On March the 31st, we visited Uji City Botanical Park, Kyoto, Japan.
Buttercup winter-hazel (Corylopsis pauciflora, ヒュウガミズキ).
Many kinds of cherry blossoms are blooming.
Cerasus × yedoensis (ソメイヨシノ).
A Western honey bee (Apis mellifera, セイヨウミツバチ) visiting Turnip rape (Brassica rapa, アブラナ).
Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica, アセビ).
Winter hazel (Corylopsis spicate, トサミズキ).
East Asian eurya (Eurya japonica, ヒサカキ).
A female Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus, ジョウビタキのメス).
Mistletoe (Viscum album, ヤドリギ).
Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum (トキワマンサクの変種ベニバナトキワマンサク).
For insects, we also observed Small White (Pieris rapae, モンシロチョウ), Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias erate, モンキチョウ), Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon, アオスジアゲハ), Indian Fritillary (Argyreus hyperbius, ツマグロヒョウモン). For birds, we also observed Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos, ハシブトガラス), Carrion crow (Corvus corone，ハシボソガラス), Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis, ヒヨドリ), Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone, ウグイス), Japanese tit (Parus minor, シジュウカラ).
