Fireflies at Snowharp

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How hanged flower pots are destroyed!

Now everything was clear why our hanged flower pots are broken so easily.
The sand in the pots were covered by some hemp palm fibers which go bad easily.

I never imagined this, but...

White eyes pick the hemp palm fibers one after another!!!

I guess probably now it's time for them to breed, so they need some materials to make nests for it. Hemp palm finbers are probably good for them though, I almost laughed out loud. Never, never imagined they were the criminals :)

Even small living things work that hard to live on, why don't we?

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A hornet?

I think this is a hornet which often visits delfinium flowers that are in bloom now to get their nectar. Some people say it's not a hornet, so I am really not sure it is or not. They work very hard to get nectar. When I observe them hard, I find they prefer deep flowers which they need to get in to get the nectar. For example, delfiniums and Nasturtiums etc.
I guess those flowers hold very yummy nectar :)

Small green frogs

I am not good at sepcifying what kind of frog it is. A small green one which is found here and there around our house and farm. In the farm we can find other kinds of frogs as well, they are definately a lot bigger and different color. Probably this small frog try to hide itself from any enemies which would like to eat it! When it is on a green leaf, perhaps hard for enemies to find it though it is not that hard for human beings. Perhaps our eyes can judge a lot more colors.
At the time of transplanting rice pots, they sing a lot one after another. It's a kind of countryside symbol.

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A ladybug with many stars

Found a ladybug walking around in our garden. It was enough big and outstanding for a couple of far sighted eyes of an old man :-) If the black marks on its back were 7, we call it "Nanahoshi tentou" because this "nana" means 7. But this one had a lot more. Wonder what's its name though.

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Blue-and-White Flycatcher which did not move.

The other day I found a blue and white flycatcher ( Ooruri in Japanese )at the front in our place. It was definately a male judging from the color. It didn't go away when I got close to it and didn't defence at all even when I slightly touch it. I wondered if he was diing. I put a dish of water beside it to observe for a while.

As there are ravens and hawks in the forest, it was clear that his life was not guaranteed if I got away. I knew a small bird like that didn't understand what I said but I could not help talking to it like "Are you okay?". I felt as if I were a stupid boy. Blue and white flycatchers are small birds like sparrows. Perhaps a little bit bigger than them. Males and females of this bird have totally different body color. Male ones are clearly blue, white and black as you see. But female ones are moss green if I can describe. With that tiny body, they fly over than thousand kilometers from the south to Japan to spend their time in summer here to breed. After they reach Kyushu island, they can fly along the shore, rivers, roads, railways whatever on the ground but before the Kyushu island, they have to fly on the sea which is tough.
I am not sure now it's time for them to be tired after the long distance flying. But if we can help them something to servive , I would.

Unfortunately people seem to feel it uncomfortable to have swallows around their houses nowadays because if they nest there, their poops drop off the nest and make mess around. I guess probably I don't feel it nice if my suit gets any from them, but for me it's more important to protect that kind of small lives. If we are to live somewhere where they can not survive, I don't think we can survive with that circumstances. Maybe we can for some dozens of years but probably not so long.

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Wanna play?

Not sure if this dragonfly said it or not lol..... At this time of the year, they get really careless. I think my digital camera was almost only 5cms apart from the dragonfly, but it didn't go away. When I do something outside, many dragonflies show up and get close to me. They are curious about what I do. I talk to them

"Do I look so yummy?"
Also not sure if they say "Huh?" or not , but they incline their heads:-)

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Emergence of a cicada

Found a cicada emerging this morning. Look at the color - white and green. I guess it was just after getting out of the shell. They need to stay that way for some hours to dry themselves out to start flying away. But it's the dangerous time for them because ravens, cats etc try to catch them. I just tell people to pay attention not to step on it because it stayed around the front of my house.

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Killar whale vs shark

I wondered which won when 2 "strong" living things met. In most cases, I got the answer when I was a kid but this title had been a big question for me until today.
The answer is here.

See this one, too

Lately a lot often killar whales are kept in some aquariums, but they are anyway "wild" living things even if they were familiar with us. It's terrible when this kind of thing happens though maybe it's just a playing for the killar whale. It reminds me that a monkey attacked me to steal the caramels in my hand when I was a 5 years old kid :( It's been a big trauma even now. Now I believe it firmly that we need to keep distance from wild animals.

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