It was sunny and balmy yesterday, so I walked around a few ponds in the afternoon at SenriChuo Koen Park, especially hoping to watch Mandarin Ducks there.
I saw a group of about 4 males and 4 females, gliding and diving and preening in a pond, near a few Spot-billed Ducks and a Little Grebe. I've never before seen ducks put so much energy into making a little upward leap before each dive. I wonder why they were doing that: To get down deep enough to pick up sunken acorns from the bottom of the pond?... To impress the opposite sex? To clean some unwanted muck coating their feathers...? Just for fun?...I wonder....
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