Smith Point Hawk Watch Tower
A book to enjoy hawk watch was finally published last week, witch has some of my illustrations in it.
Last year, I visited several hawk watch points in Japan for that book and I loved the hawk watch style birdwatching; sitting at the same place and watching the sky. So in Texas. I ask my host mother's birder friend to take me to Smith Point.
□■□宣伝 □■□
「タカの渡りを楽しむ本（BIRDER SPECIAL）」 久野公啓著 文一総合出版 2520円
白樺峠、伊良湖岬、武山でタカの渡りを観察したときの体験記やタカ見グッズの絵などの挿絵をわたしが描かせてもらいました。大きな書店ででものぞいてみてください。
はーい。手元にありますよー
ReplyDeleteこっちで観察している真っ黒に日焼けした仲間達もみんな持ってまーす。
Tingちゃんの挿絵も満載。今度の本は新しい写真も満載でした。
まじですか！それはほしいです！
ReplyDelete白樺峠、今年は行きませんでした。
こっから行くととても近いんですが、忙しくて無理でした・・・。
お返事がいつも遅くなってすみません。
ReplyDeleteらー子さま、
宣伝、ありがとうございます！！見つけてくださり、うれしかったです～
写真はy本当に見ごたえがありますよね。
ますださん、
ぜひ大きな本屋でのぞいてみてください。
白樺峠は、松本からなら十分に通える距離ですよね。うらやましいです。
わたしも、今年は忙しくぜんぜんタカを見に行かれませんでした。9月末から10月という後期授業が始まる忙しい時期に渡らなくてもーーなんてタカに文句を言っても仕方ないですね（笑）
Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteIt was sorry to not greet you in Annual meeting OSJ.
You watch birds in all over the world. I don’t know foreign birds at all.
This weekend, I will go to watch seabirds on a chartered fishing boat!
So I want a digital single lens reflex camera to take a photograph of seabirds, but it is very expensive for me. I am thinking now about it…
(Is this correct???)
Dear Sanderling_2005,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment in English!!
It sounds really fun to go birding on a fishing boat! I'm looking forward to reading your article and seeing your photos about the trip on your blog.
Hello Ting,
ReplyDeleteThe eye of Hurricane Ike, the strongest part of a hurricane, passed over Smith Point. Most of the small community on the point was leveled. It is likely the mottes (oak tree woods) we birded were poisoned from the salt water storm surge and will likely die. There was a pile of debris 6-8 feet high (2.5 meters) surrounding the tower but it was still standing!
Damien
"Host mother's birder friend"
Kingwood, TX
Dear DC,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment. I'm really surprised and really really happy!!
The damage on the woods sounds serious. If the tower is buried that much, it's no longer a tower...?
The main structure of the tower is still standing. The big challenge will be hauling away all the debris. When that's complete they'll check that the tower is structurally sound and, hopefully, Smith Point hawkwatch will returned to "normal."
ReplyDeleteDamien
Dear DC,
ReplyDeleteI hope the sturdy structure of the tower is strong enough and that I can visit there next time!
It must be very frustrating for those howk watch researcher not to be able to use the tower this season.