Down south this time, where spring is springing, with two nights at the cranes in Arasaki and two nights near Miike.
Mudskippers and crabs
Daurian Redstart
Hooded Cranes at dawn
The rising sun
Hooded Crane
A White-naped Crane squares up to a Common Crane in the crowd of Hooded Cranes
There are about 15000 Hooded Cranes in the area
Hooded Crane
The sole Demoiselle Crane is smaller and daintier than the others, and easily bullied
Eastern Buzzard
Black-faced Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill
Japanese (or Warbling) White-eye
Good grub
Indian Red Admiral
Indian Red Admiral
Common Grass Yellow
One of these leaves is a Dark Evening Brown butterfly
Meadow Bunting
Asian Comma
Miike crater lake
Our accommodation near Miike
Another day, another banquet
Beware of the giant rabbit
Beware of the Raccoon Dog
Great and Japanese Cormorants
Japanese Murrelet
What a dump: we even had to cook our own breakfast
Our only moth of the trip
As we headed to Kagoshima airport, the local volcano, Sakurajima, is erupting