The past week the weather has been very gloomy, cold, cloudy and drizzling on and off. I don’t remember seeing the sun at all. I have been out in the mornings in the nearby park but haven’t come home with any great captures.
Despite of the weather the Japanese sparrowhawks keep on their daily business: taking turns in attending their nest and finding food, chasing away intruders to their territory, preening their feathers and so on.
In addition to chasing away crows, the sparrowhawks sometimes grow irritated by Oriental Magpies coming too close to their nest and chase them away, too. Once, very high in the sky, I saw the male sparrowhawk fighting with another bird, that a senior birder recognized as Grey-faced Buzzard.
この１週間どんよりとした天気が続いています。寒くて、暗くて、雨が降ったり止んだりしています。朝の散歩に出かけていますが、写真の収穫はそれほどありません。
ツミのカップルは相変わらず確認出来ています。交代で抱卵したり、狩りに行ったり、毛づくろいしたり、縄張りに侵入するものを追いかけたりしています。
カラスだけではなく、巣の近くに来るオナガまでいらついて、追いかけます。一度オズのツミは空高く別の鳥と戦っているのを撮りました。先輩のカメラマンに相手はサシバだと教えてもらいました。
Japanese Sparrowhawk, female・ツミ、メス
Japanese Sparrowhawk, female・ツミ、メス
Japanese Sparrowhawk, female・ツミ、メス
Japanese Sparrowhawk, female・ツミ、メス
Oriental magpie・オナガ
Oriental magpie・オナガ
Japanese sparrowhawk, male・ツミ、オス
Japanese sparrowhawk, male・ツミ、オス
Japanese sparrowhawk, male・ツミ、オス
Japanese sparrowhawk ＆ Grey-faced buzzard・ツミ＆サシバ