Japan 8Oct07

In Japan, today is an official holiday. I visited my favourite Raptor watch place today. But, unfortunately, the peak was the day before yesterday. :-( Already most of them passed here. Now they are on the way there and Philippines. :-) Today, no Gray-faced Buzzard-Eagle, and no Eastern Honey Buzzard. Oh! no Fork-tailed Swift. Ha ha ha, I must look forward to seeing them next year. Only Black Kites there.

If you have some interests in the information of Japan Raptor watch, it is here:
http://www.gix.or.jp/~norik/hawknet/hawknet0.html

The information of my favourite place is here:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~fv9h-ab/takeyama/2007.html

But, sorry, they are described in Japanese only.

The record of today is as follows:

(1) Black Kite
(2) Chinese Bamboo Partridge
(3) Oriental Turtle Dove
(4) Japanese Green Woodpecker
(5) Barn Swallow
(6) Brown-eared Bulbul
(7) Bull-headed Shrike
(8) Japanese Bush Warbler
(9) Japanese White-eye
(10) Meadow Bunting
(11) Tree Sparrow
(12) Carrion Crow
(13) Large-billed Crow

My birding place

Black Kite