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I’ve been focused on the crossbills and waxwings in town in recent weeks but there are still other species around.
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In case you were wondering the other species in town on my walks in the last month or so have been: Great Egret, Grey Heron, Whooper Swan, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Common Teal, Pochard, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Falcated Duck, Eurasian Wigeon, Slaty-backed Gull, Vega Gull, White-tailed Eagle, Peregrine, Eastern Buzzard, Eurasian Kestrel, Black Kite, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kingfisher, Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Varied Tit, Japanese Tit, Coal Tit, Brown-eared Bulbul, Dusky Thrush, Daurian Redstart, Large-billed Crow, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Jay, Oriental Greenfinch, Brambling, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll. And of course Common Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Bohemian Waxwing and Japanese Waxwing.
I think that’s all…
Any excellent list Stuart and fortunate to have seen all of these species in Japan albeit not perhaps all in the Hakodate environs….except the Two-barred of course. I speculated you might have seen Mandarin recently but you mentioned it was a summer visitor. However I have a good shot of a splendid male taken on 16 Feb 2019 in the snowy river at Inokawa fyi
Hi Tony, you mean Yunokawa? The earliest I’ve seen Mandarins around here is mid March I think…
Sorry yes Yunokawa where the Hot Spring hotels are located. ‘Twas a fine looking male Mandarin….
I should check there too maybe…