Also in the park were 3 species of woodpecker, Narcissus Flycatcher, Oriental and Common Cuckoo but sadly not any interesting migrants.
Although the regular summer visitors are interesting enough…
Some more park birds
Tag: Russet Sparrow
Golden Week 2023 #6
Yesterday Narcissus Flycatcher and Eastern Crowned Warbler were around in the park just outside town, as well as Pale Thrush, Wryneck and all the usual stuff but not many photo opps. Pretty quiet compared to 2021 and 2022 in this location and at this time.
The above Olive-backed Pipit was nice to see and there are always the common species like Russet Sparrow. This is a sparrow species that stays high up in the trees…
And the very common Masked Bunting…this ringed male was in exactly the same corner of the park last year.
A grey Thursday morning
Grey skies and grey birds this morning…
Russet Sparrow even lower
Finally at eye level…
And it had found a home for its family this spring…
Russet Sparrow down low
These are usually high up in the trees but this one stayed fairly low for a while…
Golden Week 2022 #26
Some of the commoner birds in the park this morning…
Golden Week 2022 #2
Russet Sparrows are summer visitors and are usually high in the treetops…
Golden Week 2021 #9
A quiet end to Golden Week saw us nearer town……………..
This injured Brent Goose was being hungrily eyed by crows. I chased them off but it wasn’t there today.
The other Sparrow
There were lots of Russet Sparrows in the park.
The common urban sparrow in Japan is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. This fills the same niche as House Sparrows do in Europe. Tree Sparrows in Europe are more birds of the woods and Russet Sparrows fill a similar niche here. Confused?
Anyway it’s not a species I often photograph.
A dark drizzly morning
It was a dark drizzly start to the day but there were lots of birds in the park………….
These are 2 species I don’t photograph so often. The sparrow tends to spend most of its time in the treetops and the woodpecker always seems to fly off before I’m ready.
