Zosterops japonicus is the white-eye native to Japan, and known as mejiro. I noticed a pair of them coming to this tree to take the berries, along with a pair of bigger birds, during one of my lessons. So afterwards, I went out onto the balcony with my camera and was lucky that the pair had come back to the tree.
A big crop and lots of sharpening. There was one shot of him with a berry in his beak, but there were too many twigs in the way.
There are often pictures of these birds in photo competitions in Japan, and they have long been a subject in Japanese art.
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What a cool-looking bird! The red berries and white branches are a nice setting for him. That white eyering just grabs my eye and pulls me into the image.
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