Oct. 21, 2013

When I was working as a clerk in a company, I stayed in the office most of the time.  I was always busy preparing different documents which made my eyes really tired. Beacuse of that, I decided to try something different on weekends.  I began watching wildbirds and this kept me relaxed and made my eyes feel better too.

I rode my bike and visited a park nearby to get relaxed.  I felt comfortable surrounded by trees.  The green color eased my eyes.  It was wonderful because I was able to forget about my work and feel mother nature.  

While I was staying in the park,  I found different kinds of birds.  I observed them and I was eager to find their names.  I wondered that some of them might be migratory birds, so I am curious where they could be coming from, and where are they going next.


And what kind of food do they eat?  Do they eat nuts, small insects or worms?  Are they hervious or carnivious?  Do they move in a group or alone?  That was the way I began this hobby.

Winter is the best season to watch wild birds as we can find many types during the season.  It's cold early in the morning, but we can find more birds in the daybreak because they start moving from place to place to searching for something to eat at that time.

Sometimes I'm freezing when I wake up at around 7:00 a.m., so I warm myself by drinking hot coffee in the morning.  The day break is 6:30 a.m. at this time of the year, November.  I think it's a bit early early for me to go for walk before 7 o'clock. 

In fact, I walk about 30 minutes at around 10 a.m. these days, and find 5 or 6 kinds of birds at best.  But yesterday, I had some other errands outside beore 8:00 a.m.  I was lucky because of being able to find as many as 10 types at that time.  Maybe it's better to try to start walking around 8:00 or 8:30 a.m.  It will make me feel lucky to find more birds.

I also would like to find their scientific names in my birds' book later.------------------------------------------------------

I walked to a pond in my neiborhood this morning.

I came back home at 10:10 a.m. to be ready for our lesson starting at 10:30 a.m.

I still had some minutes, I wrote a short strory what I saw this morning.

I saw three male ducks named Kogamo, Anas crecca,  in the pond.

I found five of them when I walked there last Saturday. 

I wondered where the other two went.

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