Report of a kamo-count in Ottonuma and Doho park. Date: January 17,1998. Time: 9:45-11:45 Wether:cloudy (both ponds were fleezing) member:HASHIMOTO,Hiroshi DATA:only ducks waterbirds... [Doho park] Mallard (ma-gamo) 2 Spot-billed duck (karu-gamo) 61 Green-winged Teal (ko-gamo) 1 Northern Pintail (onaga-gamo) 79 ducks total 143 (5 sp) [Ottonuma park] Litte Grebe (kaitsuburi) 1 Great Egret (dai-sagi) 1 Little Egret (ko-sagi) 2+ Whistling(Bewick)Swan (ko-hakuchou) 22 max of this season was 23 Mallard (ma-gamo) 11 Spot-billed duck (karu-gamo) 28 Green-winged Teal (ko-gamo) 11 Falcated Teal (yoshi-gamo) 48 Gadwall (okayoshi-gamo) 7 few this year Eurasian Wigeon (hidori-gamo) 91 Northern Pintail (onaga-gamo) 57 Northern Shoveler (hashibiro-gamo) 86 European Pochard (hoshi-hajiro) 2 ducks total 341 (9 sp) (except swans) Moorhen (ban) 4 Common Coot (oo-ban) 11 Common Kingfisher (kawa-semi) 1 Thank you, Hiroshi HASHIMOTO (hiroshi@bres.tsukuba.ac.jp)