Some cool ducks muscovy images:
Muscovy duck in the park 03
Image by autan
Thank you friends, for your immediate and precise information!! I got it well wow it is nice!! This experience is likely to make me interested in fowls. (^O^) After browsing Japanese web sites on this, I knew that this bird often puzzles Japanese as I did haha
… well then,
Bariken/Taiwan-gamo/France-gamo, ????/???/??????Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata
According to Wikpedia … "……. a large duck which is native to Mexico, Central and South America. ……… There also are feral breeding populations in North America in and around public parks in nearly every disorder of the USA and in the Canadian provinces. Although the Muscovy Duck is a tropical bird, it adapts to icy and snowy conditions down to -12°C (10°F) and below without ill things The wild Muscovy Duck is all-dark apart from the white in the wings, with long talons on its feet and a wide flat tail. …Some domesticated ducklings have a dark head and blue eyes, others a set alight auburn crown and dark markings on their nape. They are agile and speedy precocial hunters.
From Japanese web search I also knew that … Introduced to Japan for farming but marketing failed. escaped birds naturalized in many water surface,,,,the only household duck that is not originated in Mallard. ….Japanese name "Bariken" originates from Dutch word "Bergeeende" … so maybe introduced from Netherland? Other Japanese name means "Taiwan duck", "French duck"
Otto muma park, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, japan Feb 2008
Nikon D70s / Sigma 150 macro
Initial discription ———————–
I have small information about birds, and nothing especially on fowls. Someone please teach me what is he!!
I thought this one is some kind of turkey or so (^.^;;, but ahh! it jumped into the pond!! I reckon a turkey does not swim… right? You may laugh at my stone ignorance!! (^O^)
Today I went to Otto-numa park to watch ducks. The sun was warm spring sun, but strong wind was chill north wind. I sit by the pond, and loved watching ducks. I like to watch pin-tails, they are really cute and comical. Swans were swimming elegantly.
There are many feeders and every time someone feeds, there happened quite a mess lol. In front of me a mallard was trying to raxx a white duck (^.^;;
On the bank various kinds of homeless fowls, whom I cannot identify only if it is chicken or not lol, and landed pintails were always making mess following walkers expecting feed. This park, especially in chill is birds wonderland haha.
One after another, fowls came to me, walked about rotating around me, so I did much chat with them haha. "I know you ware nice jacket, but have you ever caught cold? Don’t say you have that bird ful!" "..gobble… gobble"
I suddenly thought that fowl may be much more photogenic than wild birds here on close up, and tried some shots haha.
Its a duck, Muscovy to me and you!
Image by grytr
Another Ely Muscovy duck – a childish one
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