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An early spring trip #9

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Eastern Crowned Warbler

Not many summer visitors around but there were quite a few of these…

Eastern Crowned Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler
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An early spring trip #8

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Japanese White-eye
Japanese White-eye

Noe called Warbling White-eye actually…

Japanese White-eye
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An early spring trip #7

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Brown-headed Thrush

Our campsite had quite a few birds. The Oriental Turtle Dove below was in front of our tent one morning.

Oriental Turtle Dove

There was also a noisy Brown Hawk Owl calling at night.

Plus various common woodland stuff…

Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Brown-headed Thrush
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An early spring trip #6

May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Grey Bunting

The most interesting species at the pool was this male Grey Bunting…

Grey Bunting
Grey Bunting
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An early spring trip #5

May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Oriental Greenfinch

A very common bird in Japan but it was a pool ‘tick’ for me. A male and a female…

Oriental Greenfinch
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An early spring trip #4

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Asian Stubtail

About a dozen species were on view…

Coal Tit
Japanese Bush Warbler
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An early spring trip #3

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Japanese Thrush

One specialty of the pool is Japanese Thrush. This first summer male and female both put in an appearance…

Japanese Thrush
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An early spring trip #2

May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Eastern Crowned Warbler

There were no Siberian Blue Robins or Narcissus Flycatchers at the birdbath but there were a few Eastern Crowned Warblers…

Eastern Crowned Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler
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An early spring trip #1

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Japanese White-eye

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.

Japanese White-eye
Japanese White-eye
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More from the dark pool…

September 21, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Grey Bunting

Only 5 species visited the forest pool but some of them were interesting…like the above Grey Bunting.

And this juvenile Japanese Robin.

Japanese Robin
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.

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The Dark Pool

September 21, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Japanese Thrush

It was very very dark at the pool near Shikotsuko. Not so many birds around but there was this pair of Japanese Thrush.

Japanese Thrush
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More robins

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Shikotsuko
Japanese Robin

Worth hanging around in the dark for…

Japanese Robin
Japanese Robin
Japanese Robin
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