大阪府堺市の公園にて見られた、キバラガラ。

若鳥でメスだと思っていますが、なにしろ初めて見る鳥ですし情報も少ないので、断言はできません。

A young Yellow-bellied Tit was founded at a park in Osaka.

I think it would be female, but this is my first time to see it and we don't have enough information of this species, so I'm not 100% sure.



この冬は関東でも確認されているので、今後記録の増える鳥かもしれません。

Though it's a pretty rare bird in Japan, another bird have been seen in Kanto area at the same time.

I guess it would be recorded more frequently in future.



背中側は、本当にヒガラにそっくりです。

The back can be seen on this image, and the pattern looks almost the same as that of Coal Tit.

アトリ科の冬鳥の渡来が多いこの冬、比叡山でも50羽以上のハギマシコの群れが見られました。

群れはハンノキをメインに採餌していました。

オス成鳥冬羽

male adult winter in Mt.Hiei in Shiga

Asian Rosy Finch usually winters in the north part of Japan, so it was pretty rare to see a huge flock of over 50 in our Kansai region.



アスファルトの地面で採餌する場面もよく見られました。

メス成鳥冬羽

female adult winter

They were mainly feeding on a Japanese Alder which is on the first image, and sometimes feeding on the ground as well.



幼鳥

juvenile

冬の比叡山にて出会ったウソ。

何度見ても美しい鳥です。

オス成鳥。

I saw a beautiful male adult Bullfinch in Mt.Hiei in Shiga.

They breeds in the north part of Japan, but they are nice birds to see in winter for me in my region.