Waders in Yatsu

Yatsu: September 15, 1998

With Ikenaga-san we travelled on the day for the Elderly People to Yatsu higata. The initial plan had been raptor watching Tsukuba-san, butthe early morning rain made us change our mind. Instead we went to Yatsu, where on Saturday 10 a Baird Sandpiper had been seen. Weather was hot and humid, typical for a last summer day before a big typhoon. We did see the juvenile BAIRD SANDPIPER which was new for both of us, and the Red Knot I only knew from the Netherlands. Hence a nice little trip!

Numbers larger than five are estimates.

  1. Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis [Kaitsuburi]
  2. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo [Kawa-u]
  3. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha [Karu-gamo]
  4. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca crecca [Ko-gamo]
  5. Northern Pintail Anas acuta [Onaga-gamo]
  6. Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris [Umineko]
  7. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax [Goi-sagi]
  8. Little Egret Egretta garzetta [Ko-sagi] At least 60 ex
  9. Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia [Chuu-sagi] Few
  10. Great Egret Egretta alba [Dai-sagi] At least 90 ex
  11. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea [Ao-sagi] At least 50 ex
  12. Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus [Ban]
  13. Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus [Shiro-chidori]
  14. Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus [Medai-chidori]
  15. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola [Daizen]
  16. Rufous-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis [Toonen]
  17. Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii [Hime-uzura-shigi] 1 ex juv.
  18. Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris [Oba-shigi] 15 ex
  19. Red Knot Calidris canutus [Ko-ba-shigi] 1 ex
  20. Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos [Iso-shigi] 1 ex On the way back in Azuma
  21. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus [Sorihashi-shigi]
  22. Greenshank Tringa nebulara [Aoashi-shigi] 1 ex On the way back in Azuma
  23. Gray-tailed Tatler Tringa brevipes [Kiashi-shigi]
  24. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres [Kyoojo-shigi]
  25. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica [Oo-sori hashi-shigi]
  26. (Eurasian) Curlew Numenius arquata [Dai-shaku-shigi]
  27. Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis [Hooroku-shigi]
  28. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus [Chuushaku-shigi]
  29. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus [Seitaka-shigi]
  30. Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis [Kiji-bato]
  31. Rock Pigeon Columba livia [Do-bato]
  32. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis [Hiyodori]
  33. White Wagtail Motacilla alba [Haku-sekirei]
  34. Tree Sparrow Passer montanus [Suzume]
  35. Gray Starling Sturnus cineraceus [Mukudori]
  36. Carrion Crow Corvus corone [Hashiboso-garasu]
    Birds in Japan and Asia
    Last modified: September 21, 1998.