＃３７ Red-flaｎked Bluetail （Ruribitaki)

This is my #37th artwork of "Red-flanked Bluetail (Ruribitaki).

The Red-flanked Bluetail nests near the ground, laying 3-5 eggs

which are incubated by the female.

It is slightly larger in size than European Robin. As the name implies both

sexes have the blue tail and red flanks. The male adult mail has dark blue

upperpart and white underparts. Females are plain brown above and have

dusky breast.

#36 Bottlenose Dolphin (Bandou Iruka)

This is my thrity-six artwork of "Bottlenose Dolphin (Bandou Iruka).

Bottlenose dolphins live in group typically 15 members, called pods, but

group size varies from single individuals up to more than 1,000.

Dolphins often work as a team to harvest fish schools, but they also hunt

individually. Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which

is similar to sonar.

#35 Humpback Whale (Zatou Kujira)

This is my thrity-five artwork of "Humpback Whale" (Zatou Kujira).

The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusual long pectoral

fins and knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and

slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song. which lasts

10 to 20 minutes and repeated for hours at a time.

The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a

role in mating.

#34 Largemouth Bass (Blackbass in Japanese)

This is my thirty-four artwork of Largemouth Bass (Black Bass).

The largemouth bass is an olive green fish, marked by a series of dark, sometimes
black blotches forming a jagged horizontal stripe along each flank. The upper jaw of
a largemouth bass extends beyond the margin of the orbit. The largemouth is the
largest of the black basses, reaching the maxium recorded overall length of 29.5cm
and the maxium recorded overall weitht of 11.4 Kg. The fish lives 16 years on average.

#33 Akashobin (Gift to Mrs. Hou Yie for Chinese New Year

This is the gift bird for my Chinese Sister, Hou Yie. You may observe "Happyness"
Kanji on the basement. It is said that lots of happyness will come to the family if you
decorate "福" upside-down as shown above.

#32 Japanese Murrelet (Kamuri Umi Suzume)

This is my thirty-three Birdcarving work of Japanese Murrelet (Kanmuri Umi Suzume).

The Japanese Murrelet, also known as Crested Murrelet, is a small bird that inhabits
rocky islets and reefs in the warm waters of Japan, Russia, and Korea. It has black and
bluish grey upper body and white underparts plumage.

In 1975, this species was designated a natural tresure by Japanese government.