Happy birding in Akashi Park

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Date: One day in January, 2022

Location: Akashi Park, Akashi City

On a sunny day in January, I visited Akashi Park. Akashi Park is well known for Akashi Castle and is also famous for its cherry blossoms. It is also famous for its many wild birds, and I was hoping to see Kingfisher and Red-flanked Bluetail.

I arrived at Akashi Park at 7:30 a.m. and headed for the Sakurabori pond, where Kingfishers were said to be. As I expected, I saw a Kingfisher. It was slightly cloudy, but I was able to enjoy taking pictures for a while.

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After that, I went into the woods and heard the call of a Red-flanked Bluetail. Lured by the call, I went over and was lucky enough to see a juvenile male bird. He was not afraid of me and allowed me to take many pictures.

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After that, I was able to take pictures of Japanese White-eye, Daurian Redstart, Japanese Bush Warbler, and many other water birds.

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I was very satisfied with my day.

camera: fujifilm xs10

lens: fujifilm xf 70-300mm f4-5.6 + xf1.4x

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場所：明石公園
野鳥：ジョウビタキ、ルリビタキ、カワセミ、メジロ、ヤマガラ、シジュウカラ、ウグイス、シロハラ、マガモ、ユリカモメ、ゴイサギ、アオサギ

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