投稿の詳細: 雉の夫婦です　A pair of pheasants

今朝本郷のワイン畑で草刈をしていて
ふと気づくと雉のつがいが草むらの
中を歩いて隣のりんご畑に歩いてゆく。

7,8メートルくらいの近さだ。通常この
位の距離だと、羽をばたつかせたりして
かけて逃げてゆくのだが、この2羽は
鷹揚だ。近くで止まるとやや此方に
気を配る様子ではあるが、逃げようとは
しない。

よく見るとりんごの根本にまかれた
藁の束に残っている米をつついている。
どうも朝食に出てきた様だ。人を近くに
見て驚かないのは、よほど人に慣れているか
腹をすかせているかのどちらかだろう。

知りあいのりんご畑で摘果の
お手伝いをしているときも
よく泣き声を聞く。
自然豊かな我が故郷です。

While I was mowing this morning,
I happened to notice a pair of pheasant
walking out of the bush towards the
neighboring apple orchard.

They were just 7 to 8 meters away from me.
Usually they flatter their wings and run
away if people were so close to them. But
these two birds were not afraid of me at
all. They seemed to pay attention to me
but they would not fly away.

They were eating rice left on the
stuck of straws. They may have come
out for breakfast. They were too
accustomed to people or otherwise
too hungry to dare to run away.

I often hear the voice of pheasant even
in other apple orchard near houses.
My home town is so full of mother
nature.