There could have been many reasons for the paucity of birds (lateness of our visit, weather was too good, island was too big to concentrate the birds, too few birders with whom to pool observations, weren't paying attention, etc.), but as I created the triplist below, I began to realize that we actually saw quite a fair variety; perhaps it was just that the overall number of individuals was low (see parenthesized), especially of flycatchers and thrushes.
And of course, there were some notables (Japanese Night Heron (even though only heard, came quite close to actually seeing, but was lacking a flashlight at a critical moment), Collared Scops Owl, Red-tailed Robin, and a good variety of buntings).
Little Grebe (4) Podiceps ruficollis Kaitsuburi Japanese Night Heron (2H) Gorsakius goisagi Mizo-gio Black-crowned Night Heron (10) Nycticorax nycticorax Hashibuto-goi Little Heron (2) Butorides striatus Sasa-goi Cattle Egret (150) Bulbulcus ibis Ama-sagi Great Egret (1) Egretta alba Dai-sagi Intermediate (Plumed) Egret (25) Egretta intermedia Chu-sagi Little Egret (1) Egretta garzetta Ko-sagi Gray Heron (10) Ardea cinerea Ao-sagi Mallard (1) Anas platyrhynchos Ma-gamo Osprey (6) Pandion haliaetus Misago Honey Buzzard (125) Pernis apivorus Hachikuma Black Kite (50) Milvus migrans Tobi small Accipiter (1) Accipiter sp. taka Common Buzzard (2) Buteo buteo Nosuri Gray-faced Buzzard-Eagle (1) Butastur indicus Sashiba Peregrine Falcon (3) Falco peregrinus Haya-busa Ring-necked Pheasant (6) Phasianus colchicus Kiji White-br. Waterhen (1H, not ID'd by us) Amaurornis phoenicurus Shirohara-kuina Little Ringed Plover (2) Charadrius dubius Ko-chidori Greenshank (1) Tringa nebularia Aoashi-shigi Common Sandpiper (4) Tringa hypoleucos Iso-shigi Far Eastern Curlew (6) Numenius madagascariensis Horoku-shigi Black-tailed Gull (4) Larus crassirostris Umineko Rufous Turtle Dove (10) Streptopelia orientalis Kiji-bato Rock Dove (25) Columba columba Japanese Green Pigeon (2) Sphenurus sieboldii Ao-bato Oriental Cuckoo (1H) Cuculus saturatus Tsutsudori Collared Scops Owl (1) Otus bakkamoena O-konoha-zuku Brown Hawk Owl (10) Ninox scutulata Aoba-zuku Common Kingfisher (1) Alcedo atthis Kawasemi Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (10) Dendrocopos kizuki Ko-gera Skylark (1) Alauda arvensis Hibari Bank Swallow (1) Riparia riparia Shodo-tsubame Barn Swallow (100) Hirundo rustica Tsubame Red-rumped Swallow (8) Hirundo daurica Koshiaka-tsubame Yellow Wagtail (4) Motacilla flava Tsumenaga-sekirei Richard's Pipit (1) Anthus novaeseelandiae Iwami-sekeirei Indian Tree Pipit (3) Anthus hodgsoni Binzui Water Pipit (1) Anthus spinoletta Tahibari Brown-eared Bulbul (100) Hypsipetes amaurotis Hiyodori Brown Shrike (1) Lanius cristatus Aka-mozu (Swinhoe's) Red-tailed Robin (1) Erithacus sibilans Shima-goma Stonechat (1) Saxicola torquata No-bitaki Brown Thrush (1H) Turdus chrysolaus Akahara Bush Warbler (50) Cettia diphone Uguisi Great Reed Warbler (10) Acrocephalus arundinaceus O-yoshikiri Black-browed Reed Warbler (2) Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Ko-yoshikiri Crowned Willow Warbler (5) Phylloscopus occipitalis Sendai-mushikui Narcissus Flycatcher (1H) Ficedula narcissina Ki-bitaki Blue-and-White Flycatcher (1) Cyanoptila cyanomelana O-ruri Sooty Flycatcher (1) Muscicapa sibirica Same-bitaki Asian Brown Flycatcher (5) Muscicapa latirostris Ko-same-bitaki Black Paradise Flycatcher (2) Terpsiphone atrocaudata Sankocho Long-tailed Tit (2) Aegithalos caudatus Enaga Great Tit (20) Parus major Shiju-kara Varied Tit (40) Parus varius Yama-gara Japanese White-eye (80) Zosterops japonica Mejiro Meadow Bunting (25) Emberiza cioides Hojiro Little Bunting (10) Emberiza pusilla Ko-hoaka Yellow-browed Bunting (2) Emberiza chrysophrys Kimayu-hojiro Rustic Bunting (1) Emberiza rustica Kashira-daka Yellow-breasted Bunting (4) Emberiza aureola Shima-aoji Chestnut Bunting (20) Emberiza rutilla Shima-nojiko Japanese Yellow Bunting (3) Emberiza suphurata Nojiko Black-faced Bunting (6) Emberiza spodocephala Aoji Brambling (1) Fringilla montifringilla Atori Oriental Greenfinch (150) Carduelis sinica Kawara-hiwa Chinese Grosbeak (1) Eophona migratoria Ko-ikaru Russet Sparrow (5) Passer rutilans Nyunai-suzume Eurasian Tree Sparrow (50) Passer montanus Suzume Red-cheeked Myna (2) Sturnus philippensis Ko-mukidori Gray Starling (1) Sturnus cineraceus Mukudori Jay (5) Garrulus glandarius Kakesu Rook (30) Corvus frugilegus Miyama-garasu Carrion Crow (10) Corvus corone Hashiboso-gara Jungle Crow (100) Corvus macrorhynchos Hashibuto-garasu Good birding! Mike *************************** mikexlee@heronet.or.jp 011-81-176-53-2365 Misawa, Japan U.S. mail address physically located here: Mike Danzenbaker & Lee Hung PSC 76 Box 6193 APO AP 96319-6193 ***************************