A Falcated Duck was a nice find in the local park. In addition to the crossbills there were also Common Redpoll and lots and lots of thrushes.. mainly Dusky Thrush (which are everywhere at the moment; unusual in autumn) but also several other species.
in the early early morning the park belongs to the thrushes…
We went to our favourite local park very early this morning.
There was a relatively confiding Japanese Thrush, usually a very shy species.
One specialty of the pool is Japanese Thrush. This first summer male and female both put in an appearance…
A shy thrush with a great voice…
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?
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 are common in the park but are a bit wary. This is a male…
And this is a female…
Another forest specialty: Japanese Thrush. Very high ISO for these (6400 I think).
On the way home we checked the forest pool again. Sadly it was also the wrong time of day again.
Got some nice views of this female Japanese Thrush at least.
We sopped by a well-known forest pool a couple of times recently. Unfortunately we were there in the morning both times when the light is awful.
Still a good place to see some of the shyer forest birds like Japanese Thrush, Grey Bunting and Siberian Blue Robin though…………
Eastern Crowned Warblers were particularly common.
There were 5 species of thrush in the park today including this male Japanese Thrush.
It’s a common summer visitor but like all thrush species here is rather shy.
