Waders at Kasumigaura: April 12-13, 1997,
On both these: in the morning a visit to Tozaki at the north coast of the part of Kasumigaura close to Tsuchiura, and in the afternoon a visit to the Edosaki-coast.
Participants:
April 12, Hiroshi Ikenaga-san, Katayama-san, Tanaka-san, Honda-san and Fer-Jan de Vries,
April 13, Neil Fergusson (Tozaki) and Fer-Jan de Vries (Tozaki and Edosaki)
Weather: sunny, strong SSW wind.
12-20 degrees Celsius
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Little grebe
Podiceps ruficollis
[Kaitsuburi] April 12, Tozaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. In total at least 30.
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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
[Kawa-u] April 12, Tozaki: 1 ex. April 13, Edosaki: 2 ex.
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Spot-billed duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
[Karu-gamo] April 12, Tozaki: 2 ex. April 13, Tozaki: 2 ex.
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Mallard
Anas Platyrhynchos
[ Ma-gamo] April 12, Edosaki: 4 ex.
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Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
[Hashibiro-gamo] April 12, Edosaki: several. April 13, Edosaki: 1 ex.
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Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca crecca
[Ko-gamo] April 12, Tozaki (110), Edosaki (20). April 13, Tozaki (80), Edosaki (at least 200).
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Falcated Teal
Anas falcata
[Yoshi-gamo] April 12, Tozaki 1 ex.
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Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
[Hidori-gamo] April 12, Edosaki, 1 ex.
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Pochard
Aythya ferina
[Hoshi-hajiro] April 13, Edosaki, 1 ex.
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Greater scaup
Aythya marila
[Suzu-gamo] April 13, Tozaki, 1 ex.
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Herring gull
Larus argentatus
[Seguro-kamome] April 12 Tozaki, 1 ex. April 13 Tozaki, 2 ex.
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Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
[Yuri-kamome] April 12 Tozaki and Edosaki. April 13 Tozaki and Edosaki: in the middle of the lake at least 1000 ex.
- Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
[Goi-sagi] April 13 Tozaki, 1 ex.
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Little egret
Egretta garzetta
[Ko-sagi] April 12 Tozaki (30) and Edosaki (12). April 13 Tozaki (several) and Edosaki (18).
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Intermediate egret
Egretta intermedia
[Chuu-sagi] April 12 Tozaki (2) and Edosaki (3). April 13 Tozaki (4) and Edosaki (3).
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Great egret
Egretta alba
[Dai-sagi] April 12 Tozaki (2) and Edosaki (1). April 13 Tozaki (2) and Edosaki (2).
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Gray heron
Ardea cinerea
[Ao-sagi] April 13 Tozaki (1).
- Coot
Fulica atra
[Ou-ban] April 12 Tozaki (several 100's) and Edosaki (several 10's). April 13, idem.
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Common Gallinule
Gallinula chloropus
[Ban] April 12 Tozaki (several 10's) and Edosaki (several). April 13, idem.
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Little ringed plover
Charadrius dubius
[Kochidori] April 12 Tozaki (4) and Edosaki (7). April 13 Tozaki (4) and Edosaki (4).
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Snowy plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
[Shiro-chidori] April 12 Edosaki (1). April 13, idem.
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Lesser golden plover
Pluvialis dominica
[Daizen] April 12, Edosaki 80. April 13, Edosaki 130.
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Rufous-necked stint
Caladris ruficollis
[Tounen] April 12, Tozaki 1.
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Temminck's stint
Caladris temminckii
[Ojiro-tounen] April 12, Tozaki 1.
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Dunlin
Caladris alpina
[Hama-shigi]
April 12, Tozaki 8. April 13, Tozaki 38.
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Spotted redshank
Tringa erythropus
[Tsuru-shigi] April 12, Tozaki 1.
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Wood sandpiper
Tringa glareola
[Takabu-shigi] April 12, Tozaki 1. April 13, Tozaki 2, Edosaki 2.
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Common sandpiper
Tringa hypoleucos[Iso-shigi] April 13, Tozaki 1.
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Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
[Ta-shigi]
April 12, Tozaki 6, Edosaki 6. April 13, Tozaki 10, Edosaki 20.
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Black kite
Milvus migrans
[Tobi] April 12, Tozaki 1.
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Gray-faced buzzard-eagle
Butastur indicus
[Sashiba] April 12, Tozaki 1. April 13, Edosaki hills 1.
- Common pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
[Kiji] April 13, Edosaki (several).
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Rufous turtle dove
Streptopelia orientalis
[Kiji-bato]
April 13, several Edosaki.
- Skylark Alauda arvensis [Hibari] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere, at least
several 10's.
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Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
[Tsubame] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere, at least
several 100's.
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Yellow wagtail
Tsumenaga-sekirei
[Motacilla flava] Tozaki, April 13, 1997: 2 ex subspecies simillima
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White wagtail
Haku-sekirei
[Motacilla alba] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere, at least
several 10's.
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Japanese wagtail
Motacilla grandis
[Seguro-sekirei] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere,
several.
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Water pipit
Anthus spinoletta
[Tahibari] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere,
at least 100.
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Brown-eared bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
[Hiyodori] April 13, Tozaki 300+20. (migrating groups)
several.
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Bull-headed shrike
Lanius bucephalus
[Mozu] April 13, Tozaki 1, Edosaki 1.
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Dusky thrush
Turdus naumanni
[Tsugumi] April 12, Tozaki
and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere, at least
several 100's.
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Bush warbler
Cettia diphone
[Uguisu] April 13, Tozaki (3) and Edosaki (2) ( and at least
several 10's in the hills)
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Fan-tailed warbler
Cisticola juncidis
[Sekka] April 12, Tozaki. April 13, Tozaki. Several.
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Siberian meadow bunting
Emberiza cioides
[Hoojiro]
April 13, Tsuchiura 1.
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Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
[Kashiradaka] April 13, hills of Edosaki 35 ex.
- Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
[Ou-jurin] April 12, Tozaki, Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki. Several.
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Oriental greenfinch
Carduelis sinica
[Kawarahiwa] April 13, Tozaki 1, Edosaki 20.
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Tree sparrow
Passer montanus
[Suzume] April 12, Tozaki and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Several 100's. But clearly less than a month ago.
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Gray starling
Sturnus cineraceus
[Mukudori] April 12, Tozaki and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki. Everywhere, several 100's.
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Carrion crow
Corvus corone
[Hashiboso--garasu] April 12. 1 nest plus breeding bird at Edosaki-coast.
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Jungle crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
[Hashibuto-garasu] April 12, Tozaki and Edosaki. April 13, Tozaki and Edosaki
Everywhere, several 10's. 1 nest plus breeding bird at Edosaki-coast.
A 30 cm "baars"-like fish called Funa, was spawning in the Lotusfields. The fish normally lives in the lake kasumigaura.
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Last modified: April 13, 1997.
Fer-Jan de Vries, ferjan@etl.go.jp