Japan 7May11

From Yamane

Today I had birding in the seashore in Tokyo Bay. The place is near Tokyo Disney Land. I brought Canadian old couple birders with my young Japanese friend. They are friends of Mr. Shimba, the author of the photographic guidebook. They came from Toronto. Before their visit to Japan, they visited to New Zealand, Fiji, and New Caledonia.

I explain the attached photos as follows.

(1) Cattle Egret : Summer migrator

(2) Common Snipe : We can see sometimes.

(3) Falcon : Peregrine Falcon tried to attack many Black-headed Gulls. But they were not caught.

Around the seashore, there were over 10 Oystercatchers. And Little Terns are already here for their breeding. But we could not see Eurasian or Black-faced Spoonbill.

(4) Sandpipers : From left side, 2 Grey-tailed Tattlers, Dunlin, Terek Sandpiper

The staff of Nature Center said Common Kingfisher has moved to somewhere. Maybe it’s for their breeding, we hope so.

1. Great Cormorant
2. Grey Heron
3. Little Egret
4. Cattle Egret
5. Great Egret
6. Common Teal
7. Spot-billed Duck
8. Common Pochard
9. Greater Scaup
10. Peregrine Falcon
11. Eurasian Oystercatcher
12. Little Ringed Plover
13. Common snipe
14. Whimbrel
15. Common Greenshank
16. Terek Sandpiper
17. common Sandpiper
18. Dunlin
19. Grey-tailed Tattler
20. Ruddy Turnstone
21. Little Tern
22. Black-headed Gull
23. Vega Gull
24. Oriental Turtle Dove
25. Barn Swallow
26. White Wagtail
27. Brown-eared Bulbul
28. Oriental Reed Warbler
29. Azure-winged Magpie
30. Large-billed Crow
31. White-cheeked Starling
32. Eurasian Tree Sparrow