現地時間2024年6月15日（土）、午前10時半に起きた。15時に家を出て、バンクーバー市の隣にあるバーナビー市を訪れた。賃貸住宅を見学するためだ。残念ながら、私に合う物件ではないことが内見で分かった。
内見後、物件の近くを散歩した。場所はバーナビー湖。水辺の近くに歩道がのびている風景を想像していたが、実際は違った。湖と遊歩道の間に、森が広がっており、水が見えるのは一部の地点だけだった。
様々な鳥が森で鳴いていた。実際、色々な鳥を見ることができた。例えば、ウタスズメ、ハゴロモガラス、コウウチョウだ。アメリカオシらしき鳥も目撃した。
私が驚いたのは、ハゴロモガラスについて。雄は黒い体とオレンジ色の羽が特徴的だが、雌は茶色い地味な体で、全く違う見た目をしていた。
On Saturday, June 15th, 2024, I got up at 10:30 a.m. PST and left my house at 3:00 p.m. to head to Burnaby, a city next to Vancouver. I privately previewed a house in Burnaby, but didn’t care for it.
After previewing the house, I visited Burnaby Lake. Before walking around the lake, I had imagined a pathway close to the water, but Burnaby Lake was different from what I had expected. There were large forests between the lake and the pathway, so I could only see the water at certain points.
Several kinds of birds were singing in the park. In fact, I encountered many species that I had never seen before, such as Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, and possibly a Wood Duck.
One of the most surprising things was the huge difference between male and female Red-winged Blackbirds. While the male is identified by its black body and orange wings, the female is mostly brown.