Ottonuma and Kasumigaura

March 25, 2000

Afternoon biketrip. Sunny with some wind, though quite fresh. Not spectacular, but interesting was the lack of reed buntings and the presence of barn swallow compared to two weeks before. Jobitakis were present at the same spot.
  1. Little Grebe Podiceps ruficollis [Kaitsuburi]
    • Ottonuma
    • Kasumigaura
  2. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo [Kawa-u]
    • Hanamura 11
    • Kasumigaura at least 50
  3. Mallard Anas Platyrhynchos [Ma-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura at least 1000
  4. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha [Karu-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura at least 300
  5. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata [Hashibiro-gamo]
    • Ottonuma about 120 (Courtship with a funny tack sound)
    • Kasumigaura at least 50
  6. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca crecca [Ko-gamo]
    • Kasumigaura at least 200
  7. Falcated Teal Anas falcata [Yoshi-gamo]
    • Ottonuma about 20
    • Kasumigaura about 150
  8. Gadwall Anas strepera [Okayoshi-gamo]
    • Ottonuma at least 10
    • Kasumigaura at least 50
  9. Northern Pintail Anas acuta [Onaga-gamo]
    • Ottonuma 1
  10. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope [Hidori-gamo]
    • Ottonuma at least 100
    • Kasumigaura at least 500
  11. Pochard Aythya ferina [Hoshi-hajiro]
    • Kasumigaura 1
  12. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula [Kinkuro-hajiro]
    • Kasumigaura 15
  13. Herring Gull Larus argentatus [Seguro-kamome]
    • Kasumigaura 2
  14. Mew Gull Larus canus kamschatschensis [Kamome]
    • Kasumigaura 5 (one with dark brown dot on lower mandible, winterplumage, also one second year
  15. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus [Yuri-kamome]
    • Kasumigaura: at least 200
  16. Little Egret Egretta garzetta [Ko-sagi]
    • Kasumigaura at least 20
  17. Great Egret Egretta alba [Dai-sagi]
    • Ottonuma 1
    • Kasumigaura at least 5
  18. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea [Ao-sagi]
    • Kasumigaura 2
  19. Common Coot Fulica atra [Oo-ban]
    • Ottonuma
    • Kasumigaura
  20. Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus [Ban]
    • Ottonuma
    • Kasumigaura
  21. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius [Kochidori]
    • Hanamura 2
    • Kasumigaura 2
  22. (Northern) Lapwing Vanellus vanellus [Tageri]
    • Kasumigaura 10
  23. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago [Ta-shigi]
    • Kasumigaura 5
  24. Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis [Kiji-bato]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  25. Rock Pigeon Columba livia [Do-bato]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  26. Japanese Skylark Alauda japonica [Hibari]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  27. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica [Tsubame]
    • Ottonuma 3
    • Kasumigaura 4
  28. White Wagtail Motacilla alba [Haku-sekirei]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  29. Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis [Seguro-sekirei]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  30. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta [Tahibari]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  31. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis [Hiyodori]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  32. Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus [Mozu]
    • Kasumigaura 1
  33. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus [Joobitaki]
    • Kasumigaura 1
  34. Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni [Tsugumi]
    • Hanamura 1
    • Kasumigaura at most 10
  35. Bush Warbler Cettia diphone [Uguisu]
    • Ottonuma 1
    • Miho 10
  36. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus [Enaga]
    • Miho 5
  37. Siberian Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides [Hoojiro]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  38. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala [Aoji]
    • Kasumigaura
  39. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus [Oo-jurin]
    • Kasumigaura
  40. Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica [Kawarahiwa]
    • Hanamura 20
    • Kasumigaura 5
  41. Tree Sparrow Passer montanus [Suzume]
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura at least 500
  42. Gray Starling Sturnus cineraceus [Mukudori]
    • Ottonuma
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
  43. Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos [Hashibuto-garasu]
    • Ottonuma
    • Hanamura
    • Kasumigaura
    • Miho
Birds in Japan and Asia
Last modified: March 25, 2000.