現地時間2024年6月30日（日）、午前12時半に起きた。14時半ごろに家を出て、「ジョン・ヘンドリー・パーク」という公園を訪れた。
公園の中央にはトラウト湖がある。湖と言っても意外と小さく、面積は東京の不忍池よりも小さいように感じた。
2羽の黒い鳥が岸を歩いていた。白い嘴を持つこの鳥はアメリカオオバンだ。冬の屋久島でたびたび目にしたオオバンとよく似ている。
この公園では、黄色い小鳥も見かけた。オウゴンヒワという名前をもつ。これまた屋久島で見た鳥と比べると、雄のキビタキに負けないくらい派手だった。
On Sunday, June 30th, 2024, I got up at 12:30 p.m. PST and left my house around 2:30 p.m. to walk in John Hendry Park, which is located in suburban Vancouver.
There is Trout Lake in the central part of the park. The area of the lake was smaller than I had expected, maybe smaller than Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo, Japan.
Two black birds with white bills were walking along the coast of the lake. They were American Coots, which were similar to Eurasian Coots, which I had usually seen in winter on Yakushima Island, Japan.
A yellow bird, American Goldfinch, also caught my eye. It was as flashy as a Narcissus Flycatcher, which I had seen on Yakushima Island.