Continued from part 1
The Common Crane, グロヅル is not so uncommon in Europe, but here we saw just a few. Less than 10 I would say. There was a hybrid as well, and a very young bird
Russet Sparrow, ニュウナイスズメ
Hundreds of Sparrows were either flying in sweeping flock or sitting in long rows on the electrical wires. To me they looked very different from our Eurasian Tree Sparrows, lacking that dark spot on their cheeks, as if something is amputated 😀 We don't see them in Fukuoka.
The male is the pretty bird, with its rufous-brown head.
Feeding en masse on a patch of dried grass.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk, ハイタカ
The raptor kept a keen eye on these small birds. It showed up several times.
It caught a pigeon at the parking lot, right in front of Jaap, who captured it on his smartphone.
After sunset we saw a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron, ゴイサギ in the ditch.
The Japanese have a very appropriate nick name for these youngsters: ホシゴイ meaning "starry" heron
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