19 December 2015

In Search of Birds of Prey

ひょんなことから、利根川沿いに猛禽ウォッチングに連れて行ってもらった。種ごとの性格や仕草を知り尽くしている人と見るととても勉強になる。特定の種、特定の個体を何度も何度も観察していると、ちょっとした動きから感情が見えてくるようになるらしい!




ハヤブサがオオバンを食べているところに遭遇した。飛び去ったあとに見てみたら、オオバンが2個体死んでいた。けっこう獲りやすいのかもしれない。



A peregrine was plucking a coot.  When Slaty-backed Gull came and circled above him, he was annoyed and decided that he had enough for a meal.  He flew away.  



We also saw Merlins!  When I see a Merlin, I can not help but imagining a charming wizard, living backwards in time, from The Once and Future King!   



チュウヒのねぐら入り。
We watched harriers roosting from the car.  Flat landscape and the red round sun reminded me of East Anglia.  I wished there was a hide and we were watching from it, like the one in Woodwalten Fen, perhaps.  It's so much nicer somehow.  Especially after everything finishes, having to walk back to the car through the marsh or along the bank in darkness makes the experience somewhat more special.  

Sさん、本当にありがとうございました!

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