Little grebe,カイツブリ

I think that Little grebe is a kind of popular wild bird if it is limited to only during the breeding season.

It makes a nest in the pond posted in the previous my blog for the first time in five years, and five chicks was born.

The reason why it did not to build a nest here until this time is because the chicks was attacked by crow five years ago.
This year the Little grebe made a nest under this willow,not on the water lilly.

                               ⇊　in 2014

                              ⇊　in 2014

                               ⇊　in 2014

Little Grebe,Kaitsuburi,カイツブリ

I took these images from inside the car on a rainy day.

雨の日に車の中から撮りました。

Little grebe with water lily 、Kaitsuburi,カイツブリ

This is the second installment of a two-part series of this topic.

 Typically Japanese view.

Little grebe with water lily、Kaitsuburi,カイツブリ

UCN Rred list category:Least Concern

This is the first installment of a two-part series of this topic.

Little grebe is a resident bird in Japan, except a part of Tohoku district, and Hokkaido, summer migrant bird in that area.

When it is May in a season, the nest building of the little grebe begins in the private  pond close to my house,which is plenty of water lilies flowering.

In Japan, you can watch everywhere about nesting of little grebe , such as pond, marsh, lake, river.

Though this flower is absolutely different to a lily, it is mysterious I take a water lily every year, and to think in a question why you are called a water lily.

Footnote: Installed whole images this time are taken by collimated system.