Not many summer visitors around but there were quite a few of these…
An early spring trip #9
Category: Shikotsuko
An early spring trip #8
Noe called Warbling White-eye actually…
An early spring trip #7
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…
An early spring trip #6
The most interesting species at the pool was this male Grey Bunting…
An early spring trip #5
A very common bird in Japan but it was a pool ‘tick’ for me. A male and a female…
An early spring trip #4
About a dozen species were on view…
An early spring trip #3
One specialty of the pool is Japanese Thrush. This first summer male and female both put in an appearance…
An early spring trip #2
There were no Siberian Blue Robins or Narcissus Flycatchers at the birdbath but there were a few Eastern Crowned Warblers…
An early spring trip #1
We were in the Mukawa/Shikotsuko area for a few days this week.
Mukawa was not great for birds. All the winter stuff had gone and most of the interesting summer stuff hadn’t arrived yet. And no passage waders there either.
The well-known birdbath at Shikotsuko provided some photo opps at least.
More from the dark pool…
Only 5 species visited the forest pool but some of them were interesting…like the above Grey Bunting.
And this juvenile Japanese Robin.
As you can see lots of noise reduction in these images.
In addition to the dark it was raining and very very humid. And there were loads of mosquitoes too.
The Dark Pool
It was very very dark at the pool near Shikotsuko. Not so many birds around but there was this pair of Japanese Thrush.
More robins
Worth hanging around in the dark for…
