Discuss.

It is very true that too much bird watching is a dangerous thing. Obsessive attention to detail of beak shape – wing tip color – flight behavior – song – tends to obviate the surrounding loveliness. Not so yesterday when I spent an afternoon at Zakimi Sho trying to spot and photograph the Japanese Sparrow Hawk. I had been tipped off  by elderly Okinawan gentleman that a pair nested in a certain tree where there was certainly a nest. It looked kinda abandoned. I found the best observation spot – set up tripod and camera and waited.

Big Red chews the cud

I watched this stone grow

I sat and waited and watched and listened. Nothing very much happened.

These were above my head

These were to one side

Throughout the afternoon Okinawan families and couples wandered up to visit the Castle. There was no shouting – no loud voices – no music. The serenity was only broken by children laughing.

A passer-by

Never saw the bird.