Chishirodai Reservoir is famous for two things; one as a heronry in spring and the other as a wintering place for ducks, especially the Mandarin duck.
Mandarin ducks seem to like the very edge of the water, which means they are normally at the furthest end of the reservoir from the path. Even from the distance, the males' gorgeous plumage is very much visibleš
Other ducks are wintering here as well, such as Mallards (magamoćć¬ć¢), Shovelers (hashibirogamoćć·ććć¬ć¢), Gadwalls (okayoshigamoćŖć«ćØć·ć¬ć¢) and Pintails (onagagamoćŖćć¬ć¬ć¢), and they tend to be in the middle of the lake.
a Little egret (kosagić³ćµć®)
Cormorants (kawauć«ćÆć¦)
Mallards, Spot-billed ducks (karugamoć«ć«ć¬ć¢), a young Black-crowned night heron (goisagić“ć¤ćµć®) and a Kingfisher (kawasemić«ćÆć»ć)
A Black kite (tobićć) flew high over the reservoir, which was nice, adding more variety of birds to my sighting listš
I will come back next month to see if early breeding birds like Grey herons have started to refurbish their old nest/build a new nest.
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