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チュウサギ、キノコなど / Intermediate Egret, Fungus, etc.
I found a lark just off the side of the road and photographed it from inside the car. The man-made background of asphalt and Braille blocks is a protective color and blends in well.
![ヒバリ / Eurasian Skylark](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210812-DSC_0392.jpg)
Hot days continue. Not many birds to be found.
Found a flock of Intermediate Egret in the lush rice paddies.
![チュウサギ / Intermediate Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210828-DSC_0417.jpg)
![チュウサギ / Intermediate Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210828-DSC_0474.jpg)
Zitting Cisticola appears from time to time in various places.
![セッカ / Zitting Cisticola](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210828-DSC_0499.jpg)
Finally, the mushroom. It was a rather large and magnificent mushroom, and its umbrella made me think of a Japanese “melon bread”. I think it was more than 10 cm in diameter. Since I had not had much success with birding, I decided to take a few pictures with my macro lens.
This mushroom is called akayama-dori in Japanese, which can be read as red mountain bird. Despite its strange appearance, it is edible, and is even prized as an ingredient in French cuisine. I found out that it is also sold by mail order as an ingredient. I am curious to know what it tastes like, but I don’t think I would have touched it even if I had known about it at the time of the photo shoot. I am an amateur.
There is also a bird called “akayama-dori” which is a subspecies of Copper Pheasant and is found in the north-central Kyushu region. Mushrooms are nice, but I would like to see this bird as well.
![キノコ、アカヤマドリ / large brown mushroom, Rugiboletus extremiorientalis](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210828-750_1482.jpg)