░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▓▓ ▓▓ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ⟣ ⛩ 日本旅行の記録 ⛩ ⟢ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ✎ ⛩ 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠 ⛩ ✍︎ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ 5.27.2026 >> still in the air; read part of ‘The Tao of Pooh’. 🛬 Narita airport. first vending machine bev: drinkable corn pottage in a tin bottle— was super hungry, it tasted amazing. 🚃&🚃 to Zushi, counted as many karasu (crows) as we could see. >> attempted to navigate with memory alone to aunt’s apartment; got a bit lost nearby but she happened to be walking by right as we were making our third wrong turn :) ⟣⟣time travel through sky⟢⟢ 5.26.2026 >> ride from kind brother to YVR; 🛫; moomin game & playdate on flight; ate Japanese baby food to tide over hunger; first attempt at hand-drawn pixel art on paper. 5.25.2026 >> getting ready to head to Vancouver, tomorrow morn flight to Japan! >> Turkish uber driver shared his home-roasted hazelnuts with us, they were delicious; maybe even worth missing the bus for! >> incredible, epic live folk/electronic music performance for a proper cap-off of @leaflitter‘s bird day. 5.21.2026 >> three-week journey around Japan with @leaflitter starting in five days ~ planning to log intermittently here on the spesh fish! ⏖⏖𓆜⏖𓆝⏖𓆞⏖⏖ ░░░░ ░░░░░░ ░░▓▓▓▓░░ ░░░▓▓▓▓░░░ onigiri ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▒▒ ▒▒ shinto tori Schedule as of May 25, 2026: May 27-28 Tokyo/Zushi/Kanagawa May 29 Tokoname (Aichi) May 30 Mie (Tsubaki Kaikan) May 31–June 1 Ise June 2 Shikoku Island June 3 Marugame (Kagawa) June 4 Kyoto June 5-6 Tenryukyo (Nagano) June 7-8 Tatsuno (Nagano) June 9-10 Togakushi (Nagano) June 11 Enoshima (Kanagawa) June 12-16 Zushi (Kanagawa) ▓▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ░ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒▓ ▒ ▒ ░ hello! ░ ░ ░ ▒ i'm wingy scruffhead. ▒ ░ _ ░ ▒ ⎛⦿⩥ ▒ ░ __⎛⎠_⎠__ ░ ░ ⎝="=__="=⎠ ░ ▒ ⎛⎛⎛⎠⎝⎛⎞⎛⎞⎞ ▒ ░ ⎠⎛‹●›‹●›⎞⎝ ░ ▒ ⎠⎠|❍ ⋅⋅ ❍|⎝⎝ ▒ ░ \ ⏝ / ░ ░ | ︺ | ░ ▒ ...⨼ ⦦... ▒ ░ ⎛:::⎝︿︿︿⎠::::⎞ ░ ▒ ▒ ░ some things i often am: ░ ░ ░ ▒ ⟿ bird-musician ♫ ▒ ░ ⤑ habitual doodler ✎ ░ ▒ ⤳ creative prob-solver ✂︎ ▒ ░ ↝ lichen-looker ⚘ ░ ░ ↣ food-&-tea savourer ☕︎ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ░ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒▓ ✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐ ✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ᙏᗅiᒫbox ⚘ 𝔐𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔟𝔬𝔵 ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓░░▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓░░▒ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓░░░░▓▒▒▒▒▓░░░░▒ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓░░░░░▓▒▒▓░░░░░▒ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓░░░░░░▓▓░░░░░░▒ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐✎✎✐✐ ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ #feac84 from jeffy: "in response to your request for bird stories - the other day I saw two crows standing in a gravel lot, and one looked like it was pulling a worm out of the ground. But on a closer look, its beak wasn't touching the gravel; it was more like an exaggerated pantomime of the motion. Beak opens, head lowers, beak closes, head lifts, repeat. The other crow was standing a foot to the right, watching. I wondered if maybe it was a parent teaching a new skill. That's their secret to know :)" #014169 from jakewelch: "I have an American Robin mother in the tree outside my window who's built her nest. We're anxiously awaiting for her little blue eggs to appear. A month or so ago, we saw a Red Tailed Hawk in Prospect Park standing on the ground in some brush. We watched for a while and realized it had something under it's talons. Suddenly it took flight with a squirrel hanging below. It was quite the sight!" ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ 5.11.2026 oh my goodness, @jeffy i just noticed your crow observation-- what a neat and ౾~mysterious~౾ thing to behold! i've watched a field of crows after the rain pulling up worms, but not to eat-- they were seemingly just playing a game! they'd pull a worm up, then jump straight upwards as if startled, and then pick up the worm, fling it aside, search for the next one, and repeat. 𓄿 𓅀 𓄿 i have endless questions for the crows... most recently i've been watching them scraping up what i thought were chestnut blossoms (but maybe it's those flat tree-seeds that have been everywhere lately--which tree are they from?), anyway they're scraping them off of the road, side-beak style, with a seemingly full crop, ready to feed babies. strange that they seem to prefer eating the car-smooshed ones instead of fresh, but now that i think about it, maybe it's 'cause it's easier to access the seed after being run over...? i watched one doing this for 5 mins yesterday, being side-eyed by crow but continued about its mysterious business. crows, pls explain. 5.10.2026 @jakewelch thanks for the great bird observations! good catch, red-tail! any eggs yet in the robin's nest? ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𓅰 𓅬 𓅭 𓅮 𓅷 𓅯 𓅭 𓅬 𓅰 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𝓳𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔞𝓵 𝔃𝔬𝔫𝔢 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𓆜 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆜 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆜 𓆝 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 4.5.2026 #92917a birds i saw 𖥶 and/or heard ♪ today: #fca060 ♪𖥶 american robin #916152 ♪𖥶 bewick’s wren #b54e3c ♪𖥶 house finch #3d211f ♪𖥶 juvenile towhee #d3b224 ♪𖥶 golden-crowned kinglet #d7207d ♪𖥶 anna’s hummingbird #aa9fa2 ♪𖥶 bushtit #120f22 ♪𖥶 american crow #eadbd3 ♪𖥶 glaucous winged gull #181716 ♪ common raven #806151 ♪ dark-eyed junco #2c2c2d ♪ european starling #4e9cbe ♪ peacock #d99c4e ♪ rufous hummingbird #bd9a33 ♪ golden-crowned sparrow ★ today’s highlight ★ bushtits! i watched a pair building their soft, sock-like nest only about 15 paces from our front door!! eeee my heart melted with love for them ♥︎ 🧦🐦 ♥︎ i hope they have many wee ones that learn to eat and grow and chirp in their cozy, mossy sock. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚 ⩻ question of the day ⩼ i wonder if bushtit bbs just poop in their nest, or do they make fecal sacs like cavity nesters, since they have an enclosed nest? hmm! i must learn more...* *answer: indeed, bushtit nestlings are in the fecal-sac crew! so tidy. if only human babies could evolve to have such an ingenious system..! other creatures: black-tailed deer european wall lizard house fly bee-fly (bombilius major!) american sand-wasp? leggy ▓▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▓ ☞ ⤞why am i here?⤝ ☜ while inspecting a pile of @leaflitter, a little leggy-fish-bird skittered out and invited me to join their special fish party. how could i refuse? here are a couple of my special new leggy fish-like friends (and others): ︿︿⌠ ৲ o°˚ ⩘ ⫸⊂{⊂{⦿≺ -{hi!} ⫸{(⦿3 >●}}< ⦦⊂{⊂/ °˚o ˇ ` ⎩ ⎩ ৲৲ ° ∝ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ⫸{((⦿3 ″ ° ❍ ∝ ৲৲৲৲_⩘ ∝ o ⫸⊂{⊂{⊂{⦿≺ -{i spesh?} ৲৲ ° ˘⎩˙⎩˘ }{{●≺ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ″ 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 𓆉 notable update logs 𓆉 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 2.22.2026 >> became a special fish! 3.08.2026 >> added s'more ascii spesh fish 3.10.2026 >> added some "lists" for the first time 3.24.2026 >> playing around with these ░▒▓ things 3.25.2026 >> testing new mailbox-zone 4.05.2026 >> creating a journal-zone 5.01.2026 >> prompt: anyone have a good bird story they recently experienced or heard? 5.21.2026 >> created Japan trip log zone