Notes:
striated heron ササゴイ;
speak of the devil! 《諺》 うわさをすれば影(がさす);
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The weather was great last Sunday, and I went for a walk beside the Shonai River with some other birdwatchers. I had done this walk several times before, but I had never seen a striated heron. They were surprised because this is a good place to see this bird. They said that birdwatchers come all the way from Osaka just to take pictures of striated herons at the Fujimae Tidal Flats. Well, speak of the devil! There was a striated heron on some rocks in the river. I got within 20 meters of it and took more than 50 pictures! (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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