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