Oh, the wildlife

So while in Kokoen in Himeji, we encountered some of the wild life.  At first, we thought we were looking at a hummingbird, but upon closer inspection:

*Not our picture.  The ones we took ended up like images you might see on Monster Quest.

While we only saw about 6, here’s what a whole bunch of them can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTrSOFyfxs (!)