It is a rabbit of Tsukuda who observes fixed points of wild birds on the Sumida River terrace of Ishikawajima Park. This year, 3 pairs of parents and children from Indian spot-billed duck came! This time, there are two of them introduced in the photo.
First of all, on a rainy day on June 10, we found four chicks taken by female parents in the reed grass on the Sumida River Terrace. There is no human shadow on the terrace due to the falling rain. By the way, many birds grow chicks with their parents, but Indian spot-billed duck is only female. It seems that she is eating algae on the pillars while being watched by female parents, about 2 or 3 days after birth.
Ships pass frequently through the Sumida River, so there is a higher risk of being rubbed by the waves and losing the buoyancy of the feathers than chicks growing in ponds and rivers, but I was also riding the waves that approached well. It's safe.
Even though he had a camera, he was still standing still, seemed like a rock, came close to me
It is unique to the Sumida River Terrace that you can see the adorable figure so close. It is the charm of the terrace where the contact point with the river is very close.
The other pair is on the morning of June 14th. The runners stopped and were photographed with a mobile phone camera. It's such a big family! What's more, can you say that it's a chick? It's big.
There are 9 chicks. My parents are slightly larger in the foreground. Even if you say a chick, is it 2 or 3 weeks after birth because it is this size? The fact that nine birds grew up together so far is a very excellent female parent and mother, given that crows are often targeted.
Parents can see that the back wings are partially blue. This is the characteristic of Indian spot-billed duck and is called wing mirror yokukyo. Since there is no chick, it is dark brown overall. Rasako was absorbed in such an observation, but suddenly, suddenly, my parents flew away. It's an impossible event that I've been observing so far to leave chicks!
My body is big, but it's still a chick, everyone started singing all at once. Here, "Crying!"
After that, about 30 minutes later, my parents finally joined. In the meantime, another pair of Indian spot-billed duck came and said, "I'm not your parents." Was this an exercise of nesting soon?
In this year's Indian spot-billed duck parent and child, every parent and child had only one day observation, but we were able to report last year and this year for the second consecutive year. "Something happens on the morning walk on the Sumida River Terrace, on a rainy day."
