昨日は一日中雨だったので、雨上がりの今朝 スズメたちのためにエサを出してから早朝散歩に出ました。餌台（植木鉢の受け皿）にシードを撒いてから、種の入った筒とフタをカンカン鳴らすとスズメたちがほどなく集まってきます。
でも散歩から帰って私たちを出迎えたのは、ハトでした。今日は１羽だけ。いつもは２羽でやってきてスズメたちを追い払ったら、うずくまるようにしてシードを食べ始めるので、スズメ贔屓の私には、ウーンという訪問者です。最初だけ私と目を合わせますが、
It rained all day yesterday - not a nice day for wild birds to find food. So, this morning, I put out some seeds for sparrows before we went out for our early morning walk. When I make rattling noises with the seed container and its lid, sparrows know that there is food on the table.
However, when we came home from our walk, we were greeted by a pigeon. A solitary pigeon - usually, they come in pairs. Pigeons chase away sparrows from the seed table, and they crouch down to eat, leaving no space for little birds. Pigeons that come to my garden are not shy. As usual, this one looked me in the eye only at first, but then
continued eating the seeds as if I was not there.
冬は１羽で行動するのか、丸まった背中を見ると哀愁だだよう雰囲気なので、そっとしておきました。
Did it come alone since it is not a nesting season? It looked lonely and pitiful with its hunched back, so I did not disturb it.
