Black Kite Story

A loss of something ever felt I -
Bereft I was - of what I knew not
Too young that any should suspect

Elder, Today, a session wiser
I find myself still softly searching

That I am looking oppositely
For the site of the Kingdom of Heaven -

我曾感受到某些事物的失去–
到底什麼被剝奪我不知道
太年幼了沒人會懷疑

如今，較長後，有一些智慧
我發現自己仍靜靜地找尋

我正朝相反的方向
找天國的棲地–

Excerpted from poem by Emily Dickinson
摘錄自：艾蜜莉‧狄金生詩選

Black Kite juvenile 麻鷹（黑鳶）幼鳥
22 July 2007 - 西貢碼頭 Sai Kung Pier , Photo courtesy by Pippen Ho

注視
Looking at you


仰望
Look up




叫
Calling




喊叫
Crying


留意～
Look ahead
 

2006 狗年小鳶 Kite juvenile, born this year.

漂亮寶貝 Profile


寶貝背姿 Back

Black Kite 麻鷹（黑鳶）

獨行小白鷺在麻鷹出沒的水漥地帶活動
A lone little egret appeared in the black kite's waterhole...
 

麻鷹突然在小白鷺身後空降
A black kite dived behind the egret...


觀察了一下...
...watched it for a while...


又飛走了！
... and flew away!
 

（小白鷺知道嗎？）
(Did the egret know?)

連場大雨過後，小鳶（右）找到食物...
Our little kite (right) found a piece of meat after the rainstorm

右：吃得津津有味...
Right: Yummy~~


左：好想吃啊...
Left: I want to eat too…


（左：沒機會，只能往一旁咬樹枝去了...）
(Left: Too hungry, chewed a twig instead)


努力撕吃了一會...
Still eating...


肥肉終被搶去了...
The meat was stolen!


（右）反正我吃夠了，給你吧！
Right: I had enough already, eat as you wish!







咬咬咬... 好餓啊！
Ohhh… So hungry!


不斷有其他小鳶覬覦肥肉...
Other kites wanted the meat too


不准搶吃！
No stealing!


(被十面埋伏）要吃快點了...
Gotta eat faster!


背部吃了一記...
Ambushed from behind!







抓著不放！
Let's move away...


誰敢過來！！
Who dares to come?!


這是我的！
This is MINE!


（眾多小鳶在上空低旋對食物虎視眈眈）還是快快吃吧... --b
Too many kites wanted the meat too!


另一小鳶降落身旁...
Another one came...







（左）我又想吃...
Left: I wanna eat too...


（右）沒你份兒！
Right: No way!


（左）我真是... 好想吃啊！
Left: I’m really hungry!


不～給～呀～～！！
Right: I SAID NOOOO!!!


後記：
終於另一小鳶抓起肥肉飛走，眾小鳶群起追之，紛紛遠去了...

Epilogue:
Another kite took the meat away. The other kites chased him. All of them flew away.

[ Black Kite 麻鷹（黑鳶）]

五白頸鴉聚集
Five collared crows came from nowhere


嬉玩
They performed somersults in the sky


與黑鳶互動
The group played with our kite...


鳶仔最感興趣了
... and the kite loved it!


追追逐逐
Our little kite made some new friends!
 

清風拂過，小鳶－寫意。
All alone in the rain... Not that I care...
 

各忙各的－勤理羽！
Let’s preen together!
 

右：咬啄小木條（然後飛走了）。
Right: Pecked the branch and flew away


左邊的補上：咬！ Left: Bite
右：另一好奇的過來了。 Right: Looks interesting...


左：放棄。 Left: Give up!
右邊補上：研究... Right: Let me see...


... （右）：咬... Right: chewing...
（左：繼續觀察...） Left: ...


... 不能吃的！ Front: It’s not food!
已由左走到右的小鳶：早說了...！ Back: Told ya!
 

降落鷹姿
Touchdown


咬弄幼枝
Playing with a twig




走到旁邊... 朋友仔飛過～
Left: New toy? Let me see!

有發現！
What's that?


抓著了！
Caught it!


暸解一下...
Let me see...


不能吃的？！
It isn't food...


被發現了！
Someone's here!


何解我來你便走？
Why did you go away after I came?


換我來研究...
I'll figure it out...


咬...
Bite...


... ...


唔...
Hmmm...


...放棄！ ^^b
I give up!
 

飛鴿傳書？
A letter?


咬咬咬...
Food?


什麼東西？
What IS it?


沒興趣...
I don't really care...


左：放棄... Left: Leave it...
(右：咿？ Right: Curious...)


左：好吧！走囉！ Left: Alright! Bye now!
右：不送！ Right: See you later!