Ohisashiburi no Imazu

End of March. Not much is happening as far as I can tell. My visits to Imazu are short, no chance to look carefully. This is what I found:

The American Wigeon, アメリカヒドリ with his girlfriend still sticking around at the usual location

A Peregrine Falcon, ハヤブサ gets mobbed by the crows

Common Sandpiper, イソシギ in the sun

It felt as if I was looking at a majestic statue on the top of a Japanese roof. Suddenly it took off

Eastern Buzzard, ノスリ

Great Crested Grebes, カンムリカイツブリ are showing summer colors now.

Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

The winter flock of Oriental Greenfinch, カワラヒワ is not very big this year. Where are the Bramblings?

Great Egrets, ダイサギ gathered with their heads in the wind

Little Egrets, コサギ are becoming real pretty

Then April came and on the first day new Egrets appeared!

3 Intermediate Egrets, チュウサギ

It's a start

Around the west, Nishi-ku

A few bits and pieces from my occasional walks in the neighborhood.  It's not very often I see a Hawk in our harbor. It landed right in front of me, chasing something I could not see. What was all the franticness about?

Sparrowhawk, ハイタカ

The Blue Rock Thrush, イソヒヨドリ is a long-term resident here. He likes the fishermen.

My personal Blue Rock Thrush in our back-yard dock, perched on our old bucket with my left-over water plants. Have to think of a name.

In the entrance of M. River, usually far from the banks: Common Goldeneye, ホオジロガモ, male and female

Mata ne, see you

Dusky Thrush, ツグミ 

 Oriental Greenfinches, カワラヒワ

Oriental Greenfinches, カワラヒワ

When the camera wants to go out, but there isn't anything special to see, you can always look for Finches

Left over birds May

There really wasn't much to report from the west over the last 2 weeks of May. The few photos I took are below

Peregrine Falcon, ハヤブサ

Oriental Reed Warbler, オオヨシキリ

With a bit more colored surrounding

Black-faced and Eurasian Spoonbills,  クロツラヘラサギ、ヘラサギ not migrating maybe.

Oriental Magpie, カササギ

Varied Tit, ヤマガラ

Parent and child Eurasian Tree Sparrow, スズメ

Baby Black Kite, トビ growing up

Oriental Greenfinches, カワラヒワ eating from the thistles or whatever is left of them

Not seed, but larves?