Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Lesser White-fronted Goose

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2021-12-18

Birdwatching in Miyagi (December 8-10, 2021) 3

Common Merganser (male)

Common Merganser (male) & Smew (female)

Common Merganser (male)

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Northern Pintail (male)

Whooper Swan

2021-12-16

Birdwatching in Miyagi (December 8-10, 2021) 1

Totally 63 species were seen during the 3 days trip. Seven geese including two subspecies of Bean Goose were recorded. Lesser White-fronted, Cackling, Canada and Snow Goose were observed very well.

1. Green Pheasant 1 (male) 2 a. Tundra Bean Goose 2 b. Taiga Bean Goose 3. White-fronted Goose 4. Lesser White-fronted Goose 5. Snow Goose 11 6. Cackling Goose 7. Lesser Canada Goose 1 8. Tundra Swan 9. Whooper Swan 10. Gadwall 11. Eastern Spot-billed Duck 12. Eurasian Wigeon 13. Mallard 14. Northern Pintail 15. Common Teal 16. Common Pochard 17. Tufted Duck 18. Greater Scaup 19. Smew 20. Red-breasted Merganser 21. Common Merganser 22. Little Grebe 23. Black-necked Grebe 24. Great Crested Grebe 25. Oriental Turtle Dove 26. Temminck's Cormorant 27. Great Cormorant 28. Pelagic Cormorant 29. Grey Heron 30. Great Egret 31. Little Egret 32. Common Moorhen 33. Eurasian Coot 34. Vegae Gull 35. Slaty-backed Gull 36. Black-tailed Gull 37. Black-eared Kite 38. White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 (male) 39. Eastern Marsh Harrier 1 40. Japanese Buzzard 42. Common Kingfisher 43. Eurasian Jay 44. Azure-winged Magpie 45. Rook 46. Carrion Crow 47. Large-billed Crow 48. Japanese Bush Warbler 49. Japanese Tit 50. Eurasian Skylark 51. Eurasian Wren 52. White-cheeked Starling 53. Dusky Thrush 54. Blue Rock Thrush 55. White Wagtail 56. Japanese Pied Wagtail 57. Eurasian Tree Sparrow 58. Buff-bellied Pipit 59. Oriental Greenfinch 60. Long-tailed Rosefinch 61. Meadow Bunting 62. Rustic Bunting 63. Common Reed Bunting 64. Black-faced Bunting

Whooper and Tundra Swan

White-tailed Sea-Eagle

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Green Pheasant (male)

2021-11-28

Birdwatching in Kabukuri-numa and Sendai Plain (13-15 November 2021)

Northern parts of Sendai Plain (often called as Senboku Plain) is the largest wintering ground of goose in Japan. The number has been increasing in the recent years. The number is now estimated over 200,000 annually. Majority of the goose is White-fronted Goose (about 90%) while Cackling Goose has been increasing rapidly. There are also Bean, Lesser White-fronted and Snow Goose though the number is less than 1,000 for each.

During the stay, I was able to see roughly 30 species including four goose species (White-fronted, Lesser White-fronted, Bean and Cackling).

Bean Goose, White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Cackling Goose, Whooper Swan, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Common Teal, Common Merganser, Oriental Turtle Dove, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Eurasian Coot, Black-eared Kite, Hen Harrier, Japanese Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Merlin, Bull-headed Shrike, Carrion Crow, Large-billed Crow, Skylark, White-cheeked Starling, White Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit