I see lots of water birds in the stream near where I live - Herron, Igret, Ducks. I saw this black bird all by itself in the stream. I didn't get a good picture because it kept trying to get away from me. I'll be watching for it and maybe its family in the days ahead.
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Lovely pics Pamela.
It looks like a moorhen to me. Do you have moorhens in Japan? The other bird it resembles is a coot but they have a white patch on their head so they look bald as in the expression "as bald as a coot".
From what I can quickly find on the Internet, it appears that moorhen and coots live in North American, but the description fits this bird.
Lovely. A mystery. Google let me down on this one. Not many images of ducks found in Japan. Though I did find a guide with pics on the front and your duck appears to be one of them but who knows. Pretty duck.
Interesting bird.
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