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posted: March 31st, 2008 |
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This page begins with March 1st and goes through the 16th - Bubaigawara and Plum Blossoms, Jindai Botanical Garden and a Kingfisher, Mt. Kagenobu and Hikage Creek. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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On March 1st Kazuya and I went to Bubaigawara Plum Blossom Park. The first picture is a beautiful red plum blossom, the 2nd shot is a branch which has both red and white flowers on it and the 3rd shot is a double petaled variety of white blossom.
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The first shot here is a branch with lots of pink flowers on it. The 2nd shot shows a Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus) or Japanese White-eye, sucking nectar from a blossom. The 3rd shot shows the same bird sitting there.
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On March 15th Kazuya and I went to Jindai Botanical Garden to see what flowers were coming out. We found this Kingfisher hanging around the naked lady statue and managed to get some nice photos.
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Two more Kingfisher shots.
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We also found some Cornus officinalis blooming quite nicely (jet contrails in the background) and some early Cherry Blossoms are shown in the 2nd and 3rd shots.
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The Plum Trees are also still blooming - here is a shot of a white flowered branch and some red flowered branches with a nice background. We also went to the Aquatic part of the Garden and we found these 5 turtles lined up on a log.
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| End March 15th, Begin March 16th |
On the 16th we went out to Takao and took a bus to the Mt. Kagenobu trailhead and hiked to the summit of Mt. Kagenobu and then across to Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro. The first shot here in Row 7 is a Viola sororia and the next shot is a Viola hondoensis -- the violets are beginning to bloom!! Spring must be here.
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We were rather surprised to find that the Cymbidium goeringii orchids are beginning to bloom. The one on our porch is blooming, but we didn't expect to find the ones in the mountains in bloom for another couple of weeks. So, here are 3 Cymbidium flower shots.
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Here are 2 more Cymbidium flower shots. The final shot shows you an entire plant with 2 blossoms.
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Hiking down the Hikage Creek Trail we found a Viola grypoceras in bloom and also some very beautiful Viola japonica. It's early yet though, so we only found 1 or 2 plants in bloom. The final shot in this row is an Anemone raddeana bloom.
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Here is one more Anemone raddeana and an Anemone flaccida.
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| End March 16th, End Page 1 |
| And, that shows you what we saw from March 1st through the 16th. Thanks so much for taking the time to look. Please continue on to Page 2 for the continuation of March. |
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