Bird Watching in Japan & Asia: Tundra Swan

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2018-01-22

Birdwatching in Choshi and Tohnosho Town (17 January, 2018)

Herring Gull

Whistling Swan

Tundra Swan

2016-12-31

Birdwatching in Asahi City and Choshi Fishery Port, Chiba (30 December, 2016)

The Last birding day in 2016. We were so lucky to photograph Lesser Canada Goose in Asahi City. Then, we moved to Choshi for watching seabirds.

Lesser Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Mallard, Spot-billed Duck, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Harlequin Duck 1, Black-throated Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe 1, Black-necked Grebe, Grey Heron, Large Egret, Eastern Reef Heron 1, Temminck's Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Eurasian Kestrel, Eastern Marsh Harrier, Black-eared Kite, Common Coot, Black-tailed Gull, Glaucous Gull, Thayer's or Glaucous-winged Gull (1st w) 1, Vega Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Common Black-headed Gull, Black-legged Kitiwake, Oriental Turtle Dove, Bull-headed Shrike, Skylark, White-cheeked Starling, Dusky Thrush, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, White Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit, Oriental Greenfinch.

Tundra Swan

Lesser Canada Goose

Glaucous Gull

Black-legged Kitiwake

Temminck's Cormorant

Common Kestrel

Eastern Marsh Harrier

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