現地時間2026年1月22日（木）、午前11時ごろに起きた。午後、散歩した。
バンクーバーのある公園で、様々な鳥に出会った。その中で特に印象に残った鳥が、2種類ある。
1つは、オオハシシギと思しき鳥。同じ種類らしき、数十羽の鳥が湖畔に集まり、干潟や水中にくちばしを突っ込んでいた。
もう1つはクリイロコガラ。コガラの仲間はよく見かけるものの、それらと、今日出会ったクリイロコガラは一味違う。クリイロコガラという名前が示す通り、背中に茶色い部分があった。
On Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, I got up around 11:00 a.m. PST and went out in the afternoon.
While walking around a park in Metro Vancouver, I spotted various types of birds. Two species in particular stood out to me.
One of them might have been a long-billed dowitcher, which I had never seen before. Tens of birds, likely of the same species, were gathered along the lakeshore, plunging their bills into the mudflats or the water.
The other was a chestnut-backed chickadee, which happened to perch on a tree right next to me. I do not usually pay much attention to chickadees, but the one I saw today was different from those I normally encounter, as it had a brown patch on its back, just as its name suggests.