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)