A week long ornithological congress had finished. Thank you so much for those who drop in at our art show!  I was very pleased to have so m...

It's August and still very hot in Japan but I've already got my Christmas present!  Guess what arrived today! わたしのはじめての絵本作品の見本が家...

The IOC is coming to Japan! Well, I am not talking about the Olympic in 2020... It's the International Ornithological Congress start...

I have been stuck at home and working very hard these days.  But it's not too bad when I have a wonderful and a bit crazy mother to do l...

ブログ記事にするのが遅くなってしまったけれど、7月末に リトルターン・プロジェクト の調査に参加させていただいたときのスケッチから。 I joined the research of the little terns' breeding colony again at...

My friend from school kindly gave me another caterpillar, a Common Bluebottle, when it was just about to become a chrysalis.  It's not e...

The autumn issue of the YBIRD travel agency's brochure  is out now! The front cover is the oriental honey-buzzards migrating across a mo...

On Sunday, I joined a field trip for young birders at Sambanze mudflat in Chiba and then rushed off to another evening walk to watch swallow...

About a week ago, my mother went out for a walk and came back with a great souvenir.  It was a caterpillar of the Indian Fritillary.  When i...

梅雨の時期の森歩きから、キシメジ科ホウライタケ属のキノコのスケッチ。 Do you know why there are many mushrooms in the forest after rain? It's because when it rains, ...