Winter Waterside Birds

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A bit of a foot problem has cut down my walking range quite a bit, but I still managed to get out to the river yesterday afternoon to see the ducks flocking in. Mallards, Teal, Pintails, the gang’s all here. I also spotted a blue rock thrush for the first time this season, and my constant companion the kingfisher also made an appearance.

A blue rock thrush, its back blue mottled with gray and black, perches on a concrete embankment. It is looking over its shoulder toward the left side of the frame.
Blue rock thrush making sure I get its good side.
A kingfisher perches on a diagonal leaning reed, looking down.
Kingfisher on the prowl
A very felegant looking northern pintail duck swimming across a rippling river surface. It has a brilliant white breast, brown head, and a grayish body with delicate wavy patterns. Its tail is long and sticks up at an angle.
Northern Pintail, the most elegant of ducks.

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An American living in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. Translator, writer, and cat servant. Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake, translator of The Devil's Flute Murders, Strange Pictures, and more.

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