Bird Watching (3)




Most of the wild ducks in the pond have already migrated north.

Only a few people were out jogging or walking early in the morning, so Tonbo‑ike Park was very quiet. I was able to enjoy listening to the birds singing.

 

Hoojiro / Meadow Bunting


 

On my way back to the parking lot, I spotted a large, beautiful bird and followed it. But just as I pointed my camera at it, it disappeared.


Comments

  1. BrookMay 6, 2013, 9:07:00 PM

    Beautiful lake!
    I wanted to inform my daughter of the lake and checked where it is.
    I'm sorry it is a little bit too far from my daughter's palace to visit to enjoy jogging whenever she wants to.
    She used to be a jogger before she entered a university this April.
    She hasn't found any proper jogging course near her apartment yet.
    She lives in Ikeda City.

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  2. BrookMay 6, 2013, 9:19:00 PM

    Whoops!
    I mistyped “my daughter’s place” as “my daughter’s palace”.
    Anyway she is a pretty princess at least for her parents!
    Ha-ha!

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  3. F HiroshiMay 7, 2013, 10:39:00 AM

    Ikeda City where your princess is living is too far from this area where I live.
    So I don't know about the northern part of Osaka at all.

    I live in the southern part of Osaka. It's very convenient for my daughters to go to Kansai International Airport. It takes about 20 minutes through the express way.

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