Some more shots from earlier in the year, all these were taken during spring migration from late April to mid May.................
Some smaller ones first..................
Japanese Robin was a first for my camera..............
And some shorebirds.....................
And both species of Spoonbill showed up...............
And some other waterbirds..................
And finally some Ospreys...............
Thanks Sonja
ReplyDeleteSome nice shots. Those spoonbills would have caused a stir in Niigata.
ReplyDeleteI think there was a bit of an influx in northern Japan last spring..........
DeleteA gallery to be proud of..........
ReplyDeleteThanks David...............
DeletePlenty of "Ooh - Aah !" shots here...and I recall the BFS from your original post...great round-up !
ReplyDeleteThanks John...........
DeleteYou certainly had a good one Stu. I must have missed that Robin. It's rather different isn't it? But now I need to Wiki it.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy now Stu.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese robin, together with the Ryukyu robin and the European robin, was previously placed in the genus Erithacus . A 2006 molecular phylogenetic study found that the two east Asian species were more similar to the Siberian blue robin, at the time in Luscinia, than to the European robin.[2] In 2010 a large study confirmed this result and also found that Luscinia was non-monophyletic. The genus Larvivora was therefore resurrected to accommodate a clade containing the Japanese robin, the Ryukyu robin, the Siberian blue robin and several other species that had previously been placed in Luscinia.[3][4]
Hi Phil, they do look like our Robins in the UK but their behaviour is very different. Their song is very similar to the Siberian Blue Robin..........
DeleteThe eighth image (crossbill with white cherry blossom) is quite something, really superb. A great composition, great colour and light, and so unusual to see that bird in this context (from a British perspective).
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