現地時間2024年10月7日（月）、午前7時ごろに起きた。17時に家を出て、弓道の練習へ向かった。
練習前、クイーンエリザベスパークを訪れた。1か月前に花を咲かせていたネムノキには、もう花の姿はなく、細長い実がなり始めていた。
公園の近くで、小鳥を見つけた。頭が茶色で、腹は白かった。初めて見る特徴の鳥だ。
恐らくキヅタアメリカムシクイだと思う。実は、4月にも同じ種類の鳥をバンクーバーで目撃している。ただし、体の色は違った。この鳥は年齢や性別によって、色が違うらしい。
On Monday, October 7th, 2024, I got up around 7:00 a.m. PST and left my house at 5:00 p.m. to go to Japanese archery practice.
Before that, I visited Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. The flowers of a Persian Silk Tree in the park, which had bloomed one month ago, had disappeared, and a long fruit had appeared.
Near the park, I found a small bird with a brown head and a white belly. I didn’t remember seeing a bird with these colors before.
It might have been a Yellow-rumped Warbler. In fact, I had already seen the same species here in April. The body color of the bird I found today was different from the one I saw in April, probably because the former was younger than the latter. However, the difference in color could also have been due to gender differences.