This year, the Someiyoshino cherry blossoms bloomed later than last year, so I went to take pictures of the cherry blossoms on a sunny morning in March. At that time, it seemed to coincide with the breakfast time of the whitebirds, and I took a picture of several whitebirds coming to eat the nectar of the cherry blossoms. Most of the whitebirds moved frequently from flower to flower, but the child in the photo was a bird model who stayed still until he finished taking a picture. Thank you for letting me take this picture.

Photo taken from the old Nakagawa riverbed. A place where you can photograph whitebirds and bulbuls at close range. It goes very well with cherry blossoms

A scene at Yuki Shrine in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. Since many Umejiro visit the Yuki Shrine every year, many photographers were visit this year as well. I've had a relationship with Umejiro since last year, and I was able to take a picture of it again this year. It just so happened that I got a line of sight when I clicked the shutter, so it was my favorite one. It has become a piece that feels dignified from the cute Umejiro. ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Shooting location: Yuki Shrine, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture Shooting date and time: February 24, 2024 10:00 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

There were a lot of cute Kawazu cherry blossoms ? flying at the Kashinozaki Lighthouse in Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture! I was able ★ to take my first Sakujiro of the year

This is a photo of Mejiro taken at Kasai Rinkai Park. The squeak was very cute!!

Kawazu cherry blossoms and mejiro In Kawazu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, there was a whitetail in the cherry blossoms at the Kawazu cherry blossoms festival, so I pulled it out with a telephoto lens and took a picture.

One piece at Ueno Yushima Tenjin Ume Plum and Mejiro

Spring in Japan is all about cherry blossoms. Kawazu cherry blossoms bloom earlier than Someiyoshino, signaling that spring is near. The wild bird "Mejiro", which had never been seen before, is coming in search of nectar from Kawazu cherry blossoms. Kawazu cherry blossoms shine in the bright blue sky, and if there is a komejiro, it is "the first in spring". In a world where war is spreading, while looking at the Kawazu cherry blossoms on a calm day, I feel that I am happy to have been born in such a wonderful country.

Even in the rain, it is a mejiro that comes to our house every day. It's a photo taken through a gap in the curtain, but it's very vigilant, and I take a bite and look around.

These are Kawazu cherry blossoms and mejiro. Kawazu cherry blossoms are early blooming cherry blossoms that begin to bloom in early February. Kawazu cherry blossoms were born from the natural hybrids of the scarlet cherry blossoms and Oshima cherry blossoms mentioned in the previous post. Since it was discovered in Kawazu Town in Shizuoka Prefecture, it was named Kawazu Sakura. The reason why Kawazu cherry blossoms bloom so early is that the early flowering time of the cold scarlet cherry blossoms, which is the source of hybridization, is said to be the early flowering time. (Since the color of Oshima cherry blossoms is pure white, the color of Kawazu cherry blossoms seems to be somewhere between Kanscarlet cherry blossoms and Oshima cherry blossoms.) ) By the way, Kawazu cherry blossoms can also be seen in Tokyo. This photo was taken in front of the Marubeni Building in Otemachi. (It's quite scattered now.) ）

"Carrier of Spring" Location: Flower Expo Memorial Park Tsurumi Ryokuchi Date Taken: 2022/3/17 Weather: Cloudy I caught ? a whitetail that stays in the early-blooming Okamezakura We tend to look at the cherry blossoms around us and the whitetails themselves, but if you look closely, you will find a lot of pollen on the beaks of the whitetails. I realized that by sucking the nectar of flowers and carrying pollen, we are able to enjoy spring.

This photo was ? taken near my home. These are Kawazu cherry blossoms and mejiro.

Two whitetails.

Sakujiro! Mejiro's cherry blossom viewing.

A white-eye flapping its wings.‪‪☺︎‬

Mejiro cherry blossom viewing. お散歩中に初めてメジロさんに会いました‪‪☺︎‬

At Daito Park in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. I was ? playing happily