Monday, October 9, 2017

Ducks have started coming back to Osaka for the winter

Seen yesterday morning, around 10 AM, with sunny weather around 20 degrees C, in Hattori Ryokuchi Koen:

In Uzuwa Pond:

1 Little Grebe in breeding plumage ( Little Grebes breed in this park every year)

8 Spot-billed Ducks in 2 groups at opposite ends of the pond

2 Northern Shovelers, both males, not in eclipse, swimming and feeding side by side

2 Green-winged Teal, swimming together: 1 female, and 1 male in eclipse

2 Eurasian Wigeons, swimming near each other. Not sure of the sex: either they were females, or possibly 1 or both were males in eclipse

1 Common Kingfisher, diving for fish

1 Gray Heron, perching


And seen in Shingu Lake:  An unusual sight for me:

A male Pochard and a male Tufted Duck, both in breeding plumage, swimming across the lake together

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