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I forgot to say that this is a REALLY hard bird to photograph in full sun. I mean, really really hard. Firstly the camera doesn't seem to like focusing on bright objects. But more universally, the bird is so very bright white and the grass and water comparatively dark that it is impossible to maintain any detail in bird without rendering the background kind of odd. Or putting it the other way, if you make the background look like real grass and water, the bird is burnt to a crisp, blinding white.
I ducked out to Kellys first thing this morning since this bird has been noticed there for a week or so, not really expecting it to greet me in front of the hide. But it did and then carried out these pre-nuptual exercises all to itself. Good to be prepared, even if you are the only egret in town.
Showing off its breeding plumage, although the beak, face and leg colours are not quite there yet.
Compare with what I believe is the same bird, 10 weeks later.
The Frye's summer art studio class Intermediate Drawing, taught by artist Bruce Edwards.
Photo: Jill Hardy
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I grabbed this pic of an Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedius) in Bhandup mangroves in Bombay. The bird is called Madhyam Bagala [Devanagari : मध्यम बगळा] in Marathi.
मध्यम बगळा म्हणून ओळखला जाणार्या या पक्ष्याचा हा फोटोग्रॅफ मी मुंबईतील भांडुपच्या कांदळवनात काढला. मध्यम बगळ्याला इंग्रजीत 'इंटर्मीडियेट इग्रेट' म्हणतात व जातीचे वैज्ञानिक नाव 'मेसोफोईक्स इंटरमिडीयस' असे आहे.
पहा: लाईटबॉक्स मध्ये | एक्झिफ माहिती | 'पक्षी' हा सेट | 'प्राणी' हे कलेक्शन
The remains of the castle are in the present-day Shiroyama Park. We saw the information in the museum but only had chance to get to the edge of the shrine/temple area before we had to head back to the bus station for the next destination. Some members of our party skipped breakfast to explore this area.
Top left - shrines and temples
Lower left - merchant class area
Centre - samurai and the castle
Centre top - impression of the castle, now only ruins
Right - detail of the castle area.
High ground near the castle was assigned to the samurai class. The merchant district was on lower ground whilst the shrines and temples were on the edges of the samurai area.
During the Sengoku period, Mitsugi Yoritsuna moved to Takayama to take control of Hida Province and built Matsukura Castle. Yoritsuna was in allied to Sassa Narimasa in neighboring Etchū Province. His enemy Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered Kanamori Nagachika (ruler of Echizen Ōno Castle) to go to battle against Yoritsuna. In 1588, Nagachika began construction of Takayama Castle, completing the main and secondary castle keeps by 1600. His successor Kanamori Arishige completed the third and outer bailey by 1603. In addition to the construction of the castle, Nagachika also developed a castle town at the same time. The castle had a keep at the highest point, with 13-room watchtower to its east. The castle walls, enclosures and quarters were at an intermediate level towards the north outer bailey. Two residences were built on flat ground, the Lords on the west and that of the mother of the sixth lord on the east. There was an accounting office and eight rice granaries i the outer bailey surrounded by a chevron shaped moat to the east and north.
When the Kanamori clan moved to Dewa Province in 1692, they transferred control of the castle to the Maeda clan and the former Sixth Lord was forced to move to Dewakoku. Three years later, though, control of the castle was transferred to the Shogunate who destroyed almost all the buildings and stone walls.
In 1960 Shorenji Temple was moved here from Showkawa village. The rice granaries in the outer bailey were moved to Takayama Jinya in the Edo period and Hida Gokoku shrine is there now.