Amazing Beasts

  I had set the birdhouse on the garden of second house, Akazawa, Ito.  It is not for birds. It is specially for Japanese dormouse. The entrance is not front of this. It is located on back side of this.  The entrance is among the tree and birdhouse, it is so narrow. So if birds come there, they can't come into that like among movie. About 10 years ago, I had seen one Japanese Dormouse in the blanket in the closet. He/she had been in hibernation. But I don't know if they are still live there. 別荘の敷地内（実際は隣の敷地のある木）に巣箱をかけた。この巣箱は鳥用ではなく、ヤマネ用。鳥用巣箱とは違い入り口である穴は正面ではなく裏側にある。木にかけた時、木の幹との間となるので、鳥が入るには難しい。そういう作りとなっている。 およそ10年前だが、押入れの毛布の中で冬眠していたことがあった。なのであのあたりにまだ生息しているだろうかと思い、今回設置してみた。伊東市内には生息している事が、今年のある新聞記事で見かけた。 https://digital.izu-np.co.jp/news/society/16204 Especially in winter season, I see wood chips falling on the tatami mats. I believe they were dropped from the attic, but I don't know who doing it. I also see mouse's droppings. 特に冬場だが、屋根裏から落とされたと思われる木屑を畳の上で見かける。よく見るとネズミの糞らしき物...

  Garrulus glandarius japonicus He/she is working hard to burry some seed in the stone wall as hoarding.  It seems this working is for eating them during winter season.  They seem to remember the hoarding place almost exactly.

  The trail camera movies are also available on You Tube. I got a new toy "Hyke CL2". This camera can take color video on night time.  Featureing North honsyu sika, masked palm civet, Japanese badger, and kind of field mouse on this movie.

  Zoothera dauma I could see several birds on April.  White's thrush is one of them, but trail camera has taken him/her just one time.  He/she was just holding something in beck.

Nyctereutes procyonoides 食肉目イヌ科タヌキ属、ホンドタヌキ。

Turdus cardis スズメ目ツグミ科ツグミ属。 夏鳥。初記録。今回の映像は３月下旬に設置し、7月に入ってから回収したカメラより。設置期間はおよそ３ヶ月。電池も切れずに回収する日まで稼働していた。このクロツグミが映ったのは４月の後半の２日間のみ。

The trail camera movies are also available on You Tube. Please take a look if you like. This is a compilation of movies taken from January to March on 2019.

Martes melampus 食肉目イタチ科テン。テンが写ったのは2018年12月以来である。