飯豊連峰の山並みに故郷を重ねる

福島潟で越冬している白鳥が周辺の田圃に餌を求めて飛び立つ。低い山から最奥の大日岳まで重なるグラデーションも美しい。朝日が登りつつあるなか、白鳥たちのシルエットが幾度も通り過ぎる。福島潟の水面を飛び立った鳥たちがコーコーという鳴き声を上げ、三々五々山を背に飛ぶ様子は詩情溢れる光景だ。白鳥の飛翔は山に雪が降り始める少し前から3月末の北帰行まで見ることができる。ここは白鳥にとってシベリアやバインブルグなど故郷の風景に似ているのかもしれない。

Swans wintering in Fukushima Lagoon fly out to the surrounding rice fields in search of food. The gradation of the mountains, from the lowest to the highest, Dainichidake, is beautiful. As the morning sun rises, the silhouettes of swans pass by again and again. The birds, which have taken off from the surface of the Fukushima Lagoon, make a cooing sound as they fly from one mountain to another, a scene that is full of poetic sentiment. The swans can be seen flying from just before the snow begins to fall on the mountains until they return to the north at the end of March. This place may resemble the scenery of their hometowns in Siberia or Bineburg for the swans.

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©️photo by Nakamura Osamu