Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, November 26, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard 3

Gray Heron  2

Great Egret 1

Little Egret  2  (the large group we saw last week was not there today)

Black Kite  1

Japanese Wagtail  2

Tree Sparrow  6

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, November 25, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Light intermittent rain, About 12 degrees C

Birds seen:

Black-faced Bunting  1

Brown-eared Bulbul  8

Japanese Grosbeak  15

Crow  5

Also saw the fresh, black feces of an animal (perhaps a ferret: there are ferrets living on the campus) on a path in the garden

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, November 19, 2013

8:30 - 9:00  am, Mostly sunny, About 15 degrees C

Birds seen:

Eurasian Wigeon  6

Mallard  4

Spot-billed Duck  3

Pintail  4

Little Egret  About 20, in a group lined up all across the river just downstream from a shallow waterfall. Usually Little Egrets are solitary, but I have seen such groups in previous years in this river in this season.

Black-headed Gull  12 (My first sighting of them this winter)

Black Kite  7

Japanese Wagtail  3

Brown-eared Bulbul  6

Tree Sparrow  12

Yoshida Jinja, September 30, 2013

Yoshida Jinja, September 30, 2013

8:00 - 9:00 am, About 23 degrees C, Mostly sunny

Birds seen:

Brown-eared bulbul  8

Pale Thrush  1

Brown Flycatcher  2

Japanese White-eye  5

Crow  8

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, September 9, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, September 9, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, About 25 degrees C

Birds seen:

Bulbuls  More than 10

Japanese Grosbeak  More than 10

Japanese White Eye  6

Tree Sparrow  More than 10

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, August 5th, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, August 5th, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Partly cloudy, About 24 degrees C

Birds seen:

Black-crowned Night Heron 1 (perched on branch overlooking the pond)

Rufous Turtle Dove  1

Pigeon  1

Crows  3 (heard)

Yoshida Jinja, June 17th, 2013

Yoshida Jinja, June 17th, 2013

8:00 - 9:00, Mostly cloudy, About 24 degrees C

Birds seen:

Black Kite  1  (soaring)

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1  (juvenile)

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  2 (juveniles) together pecking on a tree

Japanese Bush Warbler  2  (singing)

Japanese Tit  2  (singing)

Long-tailed Tit  6  (mostly or all juveniles) foraging together in a tree

Tree Sparrow  8 (including some tiny fledglings)

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, June 4, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, June 4, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Partly cloudy, About 22 degrees C

Birds seen:

Spot-billed Duck  1

Gray Heron  1

Little Egret  3

Black Kite  4

Japanese Wagtail  3 (2 juveniles (brownish) that were chased by 1 adult)

Barn Swallow  5

Tree Sparrow  12

Crow  6

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, June 3, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, June 3, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, About 22 degrees C

Birds seen:

Pygmy woodpecker  2

Brown-eared Bulbul  4

Japanese White Eye  3

Blue and White Flycatcher  1 male singing (heard but not seen)

Tree Sparrow  6

Crow  5

Yoshida Jinja, May 27, 2013

Yoshida Jinja, May 27, 2013

8:00 -9:00, Partly cloudy, About 23 degrees C

Birds seen:

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  2 fledgelings on tree branch near nest            
                                        hole
Japanese White-eye  5, including 1 male singing

Japanese Bush Warbler  1 male singing

Tree Sparrow  8

Crow  3

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, May 14, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, May 14, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, Around 20 degrees C

Birds seen:

Spot-billed Duck  1

Little Egret  5

Great Egret  3

Gray Heron  2

Little Ringed Plover  1

Black Kite  2

Barn Swallow  6

Japanese Wagtail  3

Oriental Greenfinch (eating the seeds of a grassy plant)

Tree Sparrow  5

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, May 13, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, May 13, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, About 20 degrees C

Birds seen:

Rufous Turtle Dove  1

Great Tit  2

Japanese White Eye  flock of about 4, plus a male singing for a few     minutes

Gray Starling  a chick crying, and an adult foraging

Tree Sparrow  3

Crow  2

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, May 7, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, May 7, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Sunny, About 16 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  2 males; 1 female with 7 ducklings

Little Egret  2

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  1

Black Kite  8

Barn Swallow  12 catching insects above the river
                        1 sitting on a nest under some eaves near the river

White Wagtail  2

Tree Sparrow  10

Crow  4

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 23, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 23, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly sunny, About 15 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  5 males, 1 female

Little Egret  5

Great Egret  2

Gray Heron  2

Black Kite  8

Barn Swallow  4

Tree Swallow  8

Crow  6

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 22, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 22, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly sunny, About 14 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  1 male

Rufous Turtle Dove  3

Pygmy Woodpecker  2

Brown-eared Bulbul  10

Oriental  Cuckoo  1  (red phase)

Japanese Waxwing  6

Pale Thrush  4

Japanese Tit  2

Varied Tit  1

Japanese White Eye  4

Tree Sparrow  4

Crow  5

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 16, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 16, 2013

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  2

Mallard  3

Eurasian Wigeon  4

Little Egret  3  (including 1 dead, lying on its side in the river)

Great Egret  2

Gray Heron  2

Back Kite  5

Barn Swallows 3 pairs (including 2 pairs gathering mud from the                      
                                   riverbank)

Japanese Wagtail  3

White Wagtail  1

Tree Sparrow  12

Crow  4  (including 1 foraging by turning over stones)

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 15, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 15, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Japanese pygmy woodpecker  1 (heard drumming)

Brown-eared Bulbul  12

Pale Thrush  3

Japanese Tit  2

Japanese White-eye  2

Black-faced Bunting  3

Tree Sparrow  4

Siskin  7  (I think, but am not certain: they were partly hidden by foliage)

Crow  3  (I couldn't see crows near the nest used by crows last year)

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 9, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 9, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard 2 males, 1 female

Green-winged Teal  1 male/female pair

Eurasian Wigeon  8

Little Egret  2

Great Egret  1

Black Kite  8

Barn Swallow  6  (including 1 sitting on a nest)

Japanese Bush Warbler  1  (male singing briefly)

Tree Sparrow  12

Carrion Crow  1 (foraging by turning over stones in the river)

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 8, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 8, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Rufous Turtle Dove  2

Daurien Redstart  1 (male, singing) heard but not seen

Pale Thrush  3

Japanese Tit  1

Japanese White-eye  5

Tree Sparrow  4

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 2nd, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, April 2nd, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Mostly cloudy, about 14 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  5 males, 3 females

Pintail  2 males 1 female

Eurasian Wigeon  4

Little Egret  3

Gray Heron  1

Common Sandpiper  1

Black Kite  18

Common Kingfisher  1

Barn Swallow  8  (including 1 sitting in a nest)

White Wagtail  1

Japanese Wagtail  2

Japanese Bush Warbler  1

Tree Sparrow  8

Gray Starling  2

Crow  6  (including 1 chasing a Black Kite)

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 1, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, April 1, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Rufous Turtle Dove  1

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  3

Brown-eared Bulbul  10

Pale Thrush  5

Japanese Tit  2

Japanese White Eye  3

Japanese Grosbeak  5

Tree Sparrow  2

Crow  5

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, March 12, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, March 12, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  1

Mallard  6

Green-winged Teal  4

Pintail  4

Eurasian Wigeon  19

Black-headed Gull 1

Little Egret  3

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  1

Black Kite  4

Barn Swallow  3

Japanese Wagtail 2

Crow  2  (turning over rocks on the shore, and picking some things
              (snails?) off, and eating them)

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, March 11, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, March 11, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard  2 males and 1 female

Black Kite  1 (soaring)

Rufous Turtle Dove  3

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  2

Pale Thrush  3

Japanese Bush Warbler  1

Japanese Tit  1

Varied Tit  2  (1 singing)

Tree Sparrow  3

Crow  3  (1 carrying twig for nesting)

Kamogawa at Demachiyanagi Station, March 5, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, March 5, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard  6

Green-winged Teal  1 male, female pair

Spot-billed Duck  1 male, female pair

Eurasian  wigeon 20

Black-headed gull  1

Little Egret  1

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  1

Common Sandpiper  1

Black Kite  5

Japanese Wagtail  1

White Wagtail  1

Dusky Thrush  1

Tree Sparrow  12

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, March 4, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, March 4, 2013

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

Birds seen:

One broken open, empty Mallard's egg near the pond (eaten by a crow??)

Rufous Turtle Dove 1

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  1 male (singing, not calling)

Brown-eared Bulbul  5

Pale Thrush  3

Japanese Bush Warbler  1

Japanese Tit

Black-faced Bunting  3

Japanese Grosbeak  1

Hawfinch  1

Tree Sparrow  5

Siskin  8

Jungle Crow

Carrion Crow

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, 2-26-2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, 2-26-2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard  3 male/female pairs  (1 pair was mating)

Green-winged Teal  1 male/female pair

Spot-billed Duck  2

Eurasian Wigeon  1 male

Black-headed Gull  6

Little Egret  1

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  1

Black kite  2

Japanese Wagtail  2

Tree Sparrow  18

Gray Starling  3

Crow  4

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Feb. 25, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Feb. 25, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Cloudy, About 2 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard 1 male, female pair

Rufous Turtle Dove  7  (6 were basking)

Brown-eared Bulbul  8

Pale Thrush  3

Japanese Tit  2

Japanese White Eye  3

Japanese Grosbeak  1

Tree Sparrow  6

Crow  4

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Feb. 12, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Feb. 12, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, partly cloudy,  About 6 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  3

Mallard  12

Green-winged Teal  6

Pintail  6

Eurasian Wigeon  8

Black-headed Gull  7

Little Egret  2

Great Egret  1

Gray Heron  2

Black Kite  4

Common Kingfisher  1

Japanese wagtail  3

Tree Sparrow  17

Carrion Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Feb. 5, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Feb. 5, 2013

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant 1

Great Egret  1

Little Egret  2

Gray Heron  1

Mallard  8

Eurasian Wigeon  12

Pintail  2

Black Kite  3

Black-headed Gull  16

Japanese Wagtail  3

Tree Sparrow  22

Gray Starling  3

Crow  6

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, February 3, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, February 3, 2013

8:30 -9:00, Occasional light rain, About 7 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  1 male, 1 female  (pair)

Rufous Turtle Dove  1

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  1

Brow-eared Bulbul

About 18

Pale Thrush  3

Long-tailed Tit  5

Japanese Tit  6

Japanese Grosbeak  About 40

Hawfinch  1

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Jan. 29, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Jan. 29, 2013

8:30 - 9:00. Mostly sunny, About 4 degrees C

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  1

Great Egret  1

Little Egret  2

Mallard  6

Spot-billed Duck 2

Pintail  3

Eurasian Wigeon  9

Common Sandpiper  1

Black-headed Gull 12

Barn Swallow  3  (I was amazed to see them so early in the year)

Brown-eared Bulbul  2

Tree Sparrow  22

Crow  8

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Jan. 28, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, Jan. 28, 2013

8:30 - 9:00 am, Mostly sunny, About 4 degrees C

Birds seen:

Rufous Turtle Dove  1

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  1

Pale Thrush  6  (this is an unusually large number)

Great Tit  2

Brown-eared Bulbul  12

Japanese Bush Warbler  1

Crow  3

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, January 21, 2012

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, January 21, 2012

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

Birds seen:

Great Spotted Woodpecker  1 male

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  1

Brown-eared Bulbul  More than 15

Pale Thrush  At least 3

Japanese Bush Warbler  3

Varied Tit  2

Japanese White-eye  5

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Jan. 15, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, Jan. 15, 2013

8:30 - 9:00, Cloudy, About 7 degrees C

Birds seen:

Mallard  7 (5 males, 2 females)

Spot-billed Duck  2

Green-winged Teal  5 (3 males, 2 females)

Gray Heron  2

Little Egret  3

Kite  16

Japanese Wagtail  3

White Wagtail  2

Brown-eared Bulbul  1

Tree Sparrow  17

Crow  6

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, January 8, 2013

Kamogawa River at Demachiyanagi Station, January 8, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Great Cormorant  7

Green-winged Teal  3

Mallard  6 (3 male/female pairs)

Spot-billed Duck  3

Eurasian Wigeon  12

Black-headed Gull 1

Gray Heron  3

Little Egret  3

Black Kite  4

Gray Wagtail  1

White Wagtail  4

Japanese Wagtail  5

Tree Sparrow  12

Gray Starling  1

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, January 7, 2013

Kyoto University Botanical Garden, January 7, 2013

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

Birds seen:

Mallard  1 male 1 female  (pair)

Rufous Turtle Dove  3

Brown-eared Bulbul  15

Dusky Thrush  1

Pale Thrush  5

Japanese White-eye  10

Tree Sparrow  3

Crow  6