Field Notes: March 13 , 2025 Location: Sagano Bamboo Grove, Kyoto Prefecture Encounter Summary: At midday, under the filtered jade canopy of Sagano, we encountered Volucris flammea, known in local lore as the Emberwing Bloomkin. Perched motionless on a bent cedar limb, its form was convincingly botanical—deep crimson sepals tightly wrapped like a tropical banana flower, glossy and still as lacquer. It held this bud-like pose as we approached, luring us with its uncanny stillness. But the moment