Wryneck and Bufflehead but no Steller's eagle
Hinuma, Februari 12, 2000
We did not see the supposed
highlight of the trip, the Stellers Eagle(s!?) that currently is/are visiting the
lake Hinuma in northern Ibaraki. We missed it by half an hour. The photographers saw it just after we had left for the eastern side of the lake to see the Bufflehead. That Bufflehead we did see. In fact for Ikenaga-san it was the sixth consecutive winter to see a Bufflehead at Hinuma: presumably it is one and the same bird.
Instead of the Stellers Eagle we saw three Ospreys and -perhaps even more spectacular- we could see a Wryneck in the western-most corner of the lake (not far from the greenhouse...)
After the Bufflehead we went to Oarai, where the Pacific ocean was in a quiet winter state: almost no birds and lots of surfers enjoying the sun and the cold water. An Umi-u and Great-crested Grebes plus some gulls, that seemed all.
Before returning to Hinuma birding we had an extra large Shijime-ramen lunch. When we returned to the eagle photographers, we learned that
a Steller's Eagle had passed and left already in the morning. We had to be happy with Buzzard and Marsh harrier.
In total we had some 55 species over the whole day.
Participants: Ikenaga Hiroshi, Paula Severi and Fer-Jan de Vries.
Weather: perfect. Sun, in the end of the afternoon some wind from sea. In the morning groundfrost, but day temperature felt mild.
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Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
[Kanmuri-kaitsuburi] Hinuma (at least 20 ex) and Oarai 3 ex.
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Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
[Hajiro-kaitsuburi] Hinuma
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Little Grebe
Podiceps ruficollis
[Kaitsuburi] Hinuma
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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
[Kawa-u] Hinuma
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Temminck's Cormorant
Phalacrocorax filamentosus
[Umi-u] Oarai
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Mallard
Anas Platyrhynchos
[Ma-gamo] Hinuma
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Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
[Karu-gamo] Hinuma
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Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
[Hashibiro-gamo] Hinuma
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Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca crecca
[Ko-gamo] Hinuma
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Gadwall
Anas strepera
[Okayoshi-gamo] Hinuma
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Pochard
Aythya ferina
[Hoshi-hajiro] Hinuma
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Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
[Hojiro-gamo] Hinuma
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Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
[Hime-hajiro] Hinuma 1 ex.
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Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
[Kinkuro-hajiro] Hinuma
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Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
[Suzu-gamo] Hinuma
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Smew
Mergus albellus
[Miko-aisa] 1 ex Hinuma
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Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
[Kawa-aisa] 15 ex, Hinuma
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Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
[Seguro-kamome] Hinuma: 15 ex.
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Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris
[Umineko] Oarai: less than 10 ex.
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Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
[Shiro-kamome] Hinuma: 1 ex, almost adult: only immature pale bill with dark dot on lower mandible.
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Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
[Yuri-kamome] Hinuma
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Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
[Ko-sagi] Hinuma
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Great Egret
Egretta alba
[Dai-sagi] Hinuma
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Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
[Ao-sagi] Hinuma
- Common Coot
Fulica atra
[Oo-ban] Hinuma
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Common Gallinule
Gallinula chloropus
[Ban] Hinuma
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(Northern) Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
[Tageri] Hinuma
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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
[Misago] Hinuma: 3 ex.
Steller's sea Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
[Oo-washi] Hinuma: it visited Hinuma around 10.30 am, but we missed it.
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Black Kite
Milvus lineatus
[Tobi] Hinuma, at least 12 ex.
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Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
[Nosuri] Hinuma
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Eastern Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
[Chuuhi] Hinuma
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Rufous Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
[Kiji-bato] Hinuma
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Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
[Do-bato] Hinuma
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis [Kawa-semi] Hinuma
- Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
[Arisui] 1 ex, Hinuma, Februari 12, 2000. The somewhat raucous alarm call reminded me of Bull-headed shrike. According a bird cd from Europe, this might have been a female bird.
- Japanese Skylark
Alauda japonica
[Hibari] Hinuma
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
[Haku-sekirei] Hinuma
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Japanese Wagtail
Motacilla grandis
[Seguro-sekirei] Hinuma
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Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
[Tahibari] Hinuma
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Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
[Hiyodori] Hinuma
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Bull-headed Shrike
Lanius bucephalus
[Mozu] Hinuma
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Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
[Joobitaki] Hinuma
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Dusky Thrush
Turdus naumanni
[Tsugumi] Hinuma
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Bush Warbler
Cettia diphone
[Uguisu] Hinuma
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Great Tit
Parus major
[Shijuu-kara] Hinuma, 1 ex
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Siberian Meadow Bunting
Emberiza cioides
[Hoojiro] Hinuma
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Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
[Kashiradaka] Hinuma
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Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
[Aoji] Hinuma
- Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
[Oo-jurin] Hinuma, 1 ex
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Oriental Greenfinch
Carduelis sinica
[Kawarahiwa] Hinuma
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Long-Tailed Rosefinch
Uragus sibiricus
[Beni-mashiko] Hinuma
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Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
[Shime] Hinuma, 2 ex
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Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
[Suzume] Hinuma
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Gray Starling
Sturnus cineraceus
[Mukudori] Hinuma
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Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
[Hashiboso-garasu] Hinuma
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Jungle Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
[Hashibuto-garasu] Hinuma
Birds in Japan and Asia
Last modified: Februari 14, 2000.