Birding in Japan

On a very, very hot day, I joined a seabird breeding colony survey in Kujukuri. Black-tailed gulls (Uminekoウミネコ) with a couple of terns. (Co...

A family of Azure-winged magpies (Onagaオナガ) were foraging in the cherry trees near our house. I was just passing by and I didn't have my...

 A pair of Oriental turtle doves (Kijibatoキジバト) comes to our garden every now and then to forage and/or bathe 😍 Japanese grass lizards (Kan...

Another migration season, another breeding season. Lesser sand plovers (Medaichidoriメダイチドリ) are resting / fuelling up en route to their bree...

 It was a lovely day and now is the time for all sorts of flowers and blossoms 🌺🌼 and it's a very busy time for parent birds to bring ...

 Along with Black-crowned night herons (Goisagiゴイサギ) and Great egrets (Daisagiダイサギ), Grey herons (Aosagiアオサギ) have nests there too. They are...

A huge colony of herons & egrets is only 10 minutes walk away from home, yet there are so many nests in breeding season that I need to c...