A simple search for the Japanese wagtail leads to a pleasant realization: the bird that appeared by the stream in Maruyama Park was a grey wagtail. A quiet moment of recognition in a winter walk through Kyoto.

2016-02-17

Just to be sure, I searched for the Japanese wagtail, and there I found a pleasant discovery.

I realized that the bird which had appeared as if inviting me to the small stream in Maruyama Park the other day was a grey wagtail.

(Your lordship, that was most fortunate.)