Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, 5-15-2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, 5-15-2012

8:30-9:15 am,  Light, steady rain, about 19 degrees C

Went with 1 other member of BBG

Birds seen:

Mallard  2 males and 1 female, each solitary

Little Egret  3

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  3

Little Ringed Plover  2,  calling peee-peee, and staying near each other while foraging on rocky sandbar

Black Kite  6 (1 soaring, and 5 hovering above the river, and then landing on the shore)

Barn Swallow  Around 15, flying low above river and catching insects

Japanese Wagtail  Around 12, flying low above river and catching insects, and sometimes chasing each other

Great Reed Warbler  1 or 2 (sounded like 2), heard calling from reeds

Tree Sparrow  Around 10 (heard chattering in bushes)

Carrion Crow  1 (eating some trash in the river)
 

All images were downloaded from the internet. My thanks to the photographers.