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チョウゲンボウとホシムクドリ / Common Kestrel and Common Starling
It was raining this morning, but it stopped in the afternoon, so I went out to try again to find Eurasian Bittern. The wind was strong, perhaps bordering on cold air.
On the way, I spotted a Common Kestrel, which was hovering almost without flapping its wings in the strong wind. The thick vertical pattern on its breast suggested that it was a juvenile.
![A Common Kestrel hovering](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0009.jpg)
![A Common Kestrel standing on the ground with its wings spread](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0001.jpg)
![A Common Kestrel swoops down.](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0018.jpg)
![A Common Kestrel swoops down.](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0019.jpg)
There were Common Starlings in the pasture grass. I don’t like electric wire shots, but this close might not be so bad.
![Three Common Starlings perched on an electric wire against a blue sky](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0078.jpg)
![Closeup of a Common Starling perching on an electric wire](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0097.jpg)
![Two Common Starlings walking in the grass](https://narakiphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221113-DSC_0109.jpg)
And it was raining at Kirara-hama when I arrived there, taking a detour. And again I could not find Eurasian Bittern!