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鷹の渡り / Hawk migration
The other day, several juvenile Black-crowned Night Herons were seen in the Saba River, so I stopped by again to look for them.
I carefully searched the bushes on the opposite bank, and there they were.
This area has a wide sandbar running through it, and the distance to the other bank is very close. I was able to get quite close to the bird, hiding behind the grass, as if it was not very cautious. It is a pity that there is branch cover.
![ゴイサギ幼鳥 / Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0840.jpg)
Some birds like to perch on top of the solar panels, perhaps because there are no blind spots at eye level. In the winter, there were even a couple of Eastern Marsh Harriers perching like that. When solar panels are so covered, I have no choice but to treat them as a part of the landscape.
![アオサギ / Grey Heron](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0913.jpg)
A Great Egret with the surface of the water in the background. I like the blurriness of the backlit water surface.
![ダイサギ / Great Egret](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0981.jpg)
Well, I came to the mountain of my goal. I don’t know if it’s just the beginning, but we ended the day with about 120 birds counted by about 2 p.m. It’s mid-September, but still hot! I am still getting used to identifying them in the field, but it appears that the majority were Honey Buzzard. It was a rather exciting day of conversation with fellow birders, who I had not seen again for a long time after mid-summer.
![ハチクマ / Honey Buzzard](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0013.jpg)
![ハチクマ / Honey Buzzard](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0059.jpg)
A male Honey Buzzard flew in from the front. I always like to take pictures at such a distance that if I take a picture of his face, his wings will be blurred.
![ハチクマ / Honey Buzzard](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0018.jpg)
![ハチクマ / Honey Buzzard](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0023.jpg)
![飛行機 / Airplane](https://xs993577.xsrv.jp/test/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220917-DSC_0092.jpg)