Places and times seen in Munakata city

Still birds can be seen throughout the year. It is commonly seen in reservoir ponds, dam lakes, rivers and the like. It breeds also in Munakata city. The nest is known as "Squirrel of the Snow", and it is made to water grass, pile, reed stalk etc.

Characteristic

Total length 26 cm. It is the smallest in the genus Canberra that can be seen in Japan, and it is the same color in both sexes.
In summer wings, the face from the top of the head, the back neck is black, the temporal head from the cheek is reddish brown. The front is dark and the cauldron is light brown from the chest. The tail is short and rarely. The beak is black and the tip is yellowish white. There is a yellowish white part in the base of the beak and the iris is yellowish white.
The weather is light compared to the summer wing, the reddish brown like cheeks disappears, and the top is also strong brown.
Young individuals often swarm in winter.
It has a foot on the back and has a shape suitable for scratching water and diving.

Habit

While living in a pair, young individuals live in a flock during non-breeding season. In addition to eating crustaceans such as small fish and shrimp by diving, it also captures insects such as dragonfly.
It is common to Kindsprings, but during childcare time, you can see a figure that protects chicks from foreign enemies with chicks on their backs.

distribution

It is widely distributed south of Honshu as a resident bird. Northern birds north tohoku area.
The Baltic Sea Coast, UK, Mediterranean Coast, South Africa (south of the Sahara desert) Arabian Sea, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Philippine Islands, Indonesia (Java, Sulawashi), New Guinea Northern Coast, Indochina Peninsula, East China Sea Coast, Yellow Sea It exists as an abandoned bird, and it breeds by advancing to its surroundings during the breeding season.

Other

The nest of Kaizuburi has long been known as "the flood of the rainbow" and has been frequently taken up in poetry.
It is well known that Matsuo Basho's "Yukimasen to see the floating lamina of the lost camel". Another name of Lake Biwa "Okinawa no Oka" is said to have been named because of the large number of Katesburi living in Lake Biwa.