Late leaf fall and a flock of crows
The sun is setting and the lights are on in the shops in "Johsaien", near Kumamoto Castle .
This place, which is usually bustling with foreign tourists, began to thin out as darkness fell.
It seemed the last customers had just left.
Just before dusk, when we went to the ginkgo tree on the east side of Johsaien, a carpet of fallen leaves had finally formed.
We wrote "finally" because this photo was taken on December 23rd.
Has it ever happened that late for all the ginkgo leaves to fall?
I don't remember much about it.
I took a photo of this late leaf fall as a record.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/62AUFg1XaLZ8vg9w6
As We walked from Josaien to Ninomaru Park at Kumamoto Castle, We saw crows gathering around a large tree at the entrance to the Ninomaru parking lot.
The next moment, a flock of crows that had been resting on the branches of a tree took off.
We were surprised. The photo below was taken by chance.
Not only did we, but the tourists walking nearby all exclaimed in surprise.
It was the first time in my life that I had witnessed a scene of so many crows taking flight all at once.
As I was only able to take photographs, I went back to the same place at the same time the next day to try to take a video of the flock taking off.
However, although there were many crows there the day before, there was not a single one there that day.
Photographing animals is difficult.
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