Waders in Yatsu
Yatsu:
September 15, 1998
With Ikenaga-san we travelled on the day
for the Elderly People to Yatsu higata. The initial plan had been
raptor watching Tsukuba-san, butthe early morning rain made us change
our mind. Instead we went to Yatsu, where on Saturday 10 a Baird
Sandpiper had been seen. Weather was hot and humid, typical for a last
summer day before a big typhoon. We did see the juvenile BAIRD
SANDPIPER which was new for both of us, and the Red Knot I only knew
from the Netherlands. Hence a nice little trip!
Numbers larger than five are estimates.
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Little Grebe
Podiceps ruficollis
[Kaitsuburi]
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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
[Kawa-u]
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Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha
[Karu-gamo]
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Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca crecca
[Ko-gamo]
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Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
[Onaga-gamo]
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Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris
[Umineko]
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Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
[Goi-sagi]
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Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
[Ko-sagi] At least 60 ex
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Intermediate Egret
Egretta intermedia
[Chuu-sagi] Few
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Great Egret
Egretta alba
[Dai-sagi] At least 90 ex
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Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
[Ao-sagi] At least 50 ex
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Common Gallinule
Gallinula chloropus
[Ban]
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Snowy Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
[Shiro-chidori]
-
Mongolian Plover
Charadrius mongolus
[Medai-chidori]
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Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
[Daizen]
-
Rufous-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
[Toonen]
- Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
[Hime-uzura-shigi] 1 ex juv.
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Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
[Oba-shigi] 15 ex
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Red Knot
Calidris canutus
[Ko-ba-shigi] 1 ex
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Common Sandpiper
Tringa hypoleucos
[Iso-shigi] 1 ex On the way back in Azuma
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Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
[Sorihashi-shigi]
-
Greenshank
Tringa nebulara
[Aoashi-shigi] 1 ex On the way back in Azuma
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Gray-tailed Tatler
Tringa brevipes
[Kiashi-shigi]
- Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
[Kyoojo-shigi]
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
[Oo-sori hashi-shigi]
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(Eurasian) Curlew
Numenius arquata
[Dai-shaku-shigi]
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Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
[Hooroku-shigi]
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Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
[Chuushaku-shigi]
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
[Seitaka-shigi]
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Rufous Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
[Kiji-bato]
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Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
[Do-bato]
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Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
[Hiyodori]
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
[Haku-sekirei]
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Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
[Suzume]
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Gray Starling
Sturnus cineraceus
[Mukudori]
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Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
[Hashiboso-garasu]
Birds in Japan and Asia
Last modified: September 21, 1998.