It’s been a while since my previous post. I haven’t have time to sort out my images and besides there was a 10 day long golden week holiday during which I didn’t have much time to go shooting.
Lately, my usual locations didn’t provide many interesting photographic possibilities so I visited some parks somewhat further away from my home. In one of the parks I found a flock of oriental reed warblers. My first encounter with this species was a somewhat funny episode: I walked pass a pond and heard some loud croaking. I looked around to see where the frogs were but since I could’t find any, I just continued walking. Later on the same day I passed the pond again and found some photographers trying to capture the frogs. I joined them and after a while, to my great surprise, I realized there were no frogs … but birds! I later checked my bird guide and found out that they were oriental reed warblers. In Tokyo, they mark the arrival of the summer.
I was also happy to find a narcissus flycatcher. It was a young male. For a long time I and other photographers could only hear it’s beautiful singing. I think it didn’t dare to come down as there were too many photographers and birders around trying to see at least a glimpse of it. With time many photographers apparently got tired of waiting and left the scene. Only when it got pretty quiet, it slowly came down and the few of us who were still around were lucky to see and capture it. I would have been happier if it let us a bit closer, though.
久しぶりのブログです。１０日間のゴルデンウィークもあって、写真の整理を大分怠っています。
最近いつものロケはあまり面白い者が見えていないため、家から少し離れた公園に行ってきました。オオヨシキリの群れに逢いました。初めてオオヨシキリの鳴き声を聞いた時、その持ち主はカエルだと勘違いして、そのまま通り過ぎてしまいました。再び同じ場所を通ったら、カエルを探し出したが、鳴き声の持ち主は鳥だとやっと分かりました。あの時と違って今回は迷わずに翅がある生き物だと分かったから、見つけることに苦労しませんでした。
オオヨシキリに加えてキビタキにも逢えました。カメラマンが大勢いたため、最初は綺麗な囀りしか聞こえなかったですが、次第カメラマンの数が減り、キビタキ君も姿を見せてくれました。
Oriental Reed Warbler・オオヨシキリ・ Acrocephalus orientalis
Oriental Reed Warbler・オオヨシキリ・ Acrocephalus orientalis
Oriental Reed Warbler・オオヨシキリ・ Acrocephalus orientalis
Oriental Reed Warbler・オオヨシキリ・ Acrocephalus orientalis
Narcissus Flycatcher・キビタキ・ Ficedula narcissina