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Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
They breed in higher mountain area and winter in urban area in Japan.
Mt. Fuji is a largest breeding place.
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Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Eating fruits of Japanese Ivy.
They also eat honey of cherry, plum and camellia, etc.
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Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Smallest woodpecker in Japan, the size is same as sparrows.
Male woodpecker has red feather on the back of head.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
We can see ospreys in many rivers in Japan.
In Okinawa, Naha airport is a good point for watching ospreys.
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Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)Observer
tkyummsDescription
A most common bird in Japan. We can see them all through the year.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
tkyummsDescription
In Tokyo, Great egret is common and biggest among egrets spiecies.
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White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Gray starling is a common bird in Japan.
Feeding their babies.
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Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Eastern mash-harrier migrates to Japan in winter season.
Watarase, Tochigi pref. is one of the largest wintering places in Japan.
In That place, Short-eared owls, Northern harriers and many water fowls could also be observed in winter.
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)Observer
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Adult long-tailed tit feed their babies in the nest since March 2015.
Parents were very busy!
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
In that park, pairs of long-tailed tit had been seemed to breed.
Babies had just fledged on April 12 in 2015.
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Long tailed tits have been bred in central areas in Tokyo recently.
We could observe younger birds in that park in 2015.
They had left the nest a week before capturing.
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Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Brown eared bulbul is a very common bird in Japan.
They live in our neighbor all through the year, but we can observe them easily especially in winter season.
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Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Wren is one of the smallest birds observed in Japan and very popular among birdwatchers.
They sing very loudly in streams in mountain area for mating.
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)Observer
tkyummsDescription
We could observe a Kingfisher so close in that park.
He was thought to be young, but very beautiful.
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Common kingfisher is also popular in Japan.
Many pairs of kingfisher are living in rivers of Tokyo, but only a few people recognized them. Because many people believe that kingfishers only live in rivers in mountain area, but they adapt well to urban life in Tokyo.
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Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a migrating bird to Japan.
In summer they come and breed.
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Terns are migrating bird, and they travel from south pacific area to Japan in summer season for breeding.
There are some colonies of terns around Tokyo.
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Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus ) is a most famous small bird in Japan.
Recently, they breed in parks in urban area of Tokyo.
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Warbling White-Eye (Zosterops japonicus)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus) is a common bird in Japan.
They have appeared in Japanese classic literatures written hundreds years ago.
They sing a beautiful song In early summer for mating and breed in May in Japan.
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Lilysquatters (Genus Paracercion)Observer
tkyummsDescription
There are some ponds in the Institute and we can observe some dameselflies in summer season in Japan.
This may be Cercion sieboldii called as "Oo-Ito-Tombo" in Japanese.
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Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)Observer
tkyummsDescription
Blue and white flycatcher captured in Institute of Nature Study, Meguro, Tokyo. We could hear his beautiful song for minutes and finally I could see! But their song posts are always at very high..... and dark under the thick green leaves.
Flycatchers travel from south Asia to Japan for breeding, and take some rest for days in parks in urban area in Tokyo, and then they will go forests in mountain area. So it was very lucky for seeing and hearing his beautiful song that day in the Institute of Nature Study, a park in central urban area of Tokyo, near Meguro station of Yamate line (JR).
I could also see a Narcissus flycatcher and he sang a beautiful song that day in that park. Narcissus flycatcher is a beautiful and popular summer bird in Japan, as well as Blue and white flycatcher.
