Bird and Butterfly Watching in Senjo-ga-hara September 15, 2023

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck

 

Butterfly Watching in Kinu-gawa (September 13, 2023)

 

Bird and Butterfly Watching in Oku-Nikko (September 1, 2023)

 My first birding in Tochigi, after moving to Kanuma.  Probably, some of the summer migrants have left.  So, the forest in the Nikko National Park was rather quiet.  Tits and nuthatches were active though they were hardly seen.

White-backed Woodpecker

Eurasian Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch

Olive-backed Pipit