Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Common Greenshank

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2025-11-15

Birdwatching in Kin and Nago Rice Field (September 11-13, 2025)

Perhaps because it was the autumn migration period, numerous shorebirds could be observed in the rice-field areas. Although the Long-toed Stint is usually seen alone on Honshū, on the most productive day around fifty individuals were spotted.

Personally, I was particularly delighted to find both the Pintail Snipe and Swinhoe's Snipe.

Wood Sandpiper

Zitting Cisticola

Black-winged Stilt

snipe sp. (Swinhoe's?)

Little Ringed Plover

Cattle Egret

Pacific Swallow

Long-toed Stint

Pintail Snipe

Red-necked Stint

Common Greenshank

2021-04-15

Birdwatching in Yonaguni Island (4 April - 6 April, 2021) 1

Yonaguni Island is located in the southwestern end of Japan, about 120km to Taiwan. The isolated island is famous with rare migrants, which are not recorded much in the rest of Japan.

The three days trip was started with strong north wind in the whole day in 4 April. The wind stopped in the afternoon of 5 April. However, due to the wind, small passerine species were hard to find.

Rarest one was Black Redstart (female), seen on 5 April, though I wasn't able to take any photo. Besides the redstart, a male Citrine Wagtail was the highlight of the trip.