Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:48:48
Naturally, June was peak nesting season for many birds. Those marked with a '*' were observed nesting, while '*?' indicates suspicion of nesting (suspicion based on more than simply the bird's presence at this time of year). Eur. Tree Sparrows produced a second brood in our garage. The Peregrines at Shiriya (presumably) fledged their young while we were in Hokkaido between 6/19 and 6/28. A N. Goshawk on Misawa AB 6/16 was carrying a large prey item to parts unknown. A pair of N. Hobbies on 6/7 and 14 were flying and calling noisily around a small grove of tall trees in the middle of Towada City, though we couldn't find them later in the month (but re-found July).
As in May, we strayed from our usual coastal birding route into some of the low interior "mountains" (elevation up to 1000 meters); birds seen only in these areas are prefixed by a '@'.
Most of the pelagic species on the list were seen from the Honshu "segments" of the ferry between Hachinohe and Tomokomai. If you're on the web, a separate write-up of the Hokkaido trip can be found near this one.
*?Little Grebe Kaitsuburi Podiceps ruficollis *?Great Crested Grebe (10) Kanmuri-kaitsuburi Podiceps cristatus Laysan Albatross (3) Ko-ahodori Diomedea immutabilis Black-footed Albatross (1) Kuroashi-ahodori Diomedea nigripes Northern Fulmar Furuma-kamome Fulmarus glacialis Streaked Shearwater (5) Mizunagidori Calonectris leucomelas Short-tailed Shearwater (20) Hashiboso-mizunagidori Puffinus tenuirostris *?Great Cormorant Kawa-u Phalacrocorax carbo *Temminck's Cormorant Umi-u Phalacrocorax filamentosus *?Pelagic Cormorant Hime-u Phalacrocorax pelagicus Great Egret Dai-saga Egretta alba Gray Heron Ao-sagi Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Kobu-hakucho Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan (2 disabled) O-hakucho Cygnus olor Bewick's Swan (1 disabled) Ko-hakucho Cygnus bewicki *Mandarin Duck (20) Oshidori Aix galericulata Mallard Ma-gamo Anas platyrhynchos *Spot-billed Duck Karu-gamo Anas poecilorhyncha Pochard (2 disabled) Hoshi-hajiro Aythya ferina Tufted Duck Kinkuro-hajiro Aythya fuligula Common Merganser (6/7(1)) Kawa-aisa Mergus merganser Osprey Misago Pandion haliaetus Black Kite Tobi Milvus migrans *Northern Goshawk (6/16) O-taka Accipiter gentilis Common Buzzard Nosuri Buteo buteo Asian Marsh Harrier Chuhi Circus spilonotus *Peregrine Falcon (4) Hayabusa Falco peregrinus @*?Northern Hobby (6/7,14(2)) Chigo-hayabusa Falco subbuteo Green Pheasant Kiji Phasianus colchicus Water Rail Kuina Rallus aquaticus *Eurasian Coot O-ban Fulica atra *?Little Ringed Plover (6/7(2)) Ko-chidori Charadrius dubius *?Latham's Snipe Oji-shigi Gallinago hardwickii Red-necked Phalarope (4) Akaeri-hireashi-shigi Phalaropus lobatus South Polar Skua (1) O-tozokukamo Stercorarius maccormicki Pomarine Jaeger (5) Tozokukamo Stercorarius pomarinus Common Black-headed Gull (6/7(12)) Yuri-kamome Larus ridibundus *Slaty-backed Gull O-seguro-kamome Larus schistisagus *Black-tailed Gull Umineko Larus crassirostris *Spectacled Guillemot (50+) Keimafuri Cepphus carbo @Japanese Green Pigeon (H) Ao-bato Sphenurus sieboldii *?Rufous Turtle Dove Kiji-bato Streptopelia orientalis *?Common Cuckoo Kakko Cuculus canorus Oriental Cuckoo Tsutsudori Cuculus saturatus *?Little Cuckoo (6) Hototogisu Cuculus poliocephalus @White-thr. Needle-t. Swift Hario-amatsubame Chaetura caudacuta @Pacific Swift Amatsubame Apus pacificus *Common Kingfisher Kawasemi Alcedo atthis *Great Spotted Woodpecker Aka-gera Dendrocopus major @*?White-backed Woodpecker (6/7(2)) O-aka-gera Dendrocopus leucotos @*?Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Ko-gera Dendrocopos kizuki Skylark Hibari Alauda arvensis Bank Swallow (->6/16) Shodo-tsubame Riparia riparia *?Barn Swallow Tsubame Hirundo rustica *?Asiatic House Martin Iwa-tsubame Delichon ?? *Gray Wagtail Ki-sekirei Motacilla cinerea *Black-backed Wagtail Haku-sekirei Motacilla lugens *Japanese Wagtail (5) Seguro-sekirei Motacilla grandis *Olive Tree Pipit Binzui Anthus hodgsoni *Brown-eared Bulbul Hiyodori Hypsipetes amaurotis *Bull-headed Shrike Mozu Lanius bucephalus *Brown Dipper (10+) Kawagurasu Cinclus pallasi Wren Misosazai Troglodytes troglodytes *Blue Rock Thrush Isohiyodori Monticola solitarius *Brown Thrush Akahara Turdus chrysolaus *Bush Warbler Uguisu Cettia diphone *?Japanese Marsh Warbler O-sekka Megalurus pryeri *Black-browed Reed Warbler Ko-yoshiki Acrocephalus bistrigiceps *Great Reed Warbler O-yoshikiri Acrocephalus arundinaceus Crowned Willow Warbler Sendai-mushikui Phylloscopus occipitalis *?Narcissus Flycatcher Ki-bitaki Ficedula narcissina Asian Brown Flycatcher (6/6(2)) Ko-same-bitaki Muscicapa griseisticta *Long-tailed Tit Enaga Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Hi-gara Parus ater *Varied Tit Yama-gara Parus varius *Great Tit Shiju-kara Parus major Nuthatch Goju-kara Sitta europaea Japanese White-Eye Mejiro Zosterops japonica Meadow Bunting Hojiro Emberiza cioides *?Japanese Reed Bunting Ko-jurin Emberiza yessoensis *Gray-headed Bunting Hoaka Emberiza fucata Jap. Yellow Bunting (6/6(2),7(1)) Nojiko Emberiza sulphurata *Black-faced Bunting Aoji Emberiza spodocephala Reed Bunting O-jurin Emberiza schoeniclus *Oriental Greenfinch Kawara-hira Carduelis sinica Red Crossbill (6/6,7(20+)) Isuka Loxia curvirostra Japanese Grosbeak (6/17(2)) Ikaru Eophona personata Hawfinch (6/7(1)) Shime Coccothraustes coccothraustes *Eurasian Tree Sparrow Suzume Passer montanus *Red-cheeked Myna Ko-mukudori Sturnus philippensis *Gray Starling Mukudori Sturnus cineraceus Jay Kakesu Garrulus glandarius *?Azure-winged Magpie Onaga Cyanopica cyana *?Carrion Crow Hashiboso-garasu Corvus corone *Jungle Crow Hashibuto-garasu Corbus macrorhynchos
Good Birding, Mike and Lee ********************************* Mike Danzenbaker and Lee Hung PSC 76 Box 6193 APO AP 96319-6193**********************************