和名: メジロ, English: Japanese white-eye, Español: Anteojitos japones, Binomial name: Zosterops japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1847)
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Order: Passeriformes > Family: Zosteropidae > Genus: Zosterops > Species: Z. japonicus
冬、ヌルデの乾いた実を食べるメジロ, A Japanese white-eye eating dry fruits of Chinese sumac in winter.
2017年1月18日、こんぶくろ池自然博物公園を散歩した。小さい草原周辺の木の枝に2羽のメジロが飛んできて止まった。
On Jan. 18, 2017, I strolled in Konbukuro-Pond Natural History Park. Two Japanese white-eyes flew near and perched on the branch of the tree around the small grassy plain.
木には乾いた木の実がまだたくさん付いていた。この木はヌルデのようだ。メジロはその実を食べ始めた。メジロは乾いた実をそのまま飲み込んでいる様子だ。冬なので他に食料が少ないのだろう。 花に集まる甘党メジロのイメージとはかなり異なる野性味を感じる。
There were still many dry nuts on the tree. The tree will be the Chinese sumac. The Japanese white-eye started eating them. The white-eye seemed to swallow the dry nut as it is. Because it is winter, there are few other foods. I felt a wild taste of the white-eye which was quite different from the image of sweet tooth gathering in flowers.
(Konbukuro-Pond Natural History Park, Chiba, Japan, 10:17, Jan. 18, 2017, D810)