Ueno

Quite a few Tufted Ducks (Kinkurohajiroキンクロハジロ) arrived in Shinobazu-no-Ike, Ueno.

Tufties and Black-backed Gulls (Yurikamomeユリカモメ)

There were HUGE carp in the lake...

and not only a few but hundreds of them!!

a Black-headed Gull (Yurikamomeユリカモメ)

a female Shoveler (Hashibirogamoハシビロガモ) 

a female Pintail (Onagagamoオナガガモ)

Egrets and Herons were on the zoo-side of the lake.

Only this Little Egret was foraging near where we were.

Many many many red Toriis at Hanazono-jinja