Let’s Talk about the Swans Again! After Will talked about his Big Bird day, I guess I have to talk about our birds on the Hirose River. Yes! Everybody’s favorite1 — swans!! This year many came. My smartphone photo album has a photo of the first group of 4 swans [...]
My Big Bird Day (by Will) After New years1 there’s one big event for me: Big Bird Day! On BBD, I try to see as many species2 of birds as I can – in one day. This is a day I look forward to all year and it’s great fun. The [...]
Cute Berries What do you think these balls are? Believe it ot not1, these are the berries of a plant. I saw these for the first time2 when I visited my doctor’s office3. They were displayed with other flowers on the table in the waiting room. I thought they [...]
This Year, Sparrow Families! 2 years ago, bulbuls1 made a nest right against the window of my room and we enjoyed every single day watching their babies until they grew up and flew away. (You can read the blogs about them — June 16, 30 and July 17, 2022.) [...]
Life in the Hirose River at the End of the Year For the first time this season, I went down to the river recently to greet1 our winter birds. For the last blog in 2023, I would like to share a fun nature talk in our city, Sendai. I approached [...]
