Today my wife and I went to Misumoto Koen. She went there for some exercise walking around the park but I was there to see what kind of bird life I could photograph. It was a productive morning with three new species captured.
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| Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra |
This one was a new species for me. Quite colourful head pattern. It's quite a small duck and therefore hard to photograph since I have to get so much closer to fill the frame.
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| Eurasian Teal - Anas crecca |
Here is another new species. I thought it was related to a coot but it's actually a moorhen.
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| Commom Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus |
And another new species. These are only around in the winter so I was lucky to see them before then fly North until next year.
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| Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata |
Here's a black headed gull in winter plumage, so the head has only the faintest colouring.
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| Black Headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
At the end of the morning I managed this shot of a Great Cormorant as it swam quite close to me before turning away.
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| Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo |
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