Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Japanese Reed Bunting

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2013-06-09

Birdwatching in Inzai City (9 June, 2013)

I went to tick a kind of missing puzzle in this morning. Great Bittern is probably a breeding resident in eastern Chiba to southern Ibaraki Pref. and is locally not uncommon. I didn't predict they fly so frequently and closely. Although I took a few shots, they are still far away from satisfaction....
Another purpose, Japanese Reed Bunting was not really cheeful and far away for photographing today.

1. Little Grebe 2. Great Cormorant 3. Yellow Bittern 4. Great Bittern 4 5. Little Egret 6. Spot-billed Duck 7. Osprey 8. Black-eared Kite 9. Green Pheasant 10. Oriental Turtle Dove 11. Lesser Cuckoo (call) 12. Common Kingfisher 13. Japanese Skylark 14. Barn Swallow 15. White Wagtail 16. Japanese Bush Warbler 17. Oriental Reed Warbler 18. Zitting Cisticola 19. Meadow Bunting 20. Japanese Reed Bunting 21. Tree Sparrow 22. Grey Starling

Great Bittern

Oriental Reed Warbler

Japanese Reed Bunting (male)

2012-01-09

Birdwatching in Inzai City, Motono Village and Abiko City

It is the first record on Siberian White Crane in southeastern Honshu. Although I had seen a few times before, I visited there to see my friend. Weather was fine and calm. We immediately found the crane after arriving the feeding point. There were about 50 people who were photographing the crane. We joined with them and photographed it for 30 minutes. Then, we visited several locations for watching open country birds. Another highlight was Japanese Reed Buntings which are not so easy to see in winter.

Recorded species
1. Little Grebe 2. Great Cormorant 3. Whooper Swan 4. "Tundra Swan" 2 5. Bewick's Swan 6. Bean Goose 7. Mallard 8. Spot-billed Duck 9. Teal 10. Pintail 11. Little Egret 12. Great Egret 13. Grey Heron 14. Siberian White Crane 1 (2nd year imm.) 15. Coot 16. Moorhen 17. Common Snipe 18. Black-eared Kite 19. Common Buzzard 20. Common Kestrel 1 21. Peregrine Falcon 1 (imm.) 22. Green Pheasant 1 (female) 23. Oriental Turtle Dove 24. Skylark 25. White Wagtail 26. Buff-bellied Pipit 27. Brown-eared Bulbul 28. Bull-headed Shrike 29. Daurian Redstart 30. Dusky Thrush 31. Japanese Bush Warbler 32. Zitting Cisticola 33. Meadow Bunting 34. Rustic Bunting 35. Chestnut-eared Bunting 36. Japanese Reed Bunting 37. Common Reed Bunting 38. Black-faced Bunting 39. Oriental Greenfinch 40. Long-tailed Rosefinch (call) 41. Tree Sparrow 42. Grey Starling 43. Carrion Crow 44. Large-billed Crow