Tuesday 21 February 2012

21st February 2012 Mi-ike and Arasaki

Little Grebe 1
Little Egret 12
Grey Heron 12
Great White Egret 2
Spoonbill 2
Black-faced Spoonbill 1
Wigeon 60
Mallard 40
Spot-billed Duck 40
Osprey 1
Black-eared Kite 10
Kestrel 1
Common x Hooded Crane hybrids 3
HOODED CRANE 2,000 ex.
WHITE-NAPED CRANE 200 ex.
Vega Gull 2
Oriental Turtle Dove 6
White-backed Woodpecker 1 utv's
RYUKU MINIVET 1 ex.
Large-billed Crow 50
Eastern Great Tit 2
Varied Tit 4
Long-tailed Tit 2
Brown-eared Bulbul 20
Japanese Bush-Warbler h
Japanese White-eye 5
Nuthatch 2
White-cheeked Starling 30
Pale Thrush 10
Blue Rock Thrush 1
Tree Sparrow 10
Meadow Bunting 2

 Mi-ike Volcano

 Crater lake at Mi-ike


Forest along the Pitta Trail at Mi-ike

Road to Arasaki



Hooded Cranes

 Room with a view at Arasaki

 View from Arasaki Minshuku

Hooded and two calling Hooded x Common Crane hybrids


Hooded Cranes at Arasaki









White-naped Cranes at Arasaki





Various Hooded x Common Crane hybrids