I was looking at my
phone the other day and saw the release of a survey by the Wild Bird Society of
Japan on the number of male Eurasian bittern inhabiting in Japan.
According to the
report, the number was revealed to be 17 birds.
Eurasian bittern are classified as endangered EN in this country.
Aside from that, I have visited the
specific location of Inba-numa in the prefecture several times since 2014 to
photograph this bird, and on my fifth visit, I happened to find it foraging on
a rainy day in a rice field about 500 meters away from the swamp and
photographed it.
I visited the site
several times after that, but I never saw it.
There is only chirping
in the reeds.
The male and female
plumage of this bird is the same color, so it is said that the male's 'call' when
he has territory is the only way to determine its identity.
IB (EN: endangered)
has a high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, although it is
not as endangered as IA.
This image was captured on June 9, 2014 at 11:21 am.