Spring has sprung.
The weather is getting warmer.
Birds are singing more lively. In the countryside forests, flocks of birds are making high-pitched calls, while the peaceful chirping of the Oriental turtle dove is hard to hear.
Now, an Oriental turtle dove can be seen standing proudly on the tip of a tree where a gardener is pruning it against the background of a white concrete building block. The scene I spotted a few days ago on a visit to the Former Yasuda Gardens. Unlike the doves that flock to temple squares or city center parks, they would originally have lurked in the countryside woods, making their distinctive calls.
I am not a seasoned birdwatcher, but it seems to me that there has been a change in the species of birds that nest in urban parks.
Japanese birds that originally nested in the suburbs appear to have been forced out. This is not only because crows and doves from the city centre have been migrating, but also because ring-necked parakeets, which were released from their cages, have also begun to breed in the suburbs. They may have lost the battle for the berries or insects on which they feed in greenery in the suburbs.
Yet they will survive strong. 
A duck that has chosen a pond with greens to stay, even in metropolis. The Former Yasuda Garden is located in Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, near the Kokugikan Sumo wrestling stadium. There is no large forest there, but there are ponds, green trees and bushes, and it is free of natural predators of birds.
Larger flocks headed out of the big cities and became suburban winners in search of food. This is because for them, the narrow green spaces of cities were not rich breeding grounds. And in the future, there may be an offensive breaking point for the winners herding in the suburbs. Whether or not the herds of winners will continue to thrive at that time remains to be seen.
Birds that used to nest in the trees in the suburbs have been driven out and have found homes in narrow urban ponds, canals and in the crevices of green gardens on building rooftops.
Although I am neither an ornithologist nor a dinosaur researcher, I have learned that after the dinosaurs were forced into extinction their descendants survived as ‘birds'.
A small but happy life for each bird.
To fly when they like to fly, and let them eat what they naturally like to eat.
We want to let them nap when they like to nap, in the shade of quiet greens.
Even if they are forced to leave their forests, even if bird flu rages, even if global warming worsens, they will somehow adapt and find their home.
And I have faith in the human-nature.
Don’t chose the extinction!
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