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posted: February 29th, 2008 |
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The photos on this page start with February 11th and a trip to Nagaike Park for bird photographs. On February 16th we went to Koishikawa Botanical Garden for Plum Blossom photos. Finally, we went to Nogawa and Musashino Parks. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin February 11th |
On February 11th we went out to Nagaike Park to search for birds. We did pretty good. Here are 3 shots of a female Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus). This is the same bird you just saw on the previous page, but that one was a male. Note the 2nd shot where she seems to be saying "what are YOU looking at human?"
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This bird was our ultimate find of the day! It's a Uragus sibiricus or Long-tailed Rosefinch. We were so excited to find this bird - it was specifically what we went there to find. We had never seen it before. There were several photographers snapping away at this place - many of them had HUGE Telephoto lenses! This bird likes the berries on this tree so everybody was just hanging out here waiting for one to come.
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More Long-tailed Rosefinch photos - note in the 3rd photo that he is scratching his side.
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| End February 11th, Begin February 16th |
On February 16th we went to Tokyo University's Botanical Garden - the Koishikawa Botanical Garden. It was much larger than we expected and also more impressive then we expected it to be. The first 2 shots here are a very early Cherry Tree. The 3rd shot is Kazuya beside a HUGE Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor Tree).
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The first shot here is looking up into that Camphor Tree shown in the 3rd shot in the previous row. The 2nd shot is a Lagerstroemia subcostata and the 3rd shot is a part of their Japanese Garden.
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Here are 3 amazing Plum Blossom shots.
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And here are 3 more amazing Plum Blossom shots. In the 2nd photo you can see white AND red blossoms.
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Here are 2 more Plum Blossom shots - note the backlighting in the 2nd shot.
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| End February 16th, Begin February 23rd |
On February 23rd Kazuya and I went to Nogawa and Musashino Parks, both within easy bicycling distance of our house. The first shot here shows that buds are starting to expand and colors are beginning to show up in the trees. The 2nd shot is some sparrows in a tree and the 3rd shot is another Shibateranthis pinnatifida flower. They are at their peak now.
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One final shot of Shibateranthis pinnatifida to start. This shot has been cropped and brightness adjusted with Photoshop. The 2nd shot is an Anemone pseudoaltaica and the 3rd shot is an Adonis sp.
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The first 2 shots here are Plum blossoms - a white one and a red one. The final shot is a Hamamelis japonica taken from a distance with the sun shining from behind.
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The first 2 shots are again Hamamelis japonica. The 3rd shot is another plum tree with a Mejiro (Zosterops japonicus) or Japanese White-eye sitting in it.
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| End February 23rd, End Page 2, End February 2008's Photos |
This is a link to a separate web page showing some photos of our DVD Collection, an AVI Movie of our Home Theater System and 9 photos of our Sharp Aquos TV.
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| November 11, 2007 DVD Collection, Movie of Home Theater System & Sharp Aquos TV Pictures (new window) |
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| And, that shows you what we saw from February 11th through the end of the month. Thanks so much for taking the time to look at the site this month, I hope you found something you enjoyed looking at. Any feedback is always appreciated. |
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