National Foundation Day

From Douhou-koen along the Hanamuro-gawa from Namiki to Kasumigaura and Ami-coast

Quiet blue winter weather after some windy days. By bike we went from Douhou-koen via the small Hanamuro-gawa behind Namiki to the Ami-coast of Kasumigaura. Along the Hanamuro-gawa hunting of teals (Kogamo) apparently allowed, despite the nearby bikes, cars and fishermen...

Participants: Vincent van Oostrom and Fer-Jan de Vries

  1. Little grebe Podiceps ruficollis [Kaitsuburi]
  2. Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo [Kawa-u]
  3. Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos [Ma-gamo]
  4. Spot-billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha [Karu-gamo]
  5. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata [Hashibiro-gamo]
  6. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca crecca [Ko-gamo]
  7. Falcated Teal Anas falcata [Yoshi-gamo]
  8. Northern Pintail Anas acuta [Onaga-gamo]
  9. Gadwall Anas strepera [Okayoshi-gamo]
  10. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope [Hidori-gamo]
  11. Pochard Aythya ferina [Hoshi-hajiro]
  12. Smew Mergus albellus [Miko-aisa]
  13. Herring gull Larus argentatus vegae [Seguro-kamome]
  14. Black-tailed gull Larus crassirostris [Umineko]
  15. Mew gull Larus canus [Kamome]
  16. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus [Yuri-kamome]
  17. Little egret Egretta garzetta [Ko-sagi]
  18. Intermediate egret Egretta intermedia [Chuu-sagi]
  19. Coot Fulica atra [Ou-ban]
  20. Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus [Ban]
  21. (Northern) Lapwing Vanellus vanellus [Tageri]
  22. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus [Chougenbou]
  23. Rufous turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis [Kiji-bato]
  24. Rock pigeon Columbia livia [Do-bato]
  25. Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis [Kawa-semi]
  26. Skylark Alauda arvensis [Hibari]
  27. White wagtail Motacilla alba [Haku-sekirei]
  28. Japanese wagtail Motacilla grandis [Seguro-sekirei]
  29. Water pipit Anthus spinoletta [Tahibari]
  30. Brown-eared bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis [Hiyodori]
  31. Bull-headed shrike Lanius bucephalus [Mozu]
  32. Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus [Joobitaki]
  33. Brown thrush Turdus chrysolaus [Akahara]
  34. Dusky thrush Turdus naumanni [Tsugumi]
  35. Bush warbler Cettia diphone [Uguisu]
  36. Great tit Parus major [Shijuu-kara]
  37. Long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus [Enaga]
  38. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica [Mejiro]
  39. Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica [Kashiradaka]
  40. Black-faced bunting Emberiza spodocephala [Aoji]
  41. Reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus [Ou-jurin]
  42. Oriental greenfinch Carduelis sinica [Kawarahiwa]
  43. Tree sparrow Passer montanus [Suzume]
  44. Gray starling Sturnus cineraceus [Mukudori]
  45. Carrion crow Corvus corone [Hashiboso-garasu]
  46. Jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos [Hashibuto-garasu]
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