Britain, who'd eat sunflower seeds, peanuts, dried mealworms and suet. Suet is almost impossible to get hold of in Japan, so, I make my own fat balls from beef fat, which is handed out free in supermarkets in Japan.

Oriental turtle dove (Kijitabo悭ć‚ø惐惈)

It was not the second day of ChristmasšŸŽ„ but a pair often visit our garden for seeds.


Grey (White-cheeked) starling (Mukudori惠ć‚Æ惉ćƒŖ)

A starling came to our apples for a couple of days in a row before Christmas but we haven't seen any since then.


I'm hoping the snow will melt quickly so that birds and other wildlife can have a better chance to survive the winter.

Friday 7 January 2022

Heavy Snow (no birdšŸ¦)

An unusual heavy snowfall surprised people in Tokyo and around the metropolitan area on the 6th January 2022 and it transformed the area into winter wonderland⛄❄