Bird watching

While I was walking up to my office today, I heard a lot of birds singing in the forest, and I happened upon a great spotted woodpecker drilling in a pine tree beside someone's house.
It was only about 2 meters high from the ground!
I felt for my camera in my bag in a hurry, but unluckily he flew away :-(

Now it's a good period for bird-watching in Furano, because branches are still almost naked or have few leaves. And it won't be long before we hear cukoos which tell us the proper time for sowing seeds

Here, you can enjoy today's photos of Furano.
The great Daisetsu mountains are covered with new snow again!

Can you find a little bird at the top of a branch?

The cherries have come to bloom now in Furano :D