We had a night on a campsite last night…
After being serenaded by Jungle Nightjars all night (including a brief glimpse in the twilight) we were up at sunrise and there were lots of birds: a flyover White-tailed Eagle and Osprey, Japanese Green Pigeon, Brown Dipper, Grey Wagtail, several species of thrush…
…and several species of woodpecker…
Breeding season in full swing as you can see.
Our campsite had quite a few birds. The Oriental Turtle Dove below was in front of our tent one morning.
There was also a noisy Brown Hawk Owl calling at night.
Plus various common woodland stuff…
A very early rise and we were in one of the local parks…and in anticipation of some nice birds I took my big lens.
Nice to find some thrushes that weren’t Duskys.
Not a vintage morning for photos it must be said but a few nice birds around: Wryneck, Hawfinch, Japanese Grosbeak, Oriental Cuckoo, Latham’s Snipe, Russet Sparrow, Grey-headed Woodpecker…
What else will the next few days bring?
Probably my last chance to photograph this species for a while…
The Siberian Robin seems to have gone but the Brown-headed Thrush was in its favourite spot in the park this morning.
Usually Brown-headed Thrushes are pretty shy. But not this one…
The Brown-headed Thrush from last week was still around this morning…
This Brown-headed Thrush was surprisingly tame…
The end of April/start of May is Golden Week in Japan, most people have a few days off and it’s the start of the migration season up here. This morning we were in one of the local parks: nothing rare about but lots of spring arrivals and common residents…
The Brown-headed Thrush was still in the park this afternoon……………..
The spring migrants are passing through, here a couple of thrushes from this part of the world. Taken in a park just outside town. The Pale Thrush was bullying the other one: must be the ‘dominant’ species I guess.
