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雨続きなおかげでとても元気なアマガエル Thanks to the spell of continuous rain, the tree frogs are exceptionally lively.🐸 #Nature Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

昨日まで37日連続で降水を記録していた東京都心。今日はすかっと晴れの週末もほぼ２ヵ月ぶりとのこと。 Until yesterday, central Tokyo had been logging 37 straight days of rainfall. Getting a crisp, clear weekend like this was something we hadn’t had in almost two months. #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

カラスウリが実っていた。おいしくはなさそう！ I found some karasuuri (Trichosanthes cucumeroides) ripening — they don’t look very tasty!🤔 #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

水鏡に映るコウホネとスイレンの花 Kōhone (Japanese yellow waterlily) and water lilies reflected on a quiet water surface. #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

最近見かけなかったオオタカ幼鳥。久しぶりに見たら高層アパートの一番高い所から周囲に目を光らせていた。たくましくなったね！ A young goshawk I hadn’t seen around recently. When I finally saw it again, it was keeping an eye on the area from the very top of a high‑rise apartment building. You’ve grown tough!🦅 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

マテバシイの花をつついていたメジロ A Japanese white‑eye pecking at the flowers of the Japanese stone oak (Lithocarpus edulis). #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

秋の繁殖期を迎え、婚姻色で頭が白くなったカワウ A cormorant whose head had turned white in its autumn breeding colors.🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

大雨で溢れた奔流にもまれて倒れたり傾いたりしながらも、ちゃんと花を咲かせていた彼岸花 Though once tossed about by the rushing torrent overflowing after the heavy rain, the red spider lilies were still putting out their flowers, even as they leaned and fell.🌹✨ #flowers Taken in Saitama, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

長雨のせいで武蔵野台地の崖線にある善福寺公園では園内のあちこちで湧水が発生し、色々な所で水浸しになっていた。 Because of the prolonged rain, spring water has begun emerging in various spots throughout Zenpukuji Park, which sits along the Musashino Plateau escarpment, leaving many areas waterlogged.😶 Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

うさぎ直列🐰 cormorant–egret alignment. #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

熟した柿の実に集まる様々な生き物。メジロ、ノコギリクワガタ、スズメバチ。 Various creatures that had gathered around the ripe persimmon fruit — Japanese white-eyes, saw stag beetles, and hornets.🍎 #Birds #insects Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

路肩に真っ赤な彼岸花が咲く小径の先に現れた、葛のツルが織りなす緑のトンネル。 Ahead on the path where bright red spider lilies bloomed along the roadside, a green tunnel woven from kudzu vines appeared. #flowers Taken in Saitama, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

秋の訪れと共に、夏の間はカルガモしかいなかった川にもコガモの姿がちらほらするようになってきた。 With the arrival of autumn, the river that held only spot‑billed ducks through the summer now shows occasional glimpses of Common Teals.🦆 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

金木犀の花咲く枝に残された夏の抜け殻 Summer’s empty shells remaining on the branches where the kinmokusei (fragrant olive) flowers bloom. #insects #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

雨続きの9月。久しぶりの陽射しの下で何か食べていたスズメ。 A rainy September. A sparrow that had been eating something in the long‑absent sunshine.🌞 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

鋭い眼差しのカイツブリ a Little Grebe with sharp eyes.👁️ #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

白い彼岸花の上にいたカマキリ A mantis perched on a white spider lily. #flowers #insects Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

彼岸花が見ごろを迎えています。これは赤い彼岸花。 Spider lilies at their peak now. This is a red spider lily. #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

公園にいたカワセミの成鳥と幼鳥。親子かな。 An adult and a juvenile kingfisher were at the park pond. I wonder if they’re a parent and child.👩‍👧 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

満開を迎えた金木犀。香りが凄い！ Fragrant olive (金木犀 / kinmokusei) is in full bloom now — the fragrance is amazing.🌼 #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

今年も咲いていた季節外れの桜。理由はわからないけれど、害虫や病気で夏の間に葉を失った木によく咲いている。 Out of season cherry blossoms were blooming again this year. I don’t know the reason, but they often seem to appear on trees whose leaves had been stripped over the summer by pests or disease.🌸🤔 #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

スッポンの親玉みたいのがいた。勝てる気がしない。 I came across the boss of all soft‑shell turtles. I don’t stand a chance.👑🐢 Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

オナガの後ろ姿 the back view of an Azure-winged Magpie.🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SPLAAASHHHH!!🦆💦 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ツユクサ。朝咲いて昼に萎む様子を日が昇るにつれて消えゆく朝露に例えて露草。で、英名もその日限りの花の意でdayflowerなんだな。 Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis). The Japanese name tsuyukusa means “dew grass,” perhaps inspired by how its blossoms appear in the morning and fade by midday, like dew vanishing with the sun. #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

SPLAAASHHHH!! #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

実が色づき始めたエノキにとまっていた若オナガ A young azure-winged magpie perched on a Japanese hackberry tree whose berries are just beginning to color.🍒 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

いい感じの坂道！ Nice slope! Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

真夏のセミが静かになった今時期はツクツクボウシの季節。フルコーラス動画。 From late summer into early autumn, when the cicadas that once roared through midsummer have fallen quiet, it becomes the season of the tsukutsukubōshi cicada (Meimuna opalifera). A video from the first call to the very last.🎶 #insects Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

梅雨を思わせるような秋の長雨が続いている公園で、梅雨時期に咲いたあと剪定されていたアジサイのいくつかが二度目の花を咲かせていた。 An autumn stretch of rain reminiscent of the monsoon has set in. In the park, hydrangeas that were pruned after blooming during the rainy season were putting out their second flowers.☔ #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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Emyr Wyn Jones @emyr-wyn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Herons&Egrets; any Heron or Egret shot Here's a Grey Heron that's lost its legs! #Birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography @rspb.bsky.social @whatbirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bbappnews.bsky.social

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

先月のある暑い日に、だるそうにうたた寝していたアオサギ A Grey Heron dozing sluggishly on a hot day last month.♨️ #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

この時期よくみかける換毛で頭の羽が薄くなった若ヒヨドリ At this time of year, you often see young brown‑eared bulbuls whose head feathers have thinned during the molting season.🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

若いザクロの実と、この時期あまり目立たないメジロ Young pomegranate fruit and a Japanese white‑eye that doesn’t stand out much at this time of year.🍏 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

紅白の睡蓮 Rose‑red and white water lilies.🌷🌼 #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

嘴のすぐ先にぶら下がるクモを見ているヒヨドリ A brown-eared bulbul watching a spider dangling right in front of its beak.🕷️🐦 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ブルブルしているBulbul Brown‑eared Bulbul shaking itself.🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

ピンク色のサルスベリ。この時期の都内では街中でみかけるけれど、北海道ではあまり見ない花。 Pink crape myrtle. In Tokyo you see it around town at this time of year, but it’s a flower you don’t often come across in Hokkaido.🌸 #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

おしりふわふわのカイツブリ a Little Grebe with a fluffy butt🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

陽の射す方に体を傾け、羽を膨らませてじっとしていたスズメ。どうやら日光浴をしていたよう。 A sparrow leaned toward the sunlight, puffing up its feathers and staying still. It seemed to be sunbathing.🪶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

なんか「先に目を逸らした方が負けゲーム」を挑まれている気分 It feels like I’m being challenged to some kind of ‘first‑to‑look‑away‑loses’ game.😶 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

若いゴイサギの瞳 the eye of a young night heron👁️ #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

鮮やかな夏の緑の中の幼カワセミ A young kingfisher amid the vivid green of summer.🌳 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

世界を黄金色に染めていく夕暮れの光の中でも、その青を保ち続けていたカワセミ A kingfisher that kept its blue even in the evening light that turned the world golden.🌇 #Birds Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

白壁とノウゼンカズラ White wall and trumpet vine. #flowers Taken in Tokyo, Japan

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ikkan @soraneko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

美しい羽のチョウトンボ。チョウのようにひらひら飛ぶからチョウトンボ。これも道産子にとっては珍しいやつ！ A butterfly dragonfly (Rhyothemis fuliginosa) with beautifully iridescent wings. It flutters gently like a butterfly, just as its name suggests. It’s common here, but for someone from Hokkaido it’s a rare dragonfly.👀 #insects Taken in Tokyo, Japan