Kasumigaura: Ami, Amada, Ukishima

March 12, 2000

Morning trip with Ikenaga-san. Rainy and rather cold. Some wind.

Impressive was the number of reed buntings in the reedbeds. There were almost none two weeks later, March 25, 2000.

  1. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus [Kanmuri-kaitsuburi]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  2. Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis [Kaitsuburi]
    • Kasumigaura
  3. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo [Kawa-u]
    • Ukishima
  4. Bewick Swan Cygnus columbianus jankowskii [Ko-hakuchoo]
    • Kasumigaura 4
  5. Whistling (Bewick) Swan Cygnus columbianus (columbianus?) [Amerika-Ko-hakuchoo]
    • Kasumigaura 2?: 1 sp with tiny fingernail sized yellow spot on bil, its young had a spot at least 2 times larger: One or two hybrids?
  6. Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos [Ma-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
  7. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha [Karu-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
  8. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata [Hashibiro-gamo]
    • Amada
  9. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca crecca [Ko-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  10. Falcated Teal Anas falcata [Yoshi-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
  11. Gadwall Anas strepera [Okayoshi-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
  12. Northern Pintail Anas acuta [Onaga-gamo]
    • Amada
  13. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope [Hidori-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura
  14. Pochard Aythya ferina [Hoshi-hajiro]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  15. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula [Kinkuro-hajiro]
  16. Herring Gull Larus argentatus [Seguro-kamome]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  17. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus [Yuri-kamome]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  18. Little Egret Egretta garzetta [Ko-sagi]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  19. Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia [Chuu-sagi]
    • Kasumigaura
  20. Great Egret Egretta alba [Dai-sagi]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  21. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea [Ao-sagi]
    • Amada
  22. Common Coot Fulica atra [Oo-ban]
    • Kasumigaura
  23. Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus [Ban]
    • Kasumigaura
  24. (Northern) Lapwing Vanellus vanellus [Tageri]
    • Amada
  25. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago [Ta-shigi]
    • Kasumigaura
  26. Osprey Pandion haliaetus [Misago]
    • Ukishima 1
  27. Black Kite Milvus lineatus [Tobi]
    • Ukishima 6
  28. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo [Nosuri]
    • Ukishima 1
    • Amada 1
  29. Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus [Chuuhi]
    • Ukishima 6
    • Amada 1
  30. Northern Goshawk Accipter gentilis [Oo-taka]
    • Ukishima
    • Amada: 1 female
  31. Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis [Kiji-bato]
    • Kasumigaura
  32. Japanese Skylark Alauda japonica [Hibari]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  33. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis [Kawa-semi]
    • Kasumigaura
  34. White Wagtail Motacilla alba [Haku-sekirei]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  35. Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis [Seguro-sekirei]
    • Kasumigaura
  36. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta [Tahibari]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  37. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis [Hiyodori]
    • Kasumigaura
  38. Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus [Mozu]
    • Kasumigaura
  39. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus [Joobitaki]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Amada
  40. Brown Thrush Turdus chrysolaus [Akahara]
    • Kasumigaura
  41. Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni [Tsugumi]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  42. Bush Warbler Cettia diphone [Uguisu]
    • Kasumigaura
  43. Japanese Marsh Warbler Megalurus pryeri [Oo-sekka]
    • Ukishima
  44. Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis [Sekka]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  45. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica [Mejiro]
    • Kasumigaura
  46. Siberian Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides [Hoojiro]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  47. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala [Aoji]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  48. Japanese Reed Bunting Emberiza yessoensis [Ko-jurin]
    • Ukishima
  49. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus [Oo-jurin]
    • Kasumigaura (at least 150)
    • Ukishima
  50. Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica [Kawarahiwa]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  51. Brambling Fringilla montifringilla [Atori]
    • Kasumigaura 2
  52. Tree Sparrow Passer montanus [Suzume]
    • Kasumigaura
  53. Gray Starling Sturnus cineraceus [Mukudori]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
  54. Carrion Crow Corvus corone [Hashiboso-garasu]
    • Kasumigaura
    • Ukishima
Birds in Japan and Asia
Last modified: March 25, 2000.