Stroll Through Hattori Ryokuchi Koen Park Checking on the Ducks, Coots, and Grebes

8 AM  Sunny. About 10 degrees C

Water fowl seen in various ponds and lakes in the park:

Mallard,  more than 5

Spot-billed Duck,  more than 8

Pochard,  more than 2

Norther Shoveller,  more than 5

Falcated Teal,  more than 5 male/female pairs

Gadwall,  3 male/ female pairs

Moorhen,  2 (immature)

Coot,  more than 7

Birds Seen at Sundown in Hattori Ryokuchi Koen Park on Thanksgiving Day, 2017

Grey Heron (fishing)  2

Little Grebe (fishing)  6

Mallard  4

Spot-billed Duck 6

Norther Shoveler 3

Pochard 2

Tufted Duck  3

Typhoon-felled Trees Seem to Invite Feeding by Insectivorous Birds

Walking in Hattori Ryokukuchi Koen the past 10 days or so since the latest typhoon, I notice lots of birds feeding near or on trees felled by the two typhoons that passed through here last month. I guess there is a bounty of insects on and in various parts of those trees, and the birds are feasting on them....