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