Sunday 20 April 2008

20th April 2008 Kobe

Arrived Osaka at 9.30am. Caught 10.20am bus to Kobe with taxi to Holiday Inn Express. Walked hillside trails behind Shin-Kobe Station from 1pm to 6pm.

Grey Heron 5
Black-eared Kite 6
Grey-faced Buzzard 3
Black-headed Gull 300
Vega Gull 2
Feral Pigeon 10
Oriental Turtle Dove 3
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 5
Swallow 5
Japanese Wagtail 1 male
Brown-eared Bulbul 15
Pale Thrush 5
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1 male
Long-tailed Tit 8
Varied Tit 3
Japanese White-eye 10
Large-billed Crow 10
Tree Sparrow 15
Oriental Greenfinch 2

View from hillsides above Kobe

Hillsides above Kobe

Brown-eared Bulbul at Kobe

Varied Tit at Kobe

Grey-faced Buzzard over Kobe

Tree Sparrow at Kobe