This blog introduces the breeding and child-rearing struggles of little grebes in Inokashira Park, Tokyo Japan in 2017.
This is the place where the nest used to be, "Oh, this is good!" Is this little grebe a star for nesting?
Readers who were looking forward to this blog, I'm very sorry that I didn't update the blog for several months.
I'm glad to know that everywhere I went to shoot, I was forced to update my blog and everyone read my crappy blog so far.
Until recently, I could hear the voice of cicadas, and when it was hot and hot, I was hiding in the shade, and it became cold every day.
For the caretaker who has been in Kenya and Tanzania for a while, where the seasonal changes that repeat the rainy season and the dry season are not felt so much, I feel for myself the speed of change of the Japanese season that I have experienced for a long time.
Well, it's been a few months since I last updated my blog, so what should I write? There are many things I want to write, but for the time being, I started from Inokashira Park, so I would like to take up the Little Grebe in Inokashira Park.
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It's been months since I last updated my blog, but the janitor went out with his camera almost every day.
In order to feel the changing seasons and observe the creatures, it is necessary to go to the place as much as possible regardless of whether or not you can meet the object.
Recently, I go to a nearby park every early morning.
The changing seasons that run around without stopping the change can be felt as a big change even after a day.
Changes in trees and flowers, temperature of the air, dampness and smell, the shape and wind of clouds in the sky, the stars and planets that form the constellations, the positions of the moon and the sun, and the creatures living there.
All of them are always at that moment and are a combination that will never be repeated.
Sometimes the coincidences of the combination overlap, and the unexpected beauty of nature is projected in front of you.
This is the result of the culmination of the past, which has passed for billions of years without interruption.
In the flow of time that seems to be infinite for human beings, and in the universe that spreads like infinity, at this moment I am living in this place with creatures.
To such wonders and wonders, the joy of living with many creatures from the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul makes my whole body fluffy.
And I can't help but be thrilled by the drama of life that unfolds through the viewfinder every time.
By the way, the main subject, Little Grebe.
Little Grebe in Inokashira Park
Two little grebes, seven chicks, which started raising children in July, have hatched, but one and one have almost disappeared.
Perhaps the two chicks grew up safely and set out on a journey.
I wrote about what the caretaker saw in his blog "Little Grebe Observation Diary".
It seems that there are a total of four little grebes in the pond, two above and below Nanai Bridge.
The caretaker thinks that at least one of them is a little grebe, which was still a small chick at the time, which was mentioned in "Little Grebe Observation Diary, 6".
This little grebe is a close brother, always acting together, and for a while he flew somewhere with his parents and couldn't see it, but he came back later and stayed in the pond of Inokashira Park all the time. I think.
The little grebe's parent bird, which failed to raise children at Nanai Bridge and lost energy, was repulsed by these two brothers and disappeared from the pond shortly thereafter.
求愛給餌ままならぬ求愛巣材運びだろうか？ 2017年11月7日
ひょうたん池近く、以前カイツブリのヒナの子育てに失敗した巣があった場所で、面白い行動を観察した。
おそらくメスが、ここに巣を作ろうと、場所を示しそれに対してオスが巣材を運んできた。別に巣を作り始めるわけではなく、カイツブリのオスとメスが、繁殖のためにお互いを受け入れるための意思疎通のように見えた。
After a while, the two birds swam together while holding the nest material (dead leaves)
After swimming close to each other for a while, the two more swam together with dead leaves floating on the surface of the water in their beaks.
It seems that each other acknowledged each other.
Will a couple be formed?
Perhaps the lighter and smaller ones are females, but I don't know unless mating is seen.
(At the time of revision in February 2022, I am convinced that the lighter-colored female is now showing the behavior of the above photo and the copulation acceptance posture.)
Scout for suspicious guys! When I pass in front of a big guy, I get really nervous (cold sweat !!)
A marriage partner was found.
It's still a long way off, but in order to raise a child, it is necessary to know if there are any bad things in the surrounding residents.
First of all, scout the neighbors around the pond!
Slowly pass nearby and check how the other person reacts. "This guy looks okay!"
There is no particular problem with one of the familiar spot-Billed turtles.
Don't be afraid to be afraid, if you show your weaknesses, you will be taken advantage of.
However, the inner heart is harassed.
What's next?
I don't see much, but how about this one?
This time, the coot, which barely appeared in the summer.
The coot seems to have become more interested in the little grebe, which roams nearby for reconnaissance.
When the little grebe finished scouting the van and tried to swim away, the van swam to hit the grebe in a timely manner.
"Hey, I'll hit you as it is!"
Do not rush, swim straight without changing speed or direction, but speed up a little so that you do not notice it as much as possible.
But my head is a little forward.
The coot also seems to be listening to the invaders around it for future breeding.
Each other is observing each other's reactions.
"I don't show my weaknesses to the other person! I don't care about the other person!"
Why do you come with me?
This van has a big figure, but it seems that he is not good at swimming. He is swimming hard while shaking his head back and forth, but he is slow to swim.
"I saw your flippers immature! I'm not my enemy."
And a strong enemy appears.
Why glare! ?? "I can't get any closer."
When the little grebe approaches the tufted duck, it seems that it is a little too close and glares at the little grebe.
"This guy has a different aura that comes out of his body!"
"Maybe diving is better than me!"
I'm sorry, but I pretend that there was nothing and pass in front of me.
"It seems better not to stimulate him too much!"
I'm sure that the little grebe was scouting the surroundings while thinking inwardly like this.
And when the day went by after the reconnaissance, the couple reunited
Like this, the little grebe and the birds in the neighborhood confirm each other and coexist while keeping an appropriate time.
By the way, will this couple be able to raise chicks safely this season?
I really want to do that.
However, it cannot be said that it is safe. In January, the pond is drained and the pond begins to climb.
How is this couple going?
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Continued on "Continued, Little Grebe Parenting"
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