Aisatsu

Aisatsu

This blog is for family and friends, to share my feelings and photos with and for myself, to support my fading memory. Readers who have my site translated automatically, please refer to the original if necessary. Especially when it comes to identification. Any comments, anonymous or by email name are always welcome!.

Saturday 19 March 2016

Mandarin Duck, オシドリ, 1

We had gone a long way to see these ducks. Not just a few, but HUNDREDS.
Maybe more than the amount of kilometers we drove, from Fukuoka to Tottori.









With so many Mandarins in action it was hard to capture the individual.


All in a feeding frenzy.
There would never be enough for them, so a group of volunteers is pitching in.



There are about 4 times as many males than female, so the competition is fierce. Who is the biggest?


A different feather-do
  

The colorful males make quite an impressive sight, but the females are cute, and very pretty in a soft way.









The male Mandarin Duck, オシドリ in all its glory. The female to the right is a Teal, コガモ.




To be continued


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