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近場の散策 / Walk in a neighborhood
Birds taken at Forest Park.
Taken with the usual combination of Nikon D500 + AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR. The more I use it, the more I like it, and I can’t live without it. I would like to have 500mm f/4 or other gigantic supertelephoto system, but I don’t think I would have taken it out this far. I also like that it is less intimidating to walk around with it hanging in the park. Just my personal feeling.
Long-tailed tit. I tried to choose a colorful background, but the colors were not very bright.
![エナガ / Long-tailed tit](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200322-20200322-DSC_0097-2.jpg)
![エナガ / Long-tailed tit](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200322-20200322-DSC_0099-3.jpg)
A brown-eared bulbul whose face has turned yellow with pollen. It seems to like the nectar of the camellia. It’s humorous, like a child with a face sticky with food.
![花粉で顔が黄色いヒヨドリ / A brown-eared bulbul with yellow face covered with pollen](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200322-DSC_0387.jpg)
Not very photogenic, but an example of a well-behaved brown-eared bulbul with only the tip of its bill yellow.
![嘴の先が黄色いヒヨドリ / A brown-eared bulbul whose tip of bill is yellow](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200322-20200322-DSC_0231-2.jpg)
It’s a common bird in Japan, but it’s only found in Japan and Korea, so it’s apparently rare for overseas enthusiasts.
I was able to get relatively close to the bird as it was engrossed in licking nectar from a flower.
![桜の蜜をなめるヒヨドリ / A brown-eared bulbul sipping cherry nectar](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200404-20200404-DSC_0442.jpg)
![桜の蜜をなめるヒヨドリ / A brown-eared bulbul sipping cherry nectar](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200404-20200404-DSC_0444-3.jpg)
![樹上のヒヨドリ / A brown-eared bulbul on a branch](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200411-20200411-DSC_0647.jpg)
Pale thrush. As I wrote in a previous post, this is a bird that somehow interests me even though it is humble appearance. Although I see them here and there in winter, I can’t get close to them unexpectedly. This individual is clearly not very cautious. It seems that a radius of a few dozen meters is its usual territory, and even if I go to the same place on a different day, it still appears nearby.
![シロハラ / Pale thrush](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200404-20200404-DSC_0551.jpg)
![木の蔭から覗くシロハラ / A pale thrush appeared from behind a tree](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200404-DSC_0579-2.jpg)
I was photographing an oriental turtle dove behind a bush, and our eyes met.
![キジバト / Oriental turtle dove](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200322-20200322-DSC_0360-2.jpg)