The following is the list of species that park rangers observed today.

Gadwall、Mallard、Common Pochard、Tufted Duck、Little Grebe、Great Cormorant、Grey Heron、Little Egret、Common Moorhen、Eurasian Coot、Snipe、Common Sandpiper、Black  Kite、Eurasian Sparrowhawk、Northern Goshawk、Common Buzzard、Oriental Turtle Dove、Common Kingfisher、Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker、Bull-headed Shrike、Azure-winged Magpie、Large-billed Crow、Japanese Tit、Brown-eared Bulbul、Japanese Bush Warbler、Japanese White-eye、White-cheeked Starling、Pale Thrush、Brown-headed Thrush、Dusky Thrush、Daurian Redstart、Eurasian Tree Sparrow、White Wagtail、Buff-bellied Pipit、Hawfinch、Rustic Bunting、Black-faced Bunting、Reed Bunting
　(38species)

Ranger's Activities
Research : Daily Surveys  and  updating records
Habitat management : Patrol
Education : Providing visiter services at the Ranger Station、Lecture and bird watching tour in the park for university students
Other : Nothing to Report、Monthly Management Meeting

Ranger’s blog yesterday (Jan. 27th)

The photo below is a view of East Freshwater Pond from East Observation Blind.  The pond was frozen over in the morning.

(A view of frozen East Freshwater Pond from the blind)

On bare grounds and foot passes frozen columns also formed in places.

(Frozen columns on a bare ground)

At this time of year visitors may encounter mixed-species flocks of different insectivorous species.  These flocks are particularly common in winter season. Japanese Tits and White-eyes are nuclear species in the park.  A Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker often joins to flocks as a minority species.

(A Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker in a Mixed-species flock)

In some case, however, if you were lucky you would be able to see three woodpeckers in a flock.