Kyoto University Botanical Garden, 5-21-12

Kyoto University Botanical Garden,  5-21-12

8:30 - 9:00, Mostly sunny, About 19 degrees C

Went with 2 other members of BGG

Birds seen:

Great Tit  2 (both solitary, catching insects)

Brown-eared Bulbul  more than 6, calling (where and when do they breed??)

Tree Sparrow  6 (mostly on the ground; about half were adults searching for insects; the other half were juveniles following the adults, sometimes begging for (and receiving) food). Heard many, many more cheeping in trees and thickets (nest sites?).

Carrion Crow  1 juvenile, briefly peeking out from its nest near the entrance of the Botanical Garden

Jungle Crow  1 adult, cawing and descending to trees near us at the rear of the Botanical Garden (perhaps guarding a nest site).