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Field Note in Japan
After January 2001
Last Updated December 15, 2002 (since November 24, 2000)
Narcissus Flycatcher (Nagano Pref.)
This page presents you current field note
of my birding in Japan.
| Date/Time |
December 14, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Miyagase Dam |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1.Great Cormorant 2. Mallard 3. Spot-billed
Duck 4. Osprey 5. Black-eared Kite 6. Mountain
Hawk-eagle ? 2 7. Common Kingfisher 8. Japanese
Pied Wagtail 9. Brown-eared Bulbul 10. Bull-headed
Shrike 11. Japanese Accentor 2 12. Orange-flanked
Bush-Robin 13. Daurian Redstart 14. Dusky
Thrush 15. Pale Thrush 16. Long-tailed Tit
17. Great Tit 18. Varied Tit 19. Japanese
White-eye 20. Siberian Meadow Bunting 21.
Rustic Bunting 22. Black-faced Bunting 23.
Siskin 24. Long-tailed Rosefinch 25. Jay
26. Large-biled Crow |
| Comments |
A very brief view of two large raptors might
be Mountain Hawk Eagle. |
| Date/Time |
October 23, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Mt. Hiei - Kyoto Pref. Botanic Garden - Ikejiri |
| Weather |
mainly fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Grey Heron 3. Great Egret
4. Little Egret 5. Black-eared Kite
6. White-fronted
Goose 2 7. Mallard 8. Spot-billed Duck
9.
Teal 10. Gadwall 11. Pintail 12. Northern
Shoveler 13. Eurasian Wigeon 14. Baikal Teal 1 15. Tufted Duck 16. Common Moorhen 17. Oriental
Turtle-dove 18. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
19. Japanese Green Woodpecker (call)
20.
Barn Swallow 21. House Martin 22. Grey
Wagtail
23. Black-backed Wagtail 24. Japanese
Pied
Wagtail 25. Olive-backed Pipit 26.
Brown-eared
Bulbul 27. Bull-headed Shrike 28. Daurian
Redstart 29. Japanese Bush Warbler
30. Arctic
Warbler 33. Long-tailed Tit 34. Varied
Tit
35. Coal Tit 36. Great Tit 38. Japanese
White-eye
39. Siberian Meadow Bunting 40. Brambling
41. Siskin 42. Oriental Greenfinch
43. Japanese
Grosbeak 44. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
45. Jay
46. Carrion Crow 47. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Great View of Daurian Redstart. Still several
Arctic Warblers. |
| Date/Time |
October 6, 2002 |
| Site Name |
EXPO park |
| Weather |
cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Great Cormorant 2. Grey Heron 3. Little
Egret 4. Spot-billed Duck 5. Oriental Turtle
Dove 6. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 7. Red-rumped
Swallow 8. Grey Wagtail 9. Japanese Pied
Wagtail 10. Black-backed Wagtail 11. Brown-eared
Bulbul 12. Bull-headed Shrike 13.thrush sp.
(call) 14. Japanese Bush Warbler 15. Grey-streaked
Flycatcher 16. Asian Brown Flycatcher 17.
Long-tailed Tit 18. Great Tit 19. Varied
Tit 20. Japanese White-eye 21. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 22. Japanese Grosbeak 23. Grey Starling
24. Large-billed Crow 25. Carrion Crow 26. Little Grebe |
| Comments |
Good to see Grey-streaked & Asian Brown
Flycatchers! |
| Date/Time |
September 21-22, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Genting Highland (Malaysia) |
| Weather |
cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Emerald Dove 2. Whiskered Treeswift 3.
White-bellied Swiftlet 4. Rhinoceros Hornbill?
1 5.Fire-tufted Barbet 6. Gold-whiskered
Barbet 7. Black-browed Barbet 8. Blue-eared
Barbet (call) 9. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
1 10. Pacific Swift 11. Grey-chinned Minivet
12. Blue-winged Leafbird 13. Orange-bellied
Leafbird 14. Black-crested Bulbul 15. Ochraceous
Bulbul 16. Mountain Bulbul 17. Ashy Bulbul
18. Lesser Rachet-tailed Drongo 19. Black-naped
Oriole 20. Crested Jay (call) 21. Large-billed
Crow 22. Sultan Tit 23. Striped Tit-Babbler
(call) 24. Grey-throated Babbler 25. Pygmy
Wren-babbler (call) 26. Chestnut-capped Laughing
Thrush 27. Long-tailed Sibia 28. Oriental
Magpie Robin 29. Yellow-bellied Warbler 30.
Verditer Flycatcher 31. White-throated Fantail
32. Grey Wagtail 33. Little Spiderhunter
34. Streaked Spiderhunter 35. Fire-breasted
Flowerpecker |
| Comments |
Many Grey-chinned Minivets and leafbirds! |
| Date/Time |
September 16, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Lake Biwa (Ebie - Echi River - Yasu River
- Konohama - Kusatsu River) |
| Weather |
cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Great Cormorant 4. Black-crowned Night Heron
5. Cattle Egret 6. Great Egret 7. Intermediate
Egret 8. Little Egret 9. Egyptian Goose (escarpee)
10. Mallard 11. Spot-billed Duck 12. Common
Teal 13. Baikal Teal 1 14. Garganey 8 15. Northern Pintail 16. Northern Shoveler
17. Osprey 1 18. Black-eared Kite 19. Northern
Goshawk 1 20. Peregrine Falcon 1 21. Common
Moorhen 22. Coot 23. Little Ringed Plover
24. Pacific Golden Plover 25. Grey-headed
Lapwing 26. Little Stint 1 27. Red-necked Stint 28. Dunlin 29. Red
Knot 1 30. Great Knot 2 31. Ruff 4 32. Wood
Sandpiper 33. Common Greenshank 34. Common
Sandpiper 35. Black-tailed Godwit 36. Common
Snipe 37. Oriental Turtle Dove 38. Common
Kingfisher 39. (Japanese) Skylark 40. Barn
Swallow 41. Black-backed Wagtail 42. Japanese
Pied Wagtail 43. Brown-eared Bulbul 44. Bull-headed
Shrike 45. Siberian Meadow Bunting 46. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 47. Grey Starling 48. Carrion
Crow 49. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Because of extremely little precipitation
in this couple of months, Lake Biwa's shallow
water has been dried up. It is so surprising
to see a Baikal Teal so early autumn! |
| Date/Time |
June 2, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Togakushi, Nagano |
| Weather |
mainly fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Spot-billed Duck 3. Green
Pheasant (call) 4. Oriental Turtle-Dove 5.
White-bellied Green Pigeon 1 (call) 6. Hodgson's
Hawk-Cuckoo 1 (call) 7. Cuckoo (call) 8.
Oriental Cuckoo (call) 9. Little Cuckoo (call)
10. Ural Owl (call) 11. Pacific Swift 12.
Ruddy Kingfisher 1 13. Greater Spotted Woodpecker 14. Japanese
Green Woodpecker 15. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
16. Barn Swallow 17. Asian House Martin 18.
Grey Wagtail 19. Japanese Pied Wagtail 20.
Ashy Minivet 21. Brown-eared Bulbul 22. Bull-headed
Shrike 23. Winter Wren 24. Siberian Blue
Robin (call) 25. Japanese Grey Thrush 26.
Brown Thrush 27. Japanese Bush Warbler 28.
Eastern Crowned Warbler (call) 29. Narcissus
Flycatcher 30. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
(call) 31. Dark-sided Flycatcher 32. Asian
Brown Flycatcher 33. Willow Tit 34. Coal
Tit 35. Varied Tit 36. Great Tit 37. Eurasian
Nuthatch 38. Siberian Meadow Bunting 39.
Japanese Yellow Bunting 40. Black-faced Bunting
41. Grey Bunting (call) 42. Oriental Greenfinch
43. Japanese Grosbeak 44. Russet Sparrow
45. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 46. Chestnut-cheeked
Starling 47. Grey Starling 48. Jay 49. Large-billed
Crow |
| Comments |
Because we visited in the weekend, there
are hundreds of birdwatchers and flower watchers.
It seems that number of some summer migrants
have been decreasing at Togakushi. They are
Siberian Blue Robin and cuckoos. It is pleasure
to see Dark-sided Flycatcher and Ruddy Kingfisher,
though the number is small. |
May 19: Little Cuckoo arrived!
May 20: Brown Hawk-Owl arrived!
| Date/Time |
May 15, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Izuriba |
| Weather |
Cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Copper Phesant 2 2. Oriental Turtle-Dove 3. Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker 4. Japanese Green Woodpecker 5.
Barn Swallow 6. Grey Wagtail 7. Ashy Minivet
8. Brown-eared Bulbul 9. Short-tailed Bush
Warbler 10. Japanese Bush Warbler 11. Eastern
Crowned Warbler 12. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
13. Great Tit 14. Varied Tit 15. Long-tailed
Tit 16. Japanese White-eye 17. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 18. Japanese Grosbeak 19. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 20. Grey Starling 21. Jay 22.
Carrion Crow 23. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Bonus of Copper Pheasant! |
| Date/Time |
April 28, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Mt. Myoken - Miyama |
| Weather |
Fine, hazy |
| Species Observed |
1. Intermediate Egret 2. Grey Heron 3. Black
Kite 4. Chinese Bamboo Partridge 5. Oriental
Turtle Dove 6. Oriental Cuckoo 7. Japanese
Green Woodpecker 8. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
9. Barn Swallow 10. Brown-eared Bulbul 11.
Bull-headed Shrike 12. Japanese Robin 2 (My, MI) 13. White's Thrush 1 (My) 14. Dusky Thrush 15. Pale Thrush 16. Red-billed Leiothrix (introduced, MI)
17. Short-tailed Bush Warbler 18. Japanese Bush Warbler 19. Eastern Crowned Warbler 20. Blue-and-white
Flycatcher 21. Long-tailed Tit 22. Coal Tit 23. Great
Tit 24. Varied Tit 25. Japanese White-eye
26. Siberian Meadow Bunting 27. Black-faced Bunting 28. Rustic Bunting
1 (My) 29. Oriental Greenfinch 30. Siskin 31. Japanese Gosbeak 32. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
33. Grey Starling 34. Carrion Crow 35. Large-billed
Crow |
| Comments |
Because of weather (?), not many song birds
were seen today. However, we had a good view
of Green Woodpecker and Japanese Robin. Rustic
Bunting and Siskin will be the latest record
of the season. Thrush-like beautiful song
was heard in Miyama. Surprisingly, it was
Red-billed Leiothrix, an introduced species. |
| Date/Time |
April 20, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Izuriba |
| Weather |
Fine & Cool day |
| Species Observed |
1. Oriental Turtle Dove 2. Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker 3. Grey Wagtail 4. Olive-backed Pipit 5. Ashy Minivet 6. Brown-eared Bulbul 7. Dusky Thrush 8. Short-tailed Bush Warbler 9. Japanese Bush Warbler 10. Pale-legged Warbler 11. Blue-and-white
Flycatcher 12. Long-tailed Tit 13. Great Tit 14. Japanese
White-eye 15. Siberian Meadow Bunting 16. Black-faced Bunting 17. Oriental Greenfinch 18. Large-billed
Crow
(red: summer migrants purple: passage migrants
green: winter migrants) |
| Comments |
Pale-legged Warbler has arrived. It seems
that Blue-and-white Flycatcher has started
breeding. |
Ibaraki-benten Spring Migration 2002
the number of eachl species is approximate.
| Species/Date |
April 15 |
April 19 |
April 22 |
April 23 |
April 27 |
April 28 |
May 2 |
May 3 |
May 5 |
May 8 |
May 9 |
May 14 |
| Great Cormorant |
V |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
V |
5 |
|
|
1 |
| Grey Heron |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
| Great Egret |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Black-crowned Night Heron |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Spot-billed Duck |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Green Pheasant |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Black Kite |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Little Ringed Plover |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Oriental Turtle-dove |
V |
V |
|
V |
5 |
V |
1 |
V |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| White-bellied Green Pigeon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Oriental Cuckoo |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Common Kingfisher |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
V |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
| Barn Swallow |
|
V |
|
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
V |
5 |
|
2 |
2 |
| Olive-backed Pipit |
5 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Bull-headed Shrike |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brown-eared Bulbul |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Ashy Minivet |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Robin |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Siberian Blue Robin |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Pale Thrush |
20 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brown Thrush |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Eye-browed Thrush |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Grey Thrush |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dusky Thrush |
15 |
V |
2 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Short-tailed Bush Warbler |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
| Japanese Bush Warbler |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler |
|
|
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
| Pale-legged Warbler |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Arctic Warbler |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| Narcissus Flycatcher |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Paradise Flycatcher |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Long-tailed Tit |
4 |
V |
V |
5 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
| Varied Tit |
3 |
V |
V |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
| Great Tit |
2 |
V |
V |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
V |
5 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
| Japanese White-eye |
V |
V |
V |
10 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Siberian Meadow Bunting |
V |
V |
V |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| Black-faced Bunting |
V |
V |
5 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Brambling |
3 |
50 |
5 |
50 |
20 |
|
5 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Siskin |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Oriental Greenfinch |
8 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
V |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Hawfinch |
10 |
10 |
20 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Japanese Grosbeak |
10 |
10 |
15 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
V |
V |
V |
V |
10 |
V |
15 |
V |
20 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Grey Starling |
V |
V |
V |
|
5 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Carrion Crow |
V |
V |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
| Large-billed Crow |
20 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Summer migrants are typed with brown |
| Passage migrants are typed with red |
| Winter migrants are typed with green |
| Latest record in the season is highlighted
with green bold |
| Earliest record in the season is highlighted
with red bold |
| "V" means view of the species |
| Date/Time |
April 15, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Ibaraki-benten - EXPO Park |
| Weather |
warm and hazy |
| Species Observed |
1. Great Cormorant 2. Great Egret 3. Grey
Heron 4. Oriental Turtle Dove 5. Japanese
Pygmy Woodpecker 6. Olive-backed Pipit 7. Bull-headed Shrike 8. Japanese Robin (call) 9. Orange-flanked Bush Robin imm 1 10. Pale Thrush (many) 11. Dusky Thrush 12. Dark-throated Thrush 1 imm 13. Japanese Bush Warbler 14. Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1 male 1 female 15. Long-tailed Tit 16. Varied Tit 17. Great
Tit 18. Siberian Meadow Bunting 19. Black-faced Bunting (many) 20. Brambling
(many) 21. Siskin 22. Oriental Greenfinch 23. Hawfinch 24. Japanese Grosbeak 25. Tree Sparrow 26.
Jay 27. Carrion Crow 28. Large-billed Crow
(red: summer migrants purple: passage migrants
green: winter migrants) |
| Comments |
Spring migration seems to be started earlier.
There have been already news of Grey Thrush,
J. Robin, Siberian Blue Robin, Narcissus
Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Eastern
Crowned, Pale-legged and Short-tailed Bush
Warblers. Actually, I was able to see a pair
of Blue-and-white Flycatcher in this morning
though the female normally arrives in the
end of April. A race (Turdus ruficollis ruficollis)
of Dark-throated Thrush has been seen for
more than a week. This is a lifer for me
in Japan since I saw a Bimaculated Lark about
1.5 years ago. |
| Date/Time |
February 21-22, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Kawanishi - Mino - Ikejiri - Mt. Myoken -
Kiso River - Nagara River - Kisen Dam - Ogura |
| Weather |
warm during two days (fine - rain - fine) |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Great Cormorant 4. Great Egret 5. Little
Egret 6. Grey Heron 7. Mallard 8. Spot-billed
Duck 9. Common Teal 10. Baikal Teal 11. Falcated Teal 12. Gadwall 13. Wigeon
14. Northern Pintail 15. Northern Shoveler
16. Pochard 17. Tufted Duck 18. Smew 19.
Common Merganser 20. Osprey 21. Black Kite
22. Northern Goshawk 23. Common Buzzard 24.
Eastern Marsh Harrier 25. Kestrel 26. Chinese
Bamboo Partridge 27. Coot 28. Kentish Plover
29. Long-billed Plover 30. Northern Lapwing
31. Grey-headed Lapwing 32. Common Sandpiper
33. Common Black-headed Gull 34. Mew Gull
35. Herring Gull 36. Oriental Turtle Dove
36. Common Kingfisher 37. Japanese Green
Woodpecker (call) 38. Great Spotted Woodpecker
(call) 39. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 40.
Skylark 41. Grey Wagtail 42. Black-backed
Wagtail 43. Japanese Pied Wagtail 44. Buff-bellied
Pipit 45. Brown-eared Bulbul 46. Bull-headed
Shrike 47. Winter Wren 48. Orange-flanked
Bush-Robin 49. Daurian Redstart 50. Pale
Thrush 51. Dusky Thrush 52. Japanese Bush
Warbler 53. Long-tailed Tit 54. Coal Tit
55. Varied Tit 56. Great Tit 57. Japanese
White-eye 58. Siberian Meadow Bunting 59.
Rustic Bunting 60. Black-faced Bunting 61.Common
Reed Bunting 62. Brambling 62. Siskin 63.
Oriental Greenfinch 64. Hawfinch 65. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 66. Grey Starling 67. Jay 68.
Rook 69. Daurian Jackdaw 70. Carrion Crow
71. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Scaly-sided Merganser has not been seen for
this three days. We were lucky to see about
50 of Baikal Teal at Tatsuta Bridge of Kiso
River. |
| Date/Time |
February 16, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Kiso River - Nagara River |
| Weather |
fine and warm |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Great Cormorant 4. Grey Heron 5. Bewick'
s Swan 6. Mallard 7. Spot-billed Duck 8.
Green-winged Teal 9. Falcated Teal 10. Gadwall
11. Wigeon 12. Northen Pintail 13. Northern
Shoveler 14. Pochard 15. Tufted Duck 16.
Greater Scaup 17. Smew 18. Scaly-sided Merganser 19. Goosander 20. Osprey 21. Black Kite
22. Common Buzzard 23. Coot 24. Long-billed
Plover 25. Kentish Plover 26. Grey-headed
Lapwing 27. Northern Lapwing 28. Common Sandpiper
29. Herring Gull 30. Oriental Turtle Dove
31. Skylark 32. Black-backed Wagtail 33.
Japanese Pied Wagtail 34. Buff-bellied Pipit
35. Bull-headed Shrike 36. Daurian Redstart
37. Dusky Thrush 38. Great Tit 39. Siberian
Meadow Bunting 40. Black-faced Bunting 41.
Oriental Greenfinch 42. Grey Starling 43.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 44. Carrion Crow 45.
Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
A male Scaly-sided Merganser was seen exactly
same place with an individual which was seen
about ten years ago. Approximately 50 people
(or more) was exciting with the rare beautiful
duck. We tried to find another bonus along
the river but was not so successful. Well,
still a merganser was worthwhile enough for
the day trip. |
| Date/Time |
January 13, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Ai River - Mt. Myoken - Utagaki |
| Weather |
fine and warm |
| Species Observed |
1. Black Kite 2. Great Cormorant 3. Black-crowned
Night-heron 4. Great Egret 5. Little Egret
6. Grey Heron 7. Spot-billed Duck 8. Green-winged
Teal 9. Wigeon 10. Northern Pintail 11. Black
Kite 12. Hen Harrier 1 (male) 13. Northern Lapwing 14. Common Snipe
15. Common Black-headed Gull 16. Oriental
Turtle-Dove 17. Long-eared Owl 18. Japanese Pygmy-Woodpecker 19. Black-backed
Wagtail 20. Brown-eared Bulbul 21. Bull-headed
Shrike 22. Pale Thrush 23. Dusky Thrush 24.
Japanese Bush Warbler 25. Long-tailed Tit
26. Coal Tit 27. Varied Tit 28. Great Tit
29. Japanese White-eye 30. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 31. Rustic Bunting 32. Black-faced
Bunting 33. Brambling 34. Oriental Greenfinch
35. Siskin 36. Japanese Grosbeak 37.Howfinch
38. Grey Starling 39. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
40. Jay 41. Carrion Crow 42. Large-billed
Crow |
| Comments |
Long-eared Owls were easily found in a dense
small tree. At Mt. Myoken, we saw a large
flock of Japanese Grosbeak, Brambling and
Siskin. A male Hen Harrier was found in the
paddyfield near Nose Town. |
| Date/Time |
January 12, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Izuriba |
| Weather |
fine and warm |
| Species Observed |
1. Grey Heron 2. Oriental Turtle-Dove 3.
Japanese Green Woodpecker (call) 4. Japanese
Pygmy Woodpecker 5. Japanese Pied Wagtail
6. Brown-eared Bulbul 7. Winter Wren 8. Brown Dipper 9. Orange-flanked
Bush-Robin 10. Daurian Redstart 11. Pale
Thrush 12. Dusky Thrush 13. Japanese Bush
Warbler 14. Japanese White-eye 15. Siberian
Meadow Bunting 16. Rustic Bunting 17. Black-faced
Bunting 18. Oriental Greenfinch 19. Japanese
Grosbeak 20. Long-tailed Rosefinch 21. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 22. Jay 23. Large-billed Crow
24. Carrion Crow |
| Comments |
Comparing with December, there are less species.
However, I enjoyed a warm day birding.
A Japanese Bush Warbler was training its
territory song. A male Orange-flanked Bush
Robin was taking a bath in a small stream.
|
| Date/Time |
January 6, 2002 |
| Site Name |
Ikejiri |
| Weather |
cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Grey Heron 3. Little Egret
4. Great Egret 5. Osprey 6. Black Kite 7.
Mallard 8. Spot-billled Duck 9. Green-winged
Teal 10. Baikal Teal 11. Falcated Teal 12. Gadwall 13. Wigeon
14. Northern Pintal 15. Northern Shoveler
16. Oriental Turtle-Dove 17. Common Kingfisher
18. Grey Wagtail 19. Black-backed Wagtail
20. Japanese Pied Wagtail 21. Buff-bellied
Pipit 22. Brown-eared Bulbul 23. Daurian
Redstart 24. Japanese Bush-Warbler 25. Long-tailed
Tit 26. Great Tit 27. Siberian Meadow Bunting
28. Rustic Bunting 29. Black-faced Bunting
30. Reed Bunting 31. Hawfinch 32. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 33. Grey Starling 34. Jay 35.
Carrion Crow 36. Large-billed Crow 37. Pale
Thrush |
| Comments |
Snowy morning with fine and warm day. A male
Baikal Teal was the highlight of the day. |
| Date/Time |
December 22, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Izuriba, Osaka |
| Weather |
cloudy - drizzling |
| Species Observed |
1. Grey Heron 2. Oriental Turtle-dove 3.
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 4. Japanese Pied
Wagtail 5. Brown-eared Bulbul 6. Brown Dipper
7. Winter Wren 8. Daurian Redstart 9. Orange-flanked
Bush Robin 10. Pale Thrush 10. Japanese Bush
Warbler 11. Long-tailed Tit 12. Great Tit
13. Varied Tit 14. Japanese White-eye 15.
Siberian Meadow Bunting 17. Black-faced Bunting
18. Grey Bunting (call) 19. Brambling 100+
20. Siskin 21. Long-tailed Rosefinch 22.
Jay 23.Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Izuriba is located in low mountain area with
a valley. A beautiful male Long-tailed Rosefinch
was highlight of the day. Brambling seems
fairly common in this winter. We saw several
flocks during the two hour walk. A Brown
Dipper was calling frequently since it starts
breeding soon.... |
| Date/Time |
November 18, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Nishiike Pond - Takayama, Asai Town - Onoue
- Kaizu Osaki - Imazu - Shojo Lake |
| Weather |
cloudy - drizzling |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Great Cormorant 4. Great Egret 5. Little
Egret 6. Grey Heron 7. Bean Goose 8. Bewick's
Swan 9. Mallard 10. Spot-billed Duck 11.
Green-winged Teal 12. Falcated Teal 13. Gadwall
14. Wigeon 15. Pintail 16. Northern Shoveler
17. Red-crested Pochard 1 female 18. Common
Pochard 19. Tufted Duck 20. Greater Scaup
21. Common Goldeneye 22. Common Merganser
23. Black Kite 24. Northern Goshawk 25. Common
Buzzard 26. Common Moorhen 27. Coot 28. Northern
Lapwing 29. Common Black-headed Gull 30.
Mew Gull 31. Oriental Turtle-Dove 32. Common
Kingfisher 33. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
34. Greater Spotted Woodpecker 35. Skylark
36. Grey Wagtail 37. Black-backed Wagtail
38. Japanese Wagtail 39. Olive-backed Pipit
40. Brown-eared Bulbul 41. Bull-headed Shrike
42. Daurian Redstart 43. Japanese Bush Warbler
44. Winter Wren 45. Long-tailed Tit 46. Willow
Tit 47. Varied Tit 48. Great Tit 49. Japanese
White-eye 50. Siberian Meadow Bunting 51.
Rustic Bunting 52. Black-faced Bunting 53.
Reed Bunting 54. Oriental Greenfinch 55.
Long-tailed Rosefinch 56. Japanese Grosbeak
57. Hawfinch 58. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 59.
Grey Starling 60. Jay 61. Carrion Crow 62.
Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
It was the first visit to Lake Biwa in this
season. Although there was some news of Baikal
Teal, we did not see it. For trying to cover
forest birds, we dropped in Asai Town and
Shojo Lake in Makino Town, though it was
not so productive. |
| Date/Time |
November 3, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Kyoto Prefectural Botanic Garden - Kamo River
- Midorogaike Pond |
| Weather |
rainy |
| Species Observed |
1. Black-crowned Night Heron 2. Great Egret
3. Little Egret 4. Grey Heron 5. Mallard
6. Spot-billed Duck 7. Wigeon 8. Black Kite 9. Common Black-headed Gull 10. Oriental Turtle-Dove 11. Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker 12. Grey Wagtail 13. Black-backed
Wagtail 14. Japanese Pied Wagtail 15. Brown-eared
Bulbul 16. Bull-headed Shrike 17. Daurian Redstart 18. Pale Thrush 19. Japanese Bush Warbler 20. Long-tailed
Tit 21. Varied Tit 22. Great Tit 23. Japanese
White-eye 24. Black-faced Bunting 25. Oriental Greenfinch 26. Japanese Grosbeak
27. Hawfinch 28. Tree Sparrow 29. Grey Starling 30. Carrion
Crow 31. Large-billed Crow
Winter migrants are highlighted with red |
| Comments |
Although it was a chilling rainy day, we
were lucky to see some winter migrants, such
as Pale Thrush and Hawfinch. There were about
10-15 Hawfinches in the garden. It seems
this winter is a good winter for the finch. |
| Date/Time |
October 27, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Mt. Myoken - Mt. Miyama |
| Weather |
fine and warm day |
| Species Observed |
1. Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 male 2. Oriental Turtle Dove 3. Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker 4. Olive-backed Pipit 5. Brown-eared Bulbul 5. Bull-headed Shrike
6. Winter Wren (call) 7. Orange-flanked Bush Robin 8. Daurian Redstart 9. Eye-browed Thrush approx. 10 - 10. Dusky Thrush 1 11. Japanese Bush Warbler 12. Arctic Warbler
4+ 13. Eastern Crowned Warbler?1 14. Narcissus Flycatcher 2 15. Mugimaki Flycatcher 1 16. Coal Tit 17. Great Tit 18. Varied Tit
19. Long-tailed Tit 20. Japanese White-eye
21. Siberian Meadow Bunting 22. Rustic Bunting 23. Black-faced Bunting 24. Oriental Greenfinch 25. Siskin 26. Brambling 27. Long-tailed Rosefinch 28. Japanese Grosbeak 29. Jay 30. Large-billed
Crow
Winter migrants are highlighted with red
Passage/breeding species are highlighted
with purple |
| Comments |
Red leaves season has started. It would be
the last chance for seeing passage/breeding
migrants and first opportunity to see winter visitor.
Although we saw only a few, we heard and
more calls of Eye-browed Thrush which was
feeding wild berries. Two female type Narcissus
Flycatchers were seen together with Brambling
and Daurian Redstart in the same tree while
Arctic Wablers were looking for insects even
in the same tree. Another highlight, Mugimaki
Flycatcher was found at a fruiting tree at
Miyama. At Miyama, we heard/saw many early
arrivals of winter migrants, such as Brambling,
Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rustic Bunting
and Orange-flanked Bush Robin. |
| Date/Time |
September 28, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Mt. Myoken - Ogura Kantaku |
| Weather |
Cloudy in the morning, fine in the afternoon |
| Species Observed |
1. Cattle Egret 2. Great Egret 3. Intermediate
Egret 4. Grey Heron 5. Eastern Marsh Harrier
6. Kestrel 7. Grey-headed Lapwing 8. Oriental
Turtle Dove 9. Japanese Green Woodpecker
(call) 10. Greater Spotted Woodpecker (call)
11. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 12. Grey Wagtail
13. Brown-eared Bulbul 14. Siberian Ground Thrush 15. Japanese
Grey Thrush 5+ 16. Japanese Bush Warbler (call) 17. Asian
Brown Flycatcher 1 18. Grey-spotted Flycatcher 2 19. Coal Tit 20. Great Tit 21. Varied Tit
22. Japanese White-eye 23. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 24. Grey Starling 25. Eurasian Tree
Sparrow 26. Jay 27. Carrion Crow |
| Comments |
A beautiful autumn day with blue sky. Because
of relatively strong wind, we concerned whether
it affects for looking for bush birds, fortunately,
we were lucky enough to pick up some of passage
migrants. Highlight was a flock of thrushes,
which contain Japanese Grey and Siberian
Ground. They were feeding wild grape together.
The scene is cerntainly a part of autumn!
In Ogura-kantaku paddyfield, we saw two raptors
(early birds!) in the afternoon. Both Kestrel
and Harrier seem to be very young. It was
a very beautiful scene when a Harrier was
gliding on the golden rice field under the
blue sky. |
| Date/Time |
September 9, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Shiokawa Tidal Flat - Cape Irago |
| Weather |
Mainly Cloudy, very windy because of Typhoon
No. 15 |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Streaked Shearwater 3.
Great Cormorant 4. Black-crowned Night-heron
5. Cattle Egret 6. Great Egret 7. Intermediate
Egret 8. LIttle Egret 9. Grey Heron 10. Spot-billed
Duck 11. Common Teal 12. Pochard 13. Black
Kite 14. Green Pheasant 15. Common Moorhen
16. Ringed Plover 2 17. Little Ringed Plover
18. Mongolian Plover 19. Pacific Golden Plover
20. Grey Plover 21. Grey-headed Lapwing 22.
Ruddy Turnstone 23. Red-necked Stint 24.
Dunlin 25. Great Knot 26. Ruff 2 27. Common
Greenshank 28. Grey-tailed Tattler 29. Terek
Sandpiper 30. Common Sandpiper 31. Bar-tailed
Godwit 32. Eurasian Curlew 1 33. Eatern Curlew
2 34. Whimbrel 35. Swinhoe's Snipe 2 36. Black-tailed Gull 37. Oriental Turtle
Dove 38. Common Kingfisher 39. Sand Martin
40. Barn Swallow 41.Grey Wagtail 42. Black-backed
Wagtail 43. Japanese Wagtail 44. Bull-headed
Shrike 45. Zitting Cisticola 46. Siberian
Meadow Bunting 47. Oriental Greenfinch 48.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 49. Chestnut-cheeked
Starling 1 female 50. Grey Starling 51. Carrion
Crow 52. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Because of Typhoon no.15, it was a very windy
and dusty day. Two Swinhoe's Snipes are bonus
of the day. |
| Date/Time |
September 2-5, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Niseko, Lake Utonai etc. Hokkaido |
| Species Observed |
1. Temminck's Cormorant 2. Grey Heron 3.
Mallard 4. Black Kite 5. Common Buzzard 6.
Slaty-backed Gull 7. Black-tailed Gull 8.
Oriental Turtle-dove 9. White-bellied Green
Pigeon 10. Pacific Swift 11. Greater Spotted
Woodpecker 12. Barn Swallow 13. Asian House
Martin 14. Grey Wagtail 15. White Wagtail
16. Japanese Wagtail 17. Olive-backed Pipit
18. Brown-eared Bulbul 19. Bull-headed Shrike
20. Orange-flanked Bush Robin 21. Brown Thrush
22. Japanese Bush Warbler 23. Arctic Warbler
24. Narcissus Flycatcher 25. Long-tailed
Tit 25. Marsh Tit 26. Coal Tit 27. Varied
Tit 28. Great Tit 29. Eurasian Nuthatch 30.
Japanese White-eye 31. Siberian Meadow Bunting
32. Oriental Greenfinch 33. Bullfinch 34.
Pine Grosbeak ? (call) 35. Hawfinch 36. Japanese
Grosbeak 37. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 38. Grey
Starling 39. Jay 40. Carrion Crow 41.
Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
Because of off-peak for summer visitors,
I did not see any Hokkaido speciality. Narcissus
Flycatcher was still remaining in the breeding
ground. |
| Date/Time |
May 9-10, 2001 |
| Site Name |
Togakushi, Nagano |
| Weather |
Mainly Cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Common Buzzard 3. Mountain Hawk-Eagle 4. Copper Pheasant 5. Oriental Turtle-dove 6. Oriental Cuckoo
(call) 7. Japanese Green Woodpecker 8. Great
Spotted Woodpecker 9. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
10. Barn Swallow 11. Grey Wagtail 12. Olive-backed
Pipit (call) 13. Ashy Minivet 14. Brown-eared
Bulbul 15. Winter Wren 16. Siberian Blue
Robin (call) 17. Japanese Grey Thrush 18.
Brown Thrush 19. Japanese Bush Warbler 20.
Eastern Crowned Warbler 21. Goldcrest 22.
Narcissus Flycatcher 23. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
24. Asian Brown Flycatcher 25. Willow TIt
(call) 26. Coal Tit 27. Varied Tit 28. Great
Tit 29. Eurasian Nuthatch 30. Treecreeper
31. Siberian Meadow Bunting (call) 32. Black-faced
Bunting 33. Grey Bunting 34. Oriental Greenfinch 35. Japanese Grosbeak
36. Cinnamon Sparrow 37. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
38. Chestnut-cheeked Starling 39. Jay 40.
Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
 Two days short trip to Togakushi was more
impressive than our guess. Although we did
not hear any Common & Lesser Cuckoo's
call, major species have already arrived
and started singing. Japanese Grey Thrush
was heard in several locations while Grey
Bunting was relatively common in or near
coniferous forest. It may be unusual to see
Mountain Hawk-eagle in such high mountain
range. |
Ibaraki-benten Spring Migration
| Species/Date |
April 17 |
April 22 |
April 26 |
May 8 |
| Great Cormorant |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey Heron |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Green Pheasant |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Oriental Turtle-dove |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
| Common Kingfisher |
|
|
1 |
|
| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Barn Swallow |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Olive-backed Pipit |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
| Brown-eared Bulbul |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Ashy Minivet |
|
|
|
1 |
| Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
1 |
|
|
|
| Pale Thrush |
10 |
5 |
2 |
|
| Brown Thrush |
|
|
1 |
|
| Dusky Thrush |
3 |
|
2 |
|
| Short-tailed Bush Warbler |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
| Japanese Bush Warbler |
7 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
| Pale-legged Warbler |
|
|
1 |
|
| Narcissus Flycatcher |
|
2 |
4 |
|
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher |
|
1 |
2 |
|
| Long-tailed Tit |
4 |
2 |
10 |
|
| Varied Tit |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Great Tit |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
| Japanese White-eye |
10 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
| Siberian Meadow Bunting |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting |
|
1 |
|
|
| Black-faced Bunting |
7 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
| Grey Bunting |
|
|
2 |
|
| Brambling |
3 |
15 |
5 |
|
| Oriental Greenfinch |
8 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
| Japanese Grosbeak |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
| Grey Starling |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
| Carrion Crow |
5 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Large-billed Crow |
15 |
15 |
30 |
20 |
| Summer migrants are typed with brown |
| Passage migrants are typed with red |
| Winter migrants are typed with green |
| Last record in the season is highlighted
with green bold |
| Earliest record in the season is highlighted
with red bold |
| Date/Time |
April 10, 2001 / 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
| Site Name |
Ibaraki-benten |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Grey Heron 2. Green Pheasant 3. Oriental
Turtle-dove 4. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
5. Brown-eared Bulbul 6. Olive-backed Pipit
7. Orange-flanked Bush-robin 8. Pale Thrush 9. Dusky Thrush 10. Japanese
Bush Warbler 11. Short-tailed Bush Warbler 12. Varied Tit 13. Great Tit 14. Long-tailed
Tit 15. Japanese White-eye 16. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 17. Black-faced Bunting 18. Brambling
19. Oriental Greenfinch 20. Grey Starling
21. Jay 22. Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
A warm (likely early May) day. Black-faced
Buntings were singing everywhere while Brambling
uttered harsh, "zweet" call. Pairs of Japanese White-eyes
were chasing each other and uttered unusual
snapping sound when it flies. The speciality
for the day was Short-tailed Bush Warbler,
aka Asian Stub-tail, the earliest summer
migrants (except Barn Swallow) here. |
| Date/Time |
April 6, 2001 / 10:30 a.m. - 11:30a.m. |
| Site Name |
Ibaraki-benten |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Grey Heron 2. Oriental Turtle-dove 3.
Japanse Pygmy Woodpecker 4. Olive-backed
Pipit 5. Orange-flanked Bush-robin
6. Pale
Thrush 7.Dusky Thrush 8. Japanese Bush
Warbler
9. Great Tit 10. Varied Tit 11. Long-tailed
Tit 12. Japanese White-eye 13. Siberian
Meadow
Bunting 14. Rustic Bunting 15. Black-faced
Bunting 16. Brambling 17. Oriental
Greenfinch
18. Grey Starling 19. Jay 20. Carrion
Crow
21.Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
Still some Rustic Buting & Orange-flanked
Bush-robin. |
| Date/Time |
April 1, 2001 / 10:30 a.m. - 11:30a.m. |
| Site Name |
Ibaraki-benten |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Wigeon 2. Green Pheasant 3. Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker 4. Brown-eared Bulbul 5. Orange-flanked
Bush-robin 6. Dusky Thrush 7. Pale Thrush
8. Japanese Bush Warbler 9. Long-tailed Tit
10. Great Tit 11. Varied Tit 12. Japanese
White-eye 13. Siberian Meadow Bunting 14.
Black-faced Bunting 15. Yellow-throated Bunting
16. Oriental Greenfinch 17. Carrion Crow
18. Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
Probably the last day to see some of winter
migrants. A great view of male Green Pheasant. |
| Date/Time |
February 19, 2001 / 8:50 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
| Site Name |
Kawanishi - Hatsutani Valley - Mt. Myoken
- Mino Kinen-no-mori - Ogura Kantaku - Higashi-Ota |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Mandarin Duck 3. Mallard
4. Grey-headed Lapwing 5. Oriental Turtle-dove
6. Common Kingfisher 7. Common Sandpiper
8. Japanese Green Woodpecker 9. Japanese
Pygmy Woodpecker 10. Grey Wagtail 11. White
Wagtail 12. Japanese Pied Wagtail 13. Brown-eared
Bulbul 14. Daurian Redstart 15. Orange-flanked
Bush-robin 16. Dusky Thrush 17. Pale Thrush
18. Japanese Bush Warbler 19. Long-tailed
Tit 20. Varied Tit 21. Great Tit 22. Siberian
Meadow Bunting 23. Black-faced Bunting 24.
Oriental Greenfinch 25. Long-tailed Rosefinch
26. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 27. Grey Starling
28.Rook 29. Carrion Crow 30. Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
A warm day. Japanese Green Woodpecker has
started calling on the tree top while skylarks
were singing in the sky. |
| Date/Time |
February 18, 2001 / 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
| Site Name |
near Hyuga - Miike |
| Weather |
cloudy - rainy - cloudy |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Cormorant 4. Little Egret 5. Grey Heron
6.
Mallard 7. Spot-billed Duck 9. Wigeon
10.
Northern Pintail 11. Greater Scaup
12. Black
Kite 13. Common Sandpiper 14. Herring
Gull
15. Black-tailed Gull 16. Ancient Murrelet 1 17. Japanese Murrelet 7 18. Oriental Turtle-dove 19. Common Kingfisher
20. Greater Spotted Woodpecker (call)
21.
Japanese Green Woodpecker (call) 22.
Japanese
Pygmy Woodpecker 23. Grey Wagtail 24.
White
Wagtail 25. Olive-backed Pipit 26.
Ryukyu
Minivet 27. Brown-eared Bulbul 28.
Bull-headed
Shrike 29. Daurian Redstart 30. Orange-flanked
Bush-robin 31. Dusky Thrush 32. Pale
Thrush
33. Japanese Bush Warbler 34. Long-tailed
Tit 35. Varied Tit 36. Great Tit 37.
Eurasian
Nuthatch 38. Japanese White-eye 39.
Black-faced
Bunting 40. Yellow-throated Bunting
41. Japanese
Grosbeak 42. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
43. Winter
Wren 44. Grey Starling 45. Rook 46.
Carrion
Crow 47. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
A day for Japanese Murrelet. We were able
to see at least seven Japanese Murrelets
very well. A pair often came closer
to us.
Once they came within 5m to us! They
dove
very often. They also sometimes showed
only
their face and beak for breathing.
There
was also an Ancient Murrelet. At Miike,
we
were suffered from the weather. A Ryukyu
Minivet was bonus for me while we saw
a flock
of Yellow-throated Bunting with a good
view. |
| Date/Time |
February 17, 2001 / 10:00 a..m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Site Name |
Izumi - Tatsuta-yama - Hikawa River - Kuma
River - Hitotsuse River |
| Weather |
fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Great Crested Grebe 2. Great Cormorant
3. Black-crowned Night Heron 4. Great Egret
5. Little Egret 6. Grey Heron 7. Oriental White Stork 1 8. Black-faced Spoonbill 19. Mallard 20. Spot-billed Duck 21. Common
Teal 22. Wigeon 23. Osprey 24. Black Kite
25. Eurasian Kestrel 26. Chinese Bamboo Partridge
27. Hooded Crane 28. White-naped Crane 29.
Kentish Plover 30. Grey Plover 31. Dunlin
32. Common Snipe 33. Common Black-headed
Gull 34. Herring Gull 35. Mew Gull 36. Black-tailed
Gull 37. Saunder's Gull 38. Oriental Turtle-dove 39. Japanese Green
Woodpecker (call) 40. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
41. Skylark 42. Barn Swallow 43. White Wagtail
44. Japanese Pied Wagtail 45. Buff-bellied
Pipit 46. Ashy(?) Minivet (call) 47. Bull-headed
Shrike 48. Daurian Redstart 49. Orange-flanked
Bush-robin 50. Pale Thrush 51. Dusky Thrush
52. Japanese Bush Warbler 53. Long-tailed
Tit 54. Great Tit 55. Varied Tit 56. Japanese
White-eye 57. Siberian Meadow Bunting 58.
Rustic Bunting 59. Yellow-throated Bunting
(call) 60. Black-faced Bunting 61. Oriental
Greenfinch 62. Japanese Grosbeak 63. Eurasian
Tree Sparrow 64. Grey Starling 65. Rook 66.
Carrion Crow 67. Large-billed Crow |
| Comments |
A very warm & fine day. Although we saw
plenty of tits at Tatsutayama, we missed
Grey Bunting & Japanese Green Woodpecker.
At Hikawa, we saw a young Black-faced Spoonbill
was feeding. There was no Great Black-headed
Gull today, again. We saw more than ten of
Saunder's Gull. At Hitotsuse River, we were
lucky to find an Oriental White Stork immediately.
There were also four Black-faced Spoonbills. |
| Date/Time |
February 16, 2001 / 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Site Name |
Izumi - Sendai - Izumi |
| Weather |
rainy/cloudy (very windy) |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Cormorant 3. Temminck's
Cormorant 4. Cattle Egret 5. Great Egret
6. Little Egret 7. Grey Heron 8. White Spoonbill 3 9. Black-faced Spoonbill 1 10. Mallard 11. Spot-billed Duck 12. Common
Teal 13. Gadwall 14. Bewick's Swan 15. Wigeon
16. Northern Pintail 17. Black Kite 18. Common
Buzzard 19. Peregrine Falcon 20. Eurasian
Kestrel 21. Common Crane 22. Hooded Crane
23. White-naped Crane 24. Siberian White Crane 1 25. Moorhen 26. Coot 27. Northern Lapwing
28. Dunlin 29. Common Sandpiper 30. Common
Snipe 31. Herring Gull 32. Slaty-backed Gull
33. Black-tailed Gull 34. Oriental Turtle-dove
35. Common Kingfisher 36. Skylark 37. Grey
Wagtail 38. White Wagtail 39. Japanese Pied
Wagtail 40. Buff-bellied Pipit 41. Brown-eared
Bulbul 42. Bull-headed Shrike 43. Dusky Thrush
44. Pale Thrush 45. Japanese White-eye 46.
Siberian Meadow Bunting 47. Grey-headed Bunting
48. Black-faced Bunting 49. Great Reed Bunting
50. Pallas's Reed Bunting 2 51. Oriental Greenfinch 52. Eurasian Tree
Sparrow 53. Grey Starling 54. Daurian Jackdaw 1 55. Rook 56. Carrion Crow 57. Large-billed
Crow |
| Comments |
A very windy and chilling day with rain.
We were very lucky to see two Pallas's Reed
Bunting with very close distance. Siberian
White Crane was near feeding ground. In the
morning, we saw within 20m! Two spoonbills
and Bewick's Swans were unpredicted bonus.
We also enjoyed Peregrine's hunting. It dove
into a flock of wigeons, though it never
succeeded. Although we went to Greater Spotted
Eagle's site, we missed the eagle. |
| Date/Time |
February 15, 2001 / 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| Site Name |
Ebino - Kuma River - Izumi |
| Weather |
mainly fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Crested Grebe 3.
Eared Grebe 4. Great Cormorant 5. Grey Heron
6. Common Shelduck 7. Mallard 8. Spot-billed Duck 9. Common
Teal 10. Gadwall 11. Wigeon 12. Northern
Pintail 13. Osprey 14. Black Kite 15. Eurasian
Sparrowhawk 16. Eurasian Kestrel 17. White-naped
Crane 18. Hooded Crane 19. Siberian Crane 1 20. Grey Plover 21. Dunlin 22. Common Black-headed
Gull 23. Herring Gull 24. Heuglin's Gull 2 25. Mew Gull 26. Black-tailed Gull 27. Saunder's Gull 12+ 28. Oriental Turtle-Dove 29. Crested Kingfisher 1 31. Skylark 32. Asian House Martin 33. Grey
Wagtail 34. White Wagtail 35. Japanese Pied
Wagtail 36. Buff-bellied Pipit 37. Brown-eared
Bulbul 38. Bull-headed Shrike 39. Dusky Thrush
40. Great Tit 41. Siberian Meadow Bunting
42. Oriental Greenfinch 43. Grey Starling
44. Rook 45. Large-billed Crow 46. Carrion
Crow |
| Comments |
A very beautiful day with warm weather. A
Crested Kingfisher was seen near Ebino Exit
of Highway. Although we arrived the best
timing at Kuma River mouth, we missed a Great
Black-headed Gull. Two Heuglin's Gulls were
seen very well while more than ten Saunder's
Gulls were seen closely. At Izumi, we immediately
found a Siberian White Crane. |
| Date/Time |
February 10, 2001 / 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
| Site Name |
Ibaraki-benten |
| Weather |
mainly fine |
| Species Observed |
1. Grey Heron 2. Mallard 3. Wigeon 4. Northern Goshawk 1 5. Orirental Turtle-dove 6. Japanese Pygmy-Woodpecker
7. White Wagtail 8. Olive-backed Pipit 9.
Brown-eared Bulbul 10. Daurian Redstart 11.
Orange-flanked Bush-robin 12. Pale Thrush
13. Dusky Thrush 14. Japanese Bush Warbler
15. Long-tailed Tit 16. Varied Tit 17. Great
Tit 18. Japanese White-eye 19. Siberian Meadow
Bunting 20. Rustic Bunting 21. Yellow-throated
Bunting 22. Black-faced Bunting 23. Grey
Bunting 24. Oriental Greenfinch 25. Long-tailed
Rosefinch 26. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 27. Carrion
Crow 28. Jungle Crow |
| Comments |
No large flock of thrushes any more. Orange-flanked
Bush-robins are still well seen. An immature
|