Grasses and herbs are growing rapidly. Now snow is reduced to small patches in shady areas. A Grey Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) is walking between the passing winter and the approaching spring. To me, April in Hokkaido is really an undefined season. It is not exactly winter, nor full-fledged spring. It is really somewhere in between. Transient birds are traveling northward hurriedly. To them, this season is neither winter nor spring. True spring awaits them in their homeland in Siberia. To the birds intending to breed here, this is the period during which they do a lot of waiting for the right weather and regaining the strength for breeding.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Grey Starling
Grasses and herbs are growing rapidly. Now snow is reduced to small patches in shady areas. A Grey Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) is walking between the passing winter and the approaching spring. To me, April in Hokkaido is really an undefined season. It is not exactly winter, nor full-fledged spring. It is really somewhere in between. Transient birds are traveling northward hurriedly. To them, this season is neither winter nor spring. True spring awaits them in their homeland in Siberia. To the birds intending to breed here, this is the period during which they do a lot of waiting for the right weather and regaining the strength for breeding.
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