Bird Watching in Japan & Asia

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