Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Siberian Scoter

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2021-01-11

Birdwatching in Shin-Urayasu (10 January, 2021)

Although Long-tailed Duck has been still staying, he stayed very far away from the coast. Due to low tide, we missed most of sea birds, which may be seen there including Slavonian and Red-necked Grebe, Lesser Scaup and Common Golden-eye. Instead of them, we saw a non-breeding plumage of Little Stint.

Bird list is as below.

Black-necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup, Siberian Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Peregrine Falcon (immature), Eurasian Coot, Kentish Plover, Little Stint, Red-necked Stint, Dunlin, Herring Gull, White Wagtail, Brown-eared Bulbul, Daurian Redstart, Blue Rock Thrush, Japanese White-eye, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Carrion Crow, Large-billed Crow

Dunlin

Greater Scaup

Kentish Plover

Little Stint

Red-breasted Merganser (female)

Siberian Scoter (male)

2020-12-21

Birdwatching in Urayasu and Emperor's palace (20 December 2020)

Due to strong Siberian high pressure, temperature was quite low for December while strong wind made us feel cold. Although I had heard Siberian (White-winged or Velvet) Scoter hadn't found in the last four days, Luckily we were able to see it within 20 meter. In addition to the duck, a male Long-tailed Duck (very rare in Tokyo Bay), a female Lesser Scaup were also seen well. A female Lesser Scaup is nearly identical from female Greater Scaup. The black tip on the beak is narrower and smaller while the head shape reminds Ferruginous Duck, Tufted Duck and Ring-necked Duck rather than Greater Scaup and Common Pochard.

In Emperor's Palace, I briefly walked from Sakurada-mon Gate to Wadakura Gate. Falcated Ducks are well seen near Sakurada-mon Gate, Somehow, Gadwall becomes as the most common duck in the channels.

Bird List of the day is as below.

Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe 1, Black-necked Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Falcated Duck, Gadwall, Common Teal, Northern Shovelor, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup (female) 1, Siberian Scoter 1 (male), Red-breasted Meganser 2 (female), Dunlin, Oriental Turtle Dove, Northern Goshawk, Black Kite, White Wagtail, Daurian Redstart