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アオジ・ツチガエル / Black-faced bunting and Wrinkled frog
A mountain stream that I had a good view of while birding.
![渓流 mountain stream](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200621-750_7623.jpg)
A sprout or a different plant was growing out of the tip of a sharp, spiky decayed tree.
The sharp shape and the texture of the bark in the hard light caught my attention.
![枯れ木の先端 tip of dead tree](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200621-DSC_0029-4.jpg)
A wrinkled frog. Commonly known as “warty frogs”.
When I was a kid, I think I used to treat all brown frogs as warty frogs.
These frogs don’t run away easily when I approach them with my camera. The frogs in the grass finally run away just before I step on them, so I feel like I might accidentally step on them.
It stinks when caught, so I’m not sure if it’s confident that it can escape even if a predator comes near, or if it’s just trying to pass itself off as a piece of grass with its protective colors.
![ツチガエル wrinkled frog](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200718-750_7908.jpg)
I think this is a juvenile black-faced bunting.
It’s hard to identify a bird with this kind of color pattern on the spot. After staring at the picture book and checking similar images on the Internet, I decided that I was pretty sure.
![アオジ幼鳥 juvenile Black-faced Bunting](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200718-DSC_0062-3.jpg)
A juvenile black-faced bunting feeding on an insect. This is a different bird from the one in the photo above.
![アオジ幼鳥 juvenile Black-faced Bunting](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200718-DSC_0064-5.jpg)