Birds in Nishioka Suigenchi, Sapporo

A reservoir at Nishioka Suigenchi

A Long-tailed Tit (A.c. caudatus) (Shimaenagaシマエナガ)

An Arctic Brown Flycatcher (Kosamebitakiコサメビタキ)

A Russet Sparrow (Nyunaisuzumeニュウナイスズメ)

The birds we saw/heard: Mallard, Kingfisher, Turtle Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Thick-billed Crow, Eastern Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Oriental Cuckoo, Chestnut-eared Bulbul, Wren, Narcissus Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Blue and White Flycatcher, Red-flanked Bluetail, Eastern Crowned Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Japanese Bush Warbler, Asian Stubtail, Japanese White-eye, Hawfinch, Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Russet Sparrow, Black-faced Bunting

Birds on a campus of Hokkaido University, Sapporo

A Great Spotted Woodpecker (Akageraアカゲラ) drumming busily:)

An Asian Brown Flycatcher (Kosamebitakiコサメビタキ)

A Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Komukudoriコムクドリ)

 

Why aren't you coming down a bit?

university farm

Lots of Carrion Crows (Hashibosogarasuハシボソガラス) on the farm

The birds we saw/heard on the campus: Mallard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Turtle Dove, Carrion Crow, Thick-billed Crow, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Varied Tit, Chestnut-cheeked Starling, Grey Starling, Chestnut-eared Bulbul, Asian Brown Warbler, White Wagtail, Hawfinch, Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Black-faced Bunting

Birds in Nakajima Koen, Sapporo

A Mallard (Magamoマガモ) family with 10 chicks!

A lake in Nakajima Koen

A singing Narcissus Flycatcher (Kibitakiキビタキ)

Oriental Greenfinches (Kawarahiwa カワラヒワ)

A singing Black-faced Bunting (Aojiアオジ)

A Thick-billed Crow (Hashibutogarasuハシブトガラス) with squirmy snacks lol

A Grey Starlings (Mukudoriムクドリ) in a tree

Who am I?

A Marsh Tit (Hashibutogaraハシブトガラ)

Japanese Garden in the park

The birds we saw/heard in the park: Mallard, Turtle Dove, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Thick-billed Crow, Eastern Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Grey Starling, Chestnut-eared Bulbul, Narcissus Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Black-faced Bunting

Oyumi-ike

I visited Oyumi-ike to see if any Coots or Moorhens were breeding among these lotus but no luck. 

Oyumi-ike in March is here
http://birdinginjapan.blogspot.jp/2014/03/oyumi-ike.html

Instead, he was there.

a singing Oriental Reed Warbler (Oyoshikiriオオヨシキリ)

There were 2 males in the singing competition and at one point they were face to face!

After that, both of them seemed to have settled in places about 100 yards apart from each other.

One of them kept singing from the top of a tree...

In a tree around the pond, 4 fledglings were sitting together:)

They spotted me watching them...
'heeeelp mummy!'

The edges of their beaks had some pinky parts, which suggests they are still quite young.
I think they are Carrion Crow (Hashibosogarasuハシボソガラス) fledglings but not 100% sure.

Are you still there...?
Sorry! I'm off now!