Every year I look forward to the cherry blossom season and every year I find myself not having time to photograph it as it coincides with my son’s spring holiday. Therefore, rather than going out with my camera, I played tennis and badminton with my son and did some traveling with my family.
My son’s holiday is now over and today I decided to go to Shinobazunoike park in central Tokyo to see if there are any blossoms left. Unfortunately, the cherry blossoms were pretty much over, at least the most common someiyoshino type so I abandoned the idea of capturing the blossoms and decided to photograph birds.
Shinobazunoike is home to many water fowl: gulls, ducks, herons and egrets and many more. Today, I photographed mainly the herons and egrets. I was lucky enough to witness a fiercefull fight between two great egrets. It all started when one of the birds landed close to the other. The first one immediately started walking towards the newcomer in the shallow pond. The newcomer started walking, too and the birds were staring each other intensely. Soon they were in the air kicking and attacking each other with their long beaks. Even though it was a serious fight they still looked elegant with their beautiful white feathers and long legs and beaks. I couldn’t figure out which one was the winner as both of them flew away from the scene.
毎年桜の季節を楽しみしていますが、毎年写真が少ないままで終わってしまう傾向があります。息子の春休みのため、なかなかの一人で出かけられないからです。
夏休みが今日で終わり、私はカメラを持って不忍池に行ってきました。案の定桜はもう散ってしまったため、野鳥を撮ることにしました。
水鳥が多い不忍池ですが、今日はサギを中心に撮っていました。運良くダイサギ同士の激しいケンカを見れました。一羽のダイサギの近くにもう一羽が着陸してしまい、直ぐにケンカに発展してしまうのは明らかでした。お互いを睨みながら、お互いの方向にゆっくり歩き始めました。次の瞬間、二羽は飛び出し、お互いを長い足で蹴ったり、嘴で攻撃したりしました。激しいバトルにもかかわらず、優雅な動きに感動しました。決着が付く事なく、二羽はその場を離れました。
Great Egrets ダイサギ
Great Egrets ダイサギ
Great Egret ダイサギ
Gray Heron アオサギ