Gull-watching in Chooshi on Februari 21, 1998
Via a brief stop in Edosaki we went to the peninsula just north of Chooshi and the Tonegawa. Eight gull species were present. The sea was rough with big breaking waves. We crossed the Tonegawa, had lunch in a nice fish restaurant and continued and the southern peninsula. Here we had nine species of Gull. The sea south of this peninsula was comparatively quiet being more in the leeside of the strong and cold north-eastern wind.
Below a rather sketchy list of species: (iforgot to realize that the northern peninsula and the southern one are in different prefectures, north Ibaraki, south Chiba. A few species which I did not see myself I can not locate properly...
Participants: Asuka, Ikenaga, Katayama, Shiraishi, Takana, van Oostrom,
de Vries and a number of other people whose name I don't know.
Weather: A cold and windy day. Dry. About 4 degrees Celsius, 100 percent clouds the whole day. Good visibility. Only south of the peninsula the sea was calm. As a result the gulls where sheltering on fields in the leeside of dykes and south of Chooshi also sheltering behind the braking waves in big groups on the sea.
Observations
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Great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus
[Kanmuri-kaitsuburi]
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Eared grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
[Hajiro-kaitsuburi]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Temminck's cormorant
Phalacrocorax filamentosus
[Umi-u]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
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Pelagic cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
[Hime-u]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Bean goose
Anser fabalis middendorffi
[O-hishikui]
-
Mallard
Anas Platyrhynchos
[Ma-gamo]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Spot-billed duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
[Karu-gamo]
-
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
[Onaga-gamo]
-
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope
[Hidori-gamo]
-
Pochard
Aythya ferina
[Hoshi-hajiro]
-
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
[Hojiro-gamo]
-
Greater scaup
Aythya marila
[Suzu-gamo]
-
Harlequin duck
Histronicus histronicus
[Shinori-gamo]
-
Red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator
[Umi-aisa]
-
Slaty-backed gull
Larus schitisagus
[Ou-seguro-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Vega Herring gull
Larus argentatus vega
[Seguro-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Siberian gull??
Larus heuglini taimyrensis??
[??-kamome]
- southern peninsula: one with yellow legs, its neighbor with yellow/pink legs. I did not note other decisive characters. Size was similar to the Vega-gulls.
-
Black-tailed gull
Larus crassirostris
[Umineko]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Glaucous-winged gull
Larus glaucescenss
[Washi-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula: including a few adults
-
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
[Shiro-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula: including a few adults
-
Mew Gull
Larus canus
[Kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
[Yuri-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Black-legged Kittiwake
Larus tridactylus
[Mitsuyubi-kamome]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Little egret
Egretta garzetta
[Ko-sagi]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Great egret
Egretta alba
[Dai-sagi]
-
Gray heron
Ardea cinerea
[Ao-sagi]
-
Snowy plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
[Shiro-chidori]
-
Black-bellied plover
Pluvialis squatarola
[Daizen]
-
(Northern) Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
[Tageri]
-
Dunlin
Caladris alpina
[Hama-shigi]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Sanderling
Crocethia alba
[Miyubi-shigi]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Black kite
Milvus migrans
[Tobi]
-
Rufous turtle dove
Streptopelia orientalis
[Kiji-bato]
-
White wagtail
Motacilla alba
[Haku-sekirei]
- northern peninsula
- southern peninsula
-
Water pipit
Anthus spinoletta
[Tahibari]
-
Brown-eared bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
[Hiyodori]
-
Blue rockthrush
Monticola solitarius
[Iso-hyodori]
-
Dusky thrush
Turdus naumanni
[Tsugumi]
-
Fan-tailed warbler
Cisticola juncidis
[Sekka]
-
Siberian meadow bunting
Emberiza cioides
[Hoojiro]
-
Black-faced bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
[Aoji]
-
Oriental greenfinch
Carduelis sinica
[Kawarahiwa]
-
Tree sparrow
Passer montanus
[Suzume]
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Gray starling
Sturnus cineraceus
[Mukudori]
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Carrion crow
Corvus corone
[Hashiboso-garasu]
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Jungle crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
[Hashibuto-garasu]
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