A few images of some of the seabirds I was able to get reasonable photos of.
Tag: japanese calligraphy
Semipalmated Plover, North America’s Chidori
Many years ago when I was stationed in Japan I heard a koto musician play a piece called “Chidori,” which means plover in Japanese. The story behind this haunting music is of a Samurai walkinghis guardpost on a castle wall….at dawn he sees a lone plover on the shore and feels a kinship with the […]