Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Tainan - Fledgling.

(July 24, 2011, Tainan) - It was a wonderful experience for me to volunteer in the Pheasant-tailed Jacana census with the Wild Bird Society of Tainan. I had seen many adult pairs and fledglings of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana, they are beautiful and elegant birds, the fledglings are hairy, puffy and adorable.

Here are some of my digiscoped pictures of the parents and fledgling of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana during the bird census :

Male bird and the fledgling 
(click on the picture for enlarged view of the fledgling)

Male bird and the fledgling 
(click on the picture for enlarged view of the fledgling)

Fledgling (click on the picture for enlarged view of the fledgling)

A pair of Jacana

The male alone securing its territory and the fledglings

Come and visit one of the world's best Pheasant-tailed Jacana Eco-Educational Park (台南市水雉生態教育園區) in Tainan, Taiwan. 

Click HERE to view the documentary (in Chinese only) about the Pheasant-tailed Jacana conservation in Tainan.

Click HERE to view my first sighting of summer Pheasant-tailed Jacana with the breeding plumage.
Click HERE to view the first Pheasant-tailed Jacana that I saw in Malaysia, it was my lifer.

Happy Birding.