In January 2018 I watched the mallard ducks at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園).

One male was especially active on January 12th as he scratched his head and rolled and flipped in the water. I took some still photos that caught him in various positions.

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Mallard male (マガモ) at Hatonomori Park in Moriyama City (滋賀県 守山市 鳩の森公園)

Watching wild creatures rewards us in many ways. We can appreciate their existence and their beauty, and often we can gain insight about their behavior. And sometimes we can be thoroughly entertained.

Notes

Video and photos were shot hand-held with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II camera and a 40-150mm F2.8 PRO lens.

Music: “Perspectives” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

Video was edited with Kdenlive on a Fedora GNU/Linux workstation.