Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, December 25, 2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, December 25, 2012

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly cloudy, About 5 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  5

Green-winged Teal  4 (2 male, 2 female)

Eurasian Wigeon  7

Black-headed Gull  36

Gray Heron  3

Little Egret  4

Great Egret  1

Black Kite  17

White Wagtail  1

Japanese Wagtail  3

Brown-eared Bulbul  3

Tree Sparrow  15

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, December 18, 2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, December 18, 2012

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly cloudy, About 10 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  4

Mallard  About 6 males and 6 females

Eurasian Wigeon  About 3 males and 3 females

Black-headed Gull  12

Gray Heron  3

Great Egret  2

Little Egret  3

Common Sandpiper  1

Black Kite  5

Japanese Wagtail  2

Tree Sparrow  11

Crow  12

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, December 17, 2012

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, December 17, 2012

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly sunny,  About 10 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  1 male, 1 female (pair)

Rufous Turtle Dove  2

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1 (heard tapping)

Brown-eared Bulbul  many (more than 15)

Pale Thrush  2

Japanese Tit  10

Varied Tit  3

Long-tailed Tit  3

Japanese White Eye  12

Tree Sparrow  3

Carrion Crow 5

Jungle Crow  5

The crows were eating seeds of fallen branches of Chinese Tallow Trees

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Dec. 11, 2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Dec. 11, 2012

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, About 6 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  12

Gray Heron  2

Great Egret  2

Little Egret  1

Mallard  4

Green-winged Teal  2

Black Kite  14

Black Headed Gull  5

Japanese Wagtail  2

Tree Sparrow  20

Crow  6

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Dec. 10, 2012

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Dec. 10, 2012

8:30 - 9:00, Occasionally snowing, About 5 degrees C

Birds seen:

Rufous Turtle Dove  2

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1

Brown-eared Bulbul  15

Pale Thrush  1

Japanese Grosbeak  30

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Dec. 4, 2012

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Dec. 4, 2012

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly sunny, About 12 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  8

Gray Heron  2

Little Egret  2

Mallard  8

Spot-billed Duck  3

Green-winged Teal  4

Eurasian Wigeon  6

Black Kite  6

Black-headed Gull  20

Common Kingfisher  1

Crow  8

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, December 3, 2012

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, December 3, 2012

8:30- 9:00 am, About 10 degrees C, Mostly sunny

Birds seen:

Mallard 1 pair of male and female

Brown-eared Bulbul  More than 20

Pale Thrush  3  (heard)

Japanese Bush Warbler  3

Daurien Redstart  1  (heard)

Japanese White-eye  6

Japanese Grosbeak  3

Crow  3