Kyoto University Botanical Garden 4- 23-2012

Kyoto University Botanical Garden 4- 23-2012


8:30-9:00  Light rain at first, but rain stopped around 8:50 am
                 around 15 degrees C

Went with  Beginners' Birdwatching group (2 members)

BIRDS SEEN:

(While light rain was falling):

Japanese White-eye  (estimated 6),  twittering in camellia trees, and seen moving in groups of about 3

Barn Swallow  2,  flying fast over treetops

Carrion Crow  1, (tail seen protruding from nest; did not fly away when observed (does this perhaps mean that this crow was sitting on eggs now?))

After rain stopped:

Bush Warbler  1 male, singing various songs

Japanese White-eye  1 (heard singing)

Narcissus Flycatcher (?: Identified by song only (and definitely seen and heard here previous week))

Barn Swallow  2, flying above tops of tall cherry trees, catching insects

Brown-eared Bulbul  more than 1, heard calling

Rufous Turtle-Dove  1, heard cooing

Also after rain stopped:  Various insects heard singing in grass and trees