Birdwatching in Kiryu, Gunma

 At the invitation of a friend, I went to the mountains of Gunma Prefecture to look for blue-and-white flycatchers. At the forest park we visited, several blue-and-white flycatchers had arrived in early May, and their calls could be heard everywhere. Perhaps because they had just arrived, the males had not yet established their territories, and we were able to see some of them at close range.

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Birdwatching in Mae Nikko and Tochigi Prefectural Forest (March 25, April 22 and 25, 2024)

 

Red-flanked Bluetail (female)

Red-flanked Bluetail (male)

Red-flanked Bluetail (male)

Red-flanked Bluetail (male)

Eurasian Wren

Eurasian Wren

Willow Tit

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Narcissus Flycatcher (male)

Blue-and-White Flycatcher (male)

Blue-and-White Flycatcher (male)

Birdwatching in Shiga Kogen (June 1-4, 2023) 1

 Shiga Kogen Highland is located northeast of Nagano City, famous with Nagano Winter Olympic Game in 1998.  The highland holds good variety of song birds.  Highlights in the highland were Grey Bunting, somehow very common, Japanese Yellow Bunting and Siberian Blue Robin.  Song of Siberian Thrush was heard but not seen.  Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo, previously a part of Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, were commonly calling.  Three summer migrant warblers, Sakhalin, Japanese and Eastern Crowned, are all common there.

Despite the variety of avifauna, very few people visit for birding.

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Eurasian Jay

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher

Blue-and-White Flycatcher