Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Common Snipe

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2013-01-06

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (January 6, 2013)

Cold but fine day. Glad to see two flocks of Bullfinches, which were first time for me to see in Maioka Koen while a few calls of Long-tailed Rosefinches were heard. Although Solitary Snipe didn't come this winter, two Eurasian Woodcocks have been staying here. Birds which were seen today were as below.

1. Eurasian Woodcock 2 2. Common Snipe 2 3. Japanese Woodpecker 1 4. Greater Spotted Woodpecker (call) 5. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 6. Oriental Turtle Dove 7. Bull-headed Shrike 8. Brown-eared Bulbul 9. White Wagtail 10. Daurian Redstart 1 (male) 11. Dusky Thrush 12. Pale Thrush (call) 13. Japanese Bush Warbler 14. Great Tit 15. Varied Tit 16. Long-tailed Tit 17. Japanese White-eye 18. Rustic Bunting 1 19. Black-faced Bunting 20. Meadow Bunting 21. Hwamei (call) 22. Bullfinch 15 23. Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 (call) 23. Tree Sparrow 24. Large-billed Crow

Bullfinch

Common Snipe

Meadow Bunting

Daurian Redstart

Common Snipe

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Daurian Redstart

2012-02-19

Birdwatching in Maioka Koen (19 February, 2012)

Very few birds in the cold and cloudy morning.

Common Snipe

Black-faced Bunting (male)

Black-faced Bunting

Black-faced Bunting (female)

Japanese Bush Warbler

White Wagtail (male)

Daurian Redstart (male)

Great Tit (male)

Varied Tit

Japanese White-eye

Adonis ramosa

2011-01-09

Birdwatching in Inba-numa and Ukishima (January 8, 2011)

Together with my friend, we went to see Desert Wheatear, firstly. The wheatear was found very easily as it was feeded by photographers. The individual is not an adult individual but is still striking. After photographing the tame Desert Wheatear, we stopped at lakeside of Inba-numa. Among hundreds of Pintail and other ducks, we found 5 Bean Geese. Although my friend saw a Dusky Warbler in the morning, we didn't hear at the time. Then, we went to Ukishima marsh to look for Long-billed Dowitcher. Somehow, we didn't find the flock, though we saw rest of highlights, such as Marsh Sandpiper and Ruff. In the sunset time, we saw several Eastern Marsh Harrier and a male Hen Harrier.

Recorded Species

1. Bean Goose 2. Eurasian Wigeon 3. Mallard 4. Spot-billed Duck 5. Northern Pintail 6. Little Grebe 7. Grey Heron 8. Great Egret 9. Little Egret 10. Great Cormorant 11. Eurasian Kestrel 12. Peregrine Falcon 1 imm. 13. Osprey 14. Black-eared Kite 15. Eastern Marsh Harrier 16. Hen Harrier male 1 17. Japanese Sparrowhawk female 1 18. Northern Goshawk imm. 1 19. Common Buzzard 20. Common Moorhen 21. Coot 22. Northern Lapwing 23. Common Snipe 24. Marsh Sandpiper 25. Green Sandpiper 26. Wood Sandpiper 27. Dunlin 28. Ruff 29. Vega Gull 30. Oriental Tuttle Dove 31. Bull-headed Shrike 32. Carrion Crow 33. Large-billed Crow 34.Skylark 35. Brown-eared Bulbul 36. Japanese Bush-Warbler 37. White-cheeked Starling 38. Common Starling 39. Dusky Thrush 40. Daurian Redstart 41. Desert Wheatear 1 male 1st yr 42. Blue Rock Thrush 1 female 43. Tree Sparrow 44. White Wagtail 45. Japanese Wagtail 46. Buff-bellied Pipit 47. Oriental Greenfinch 48. Meadow Bunting 49. Black-faced Bunting 50. Common Reed Bunting