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Waterfowl's Guide <Hamarikyu Garden>

[Sam] January 17, 2012 10:00

R0016559LS.JPG Hamarikyu Onshi Garden is dotted with two duckbas, tide ponds, and inner moats. You can enjoy watching water birds during this season from the "Oden Bridge" of the tide pond, the bench on the shore of the pond, and the "Large Peeping" where you can see the state of the "former pool" at Kamoba.

birdwatching is the first step to learn more about nature, the environment and water birds.

First of all, it is recommended that you take a closer look at the "Gusa".

Observation of humorous "guises" such as "bathing", "bathing", "wapping", "happing", "ha drying", "rest / sleep", and "single leg standing", as well as "head scratching", "extension" and "missing" You can see the life of the bird.

The spider duck uses a large spatula-shaped beak, soaks water on the surface of the water, and filters and eats algae and plankton with comb-shaped teeth at the end of the beak. It is unique to pick plankton that emerges and gathers as some birds rotate.

little grebe is good at diving, and it can be guessed by air bubbles coming up to the surface of the water that frequently dive underwater for small fish, crustacean and underwater insects. 

 

 pencil Many birds have no hair on their legs, and their beaks and eyelids are exposed. In cold winters, you often see your neck plunging into your back, and your legs alternately plunging into your stomach feathers and resting. Ducks are basically nocturnal and often sleep during the day, and when resting or sleeping, it is a lovely scene to see the neck plunging into the back and rolling up on the surface of the water. It is said that there are times when you close and open your eyes, repeat a shallow sleep, and sometimes open only one eye and sleep. When you close your eyes, raise the white lower eyelids.

 

            Foraging <little egret>       Surface bait>   Foraging <northern pintail>

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       Feathered <Kawau>      Bathing <tufted duck>   Flapping <tufted duck>

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       Landing <mallard>       Growth <northern shoveler>     northern shoveler

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       Drinking <northern shoveler>      Feathering <great egret & Kingfish> One-legged northern pintail    

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      Diving <tufted duck>     Sleep <Hoshihajiro>       Flying <grey heron>   

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