Beekn
Living in a suburb of Tokyo. A third-year student at a junior high school.He loves insects (especially dragonflies), birds, and other living creatures and nature. On his days off, he enjoys taking his camera to the nearby Arakawa River to observe living things.
Insects
Tsumaki shachihoko ( Phalera assimilis) is a moth species.
The photo intentionally shows it so that you can see its legs and face, but at first glance it really looks like a small piece of wood.
It was attached to a bench on a station platform, but my classmate who were sitting there did not notice it at all and did not believe me until it moved.
Orrurihosiyanma, Siberian Hawker (Aeshna crenata)
This is one of the best photos I have ever taken of an Oruribosiyanma, taken last year. The female was laying eggs, so I took a close-up from directly in front of her so as not to scare her. Dragonflies will let you get as close as you want, if you don't try to catch them. In fact, in this photo, I was able to get close enough to almost touch them, although I had to take the photo at a distance of 2~3 cm due to focus problems.
Suzume, Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Suzume and snow
I was able to catch the moment when all the sparrows took off at once. It was interesting to see many sparrows in the same posture.
I see many wild birds, but sparrows are really cute.
(Arakawa riverside, March 2021)
Kawau, Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
A flock of several hundred birds were flying in the air. The nuptial coloration of their heads is white,
which I also like.(Arakawa, 31 January 2021)
Beekn's Living-Creature-Correspondence
23 December 2020
Tsubamesijimi, Short-tailed blue (Everes argiades)
This is a Tsubamesijimi, Short-tailed blue taken in the park next to the school. Unlike the Pale-grass blue (the most common Shijimi butterfly), the Short-tailed Blue has cool looking wings with protruding parts. I like the Short-tailed blue because many of them are beautiful, and they are small and cute.
Akiakane, Autumn darter (Sympetrum frequens)
Akiakanae also in the park next to the school.
(♂: I cannot see the pattern on the breast, but I judged it from the body shape.) Unlike the Natsukane, the Akiakanae has a different quality, even though the colours of its breast and belly are distinctly different. I bring up a memory of many different dragonflies I saw at Ohno-Pond of Hokkaido University. There are a good variety of dragonflies in the school's paddy fields, but there are no Oniyanma, Golden-ringed dragonfly. However, there is a well-known species of dragonfly living in the school pool. The school pool may be a good environment for dragonflies because it is not cleaned or there are slimy algae growing on the walls, fallen leaves at the bottom, even when people use it in summer.
Tobi, Black Kite ( Milvus migrans )
The photo during the club activity at Isshiki Beach in Kanagawa Prefecture. The Black kite was really cool because of the raptorial bird. A bleeding pair was flying in the sky when we went to the seashore for biological collection. There is a detached palace right next to the beach with thickly growing trees, so it is a good environment for the raptorial birds.