A duck with a large beak.
It might be on the way of the crossing, and it is not seen after this. October 6, 2021, Oppe River, Kubo Weir.
Black kites
Author recorded the circling and descending flights of the black kites at the Katsuragi Kannon Observatory. There were times when I made mistakes in operating the equipment and failed to track them. 4 October 2021.
Striated heron
I’ve never seen this bird before. I encountered it when the bird was trying to catch a fish. The bird shot three fishes in about 20 minutes. September 24, 2021, at Oppe River, Kubo weir, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan
Green sandpiper and common sandpiper
September 12, 2021. I saw green sandpiper and commo sandpiper at Kubo Weir. Green sandpiper is new to me.
Hatching scene of little grebe
Egg-laying ⇒ appearance of a crack in the shell ⇒ hatching
This video is a series of scenes that an egg laid on August 6, 2021 hatched on August 28. The egg cracked and finally the parent bird removed the egg membrane and the egg cracked and the chick hatched. The little grebes begin to warm their eggs immediately after laying them. They lay one egg a day for several days. Then they hatch one per day.
0:00 Egg-laying
1:02 Appearance of a crack in the shell
1:23 Hatching
In this video, the chick hatched while the parent bird was holding the eggs. The next day, while the parents were out, the chick hatched. The following post describes the situation. ⇒ New post
Spot-billed ducks: Filtering and foraging.
The spot-billed ducks were scraping algae on the concrete and filtering only the algae in their mouths. As they did so, water was pouring out of both sides of its bill. Birds of the duck family have a clever mechanism. You can see the mechanism in the swan. Visit the next site. ⇒ http://wakatsuk.blog68.fc2.com/blog-entry-94.html
A cormorant bathing and a little grebe running on the water
I began to hear the sound of water slapping violently. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a cormorant bathing. It was bathing again and again. The flapping of its wings was very powerful. As it finished bathing, a little grebe ran across the water.
Children of little grebe incubating the eggs
The second spawning of the season. One egg is laid per day. Two children of little grebes were helping to incubate the eggs.
Chicks of long-billed plover
The reeds of the riverbanks were removed, and the stone beets bedded out. I was noting that the plover would lay eggs. Finally, I was able to find the chicks of the long-billed plover.
Recently, I have available digital zoom, it has power.
The riverbank of the Oppe River in Moroyama Town. Video taken June 16 and 18, 2021.
Hungry white wagtail
The young white wagtail was hungry and perched on a stone. Mommy brought food to it. I started shooting using the digital zoom function of SONY RX10M4. It has its power. Three in a row.
May 29, 2021, Ope River, Moroyama Town.