Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station 4-10-2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station 4-10-2012

8:30 - 9:00 am,  About 10 degrees C, Slightly windy, Sunny

Went with Beginners' Birdwatching Group (4 members)

Birds Seen:

Gray Heron:  1 flying; 2 basking

Japanese Wagtail:  2 in aerial display

Black Kite:  5 soaring

Carrion Crow:  2 flying fast toward the west high overhead

                       and about 25 gathered on roofs and antennae of tall          
                       buildings near the river

Mallard:  2 male/female pairs
              3 lone males

Green-winged Teal:  1 male/female pair
                               1 lone male

Tufted Duck:  1 male

Great Cormorant:  2

Little Grebe:  1

Great Egret:  1

Little Egret:  2

Barn Swallow: 10 (?) (Flying very fast just above the river and river bank,
                      it's hard to be sure, but I think I see their red throats and
                      long outer tail feathers

House Martin:  2 (?  Flying so fast catching insects just above the river's
                        surface that I can't be sure of the species)

Japanese Reed Bunting: 1 male/female pair (probably transient migrants),            

                        flitting among the reeds, then coming back to rest at the 
                        same spot on the reeds, repeatedly. The male had a 
                        completely all-black, hood-like head, and therefore these 
                        were Japanese Reed Buntings, not Reed Buntings 

                     

Dusky Thrush:  1

Gray Starling:  2

Great Tit:  1  (heard singing)

Tree Sparrow:  5