Imazu area

One day there were many, the next day none. Was it the Harrier that kept on coming back? 

Penduline Tits, ツリスガラ

female Hen Harrier, ハイイロチュウヒ

Eurasian Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ

Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

Common Snipe, タシギ

Lotus fields in Saga, 1

I didn't expect any waders here yet, so I was quite surprised to find these Stints. But I wonder, how long have they been here? And if they had just arrived, then where from?

Temminck's Stint, オジロトウネン

The raptors were wel represented.

Eurasian Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ

Peregrine Falcon, ハヤブサ

Osprey, ミサゴ

to be continued

Achi kochi Around Fuk

Acollection of accidental sightings around the prefecture

Bramblings, アトリ in a Chinese Tallow tree, ナンキンハゼ

A female Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ around Kanatake

A Japanese Great Tit,シジュウカラ, picking at a cicada husk that was still attached to a tree in January

Gulls at Muromi River. Every now and then, I get the urge to study them. I'm getting so bad at identifying them! The ones below are Vega Gulls, セグロカモメ, I'm most certain. They are easy, as long as they are not too young and have pink legs 😉

What about this lot? Some have small bills. Mew Gulls? カモメ?

Winter trip - part 6, Russet Sparrows

A visit to Izumi is not complete without the small Russet Sparrows, that usually come in tight flocks and look like the leaves of a bare tree. 

 Russet Sparrow, ニュウナイスズメ

A man with its cinnamon head.

Females look quite different from their male counterparts

Side by side on a wire against the blue blue sky.

See something down there?

One by one they land in the dry grassy weeds to get a few bits and pieces of seeds, then all together fly up again, towards the safety of the trees.

Pretty wing patterns!

Guess why?

Eurasian Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ

Imazu in December part 1

It is winter, but the sun is still warm during the day. The wintering ducks have all come; however, there are few on the mudflats. The small birds are few in number as well. I can hear Reed Buntings, I see them flying, but I have yet to see one perched in the reeds near the 2 ponds. Where is everybody?

A Cattle Egret, アマサギ in winter? Apparently

Ms. Kestrel, チョウゲンボウ

Zitting Cisticola, セッカ early in the morning

Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ up in a tree!

The local gang of Oriental Magpies, カササギ

After sunset: Eurasian Woodcock, ヤマシギ

The funny colors are from the big lights above the baseball field

2 Raccoon dogs, タヌキ enjoying themselves