Change of my shooting gear,撮影機材変更

I am going to have changed my photo shooting gears of the current system due to my aging.

As I got heart operation in April last year, after that, the physical strength dropped further than before the operation, so it made me difficult to carry gears with 8 kg on my shoulder.

In addition, those who the elderly I know had been already using these gears.

New gears that I already have ordered are :

Camera : Sony α 9,full size / 24.20 megapixel digital ,673 g

               Lens : Sony FE 200-600 F 5.6-6.3 / 2115 g

However, it takes one month to get them.

Short-eared owl、コミミズク

This is second installment for this subject.

Four owls came over in paddies in my city this winter. Due to the small number of owls that migrate to Japan this winter, many bird enthusiasts have visited taking photos here.

The news of this was published two in which Japan's three largest newspapers.

Daurian redstart, female ；ジョウビタキメス

When I was taking a picture of Daurian redstart in the garden of the restaurant this morning, three young ladies wearing a long-sleeved kimono showed up.

Oh,that is so, I remembered immediately that tomorrow is the national holiday of the Coming-of-Age Day.

All three are college students, but two of them work part-time here.

Coming-of Age Day(January 13): day for congratulating those who have reached their majority 

 and are now ready to make their own way in the world.each city,town and village holds a congratulatory ceremony for those who come of age    in that particular year.　The origin of the coming-of-age ：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpuku

Short-eared Owl

I will start 2020 with Short-eared owl upload.

Owls have appeared in my city for the first time in eight years. The two large typhoons of last year killed the owl feed on the riverbed, and it is thought that they came to the countryside in the city which was not affected by the typhoon. A friend said that the photographer’s car to take owl  had reached 150 cars.

 A friend said that the photographer’s car to take owl  had reached 150 cars. 

 About 250 photographer who came to take photo the oriental stork, December 26th in 2004. ⇊

An Oriental stork came over to Abiko city via Kesennuma city in 

Japan from China December 24th in 2004.