Birdwatching, Johan Lindén

This page contains pictures of japanese birds

On this page I've put a selection of pictures taken using an Olympus C-830L 1.3 Mpixel digital camera. The pictures were shot through an old Hakko telescope with a magnification of 20. The combination of the telescope and the camera correspond to an ordinary system camera (with 35 mm film) equipped with a 700 mm tele lens. All pictures were taken in Japan. Several of the birds are well known for birders of the western Palearctic region.

The photos:

Little grebe 38 k (Tachyhabtus ruficollis), Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo March 2000.
Great crested grebe 30 k (Podiceps cristatus), exit of Tama river, Kawasaki May 2000.
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel 103 k (Oceanodroma furcata), Choshi Jan. 2001.
Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 105 and 170 k. 1. Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Sep. 1999. 2. Exit of Tama river, Kawasaki Jan. 2000.
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1. ad. 83 k and 2. 3rd calendar yr. 47 k. 1. Ueno park, Tokyo March 2000. 2. Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Jun. 2000.
48. Green-backed heron 44 k (Butorides striatus), Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo June 2000.
Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Jan. 2000 and Dec. 1999 (169 and 117 k).
Little egret (Egretta garzetta) 141, 102 and 120 k. 1. Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Sep. 1999. 2. Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Dec. 1999. 3. Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo March 2000.
Intermediate egret 26 k (Egretta intermedia), Miyake Is, Tokyo Pref. May 2000.
Great egret 72 k (Egretta alba), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Sep. 1999.
Gray heron juv. 65 k and ad. 51 k (Ardea cinerea), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Nov. 1999 and Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo Jan. 2001.
Mandarine duck m. 54 k and f. 39 k (Aix galericulata), Takamatsu-no-Ike pond, Morioka, Iwate pref. Oct. 1999 and Oku-Nikko Aug. 2001.
Eurasian wigeon m. 45 k (Anas penelope), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Nov. 1999.
American x eurasian wigeon m 28 k (Anas americana x penelope). The bird is together with three female wigeons and a male eurasian wigeon, Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima Pref. Kyushu Jan. 2001.
Gadwall m. 67 k (Anas strepera), Oi park, Tokyo Jan. 2000.
Common teal m. 111k (Anas crecca crecca), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Nov. 1999.
Mallard 53 k (Anas platyrhynchos), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo March 2000.
Spot-billed duck 63 k (Anas poecilorhyncha), Tokyo Disneyland Nov. 1999.
Northern pintail 50 k, m. (Anas acuta), Takamatsu-no-Ike pond, Morioka, Iwate pref. Oct. 1999.
Greater scaup f. & m. 90 k (Aythya marila), exit of Tama river, Kawasaki Feb. 2000.
Smews f. 38 k and a male an 2 females (Mergus albellus), Oi park, Tokyo Jan. 2000. and Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo Jan. 2001.
Eurasian Kestrel m. (Falco tinnunculus), Zuibaijigawa, Fukuoka pref. Jan. 2001.
Cranes in Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. In the winter 2000-2001 more than 13,000 birds gathered on the rice fields in Arasaki. Five species of cranes as well as hybrid hooded x common were present. Hooded and White-naped were the dominating species (99 %). Pictures of the crane species follow here:
Common crane juv. (Grus grus), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. Northern pintails, hooded cranes and a whit-naped crane are also present
Hooded cranes (Grus monachus), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. Ad. & juv. birds.
Common x Hooded crane (Grus grus x monachus), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. My only shot. The bird is just in front of an juv. White-naped crane.
Sandhill crane (Grus canadensiss), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. At least 2 birds were present. An ad. White-naped to the left and f. pintails in the background.
White-naped cranes (Grus vipio), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. Two ad. birds. Hooded cranes in the background and the juv. Common to the left. Pintails in the mud.
Siberian White crane (Grus leucogeranus), Arasaki, Izumi, Kagoshima pref. Jan. 2001. This bird is a real rarity in Arasaki.
Black-winged stilt 53 k (Himantopus himantopus), Kasairinkankooen park, Tokyo Apr. 2000.
42. Mongolian plovers 47 k (Charadrius mongolus), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Apr. 2000.
Dunlins 44 k (Calidris alpina), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Apr. 2000.
Common snipe 74 k (Gallinago gallinago), exit of Tama river, Kawasaki May 2000.
Eurasian curlew 27 k (Numenius arquata), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Nov. 1999.
Ruddy turnstone 66 k (Arenaria interpres), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Apr. 2000.
Black-tailed gull 48 k (Larus crassisrostris), exit of Tama river, Kawasaki Aug. 1999.
Gulls in Choshi. On the picture Black-tailed, slaty-backed and one glaucous can be identified, Chosh Jan. 2001.
Claucous gull 36 k anf 46 k (Larus hyperboreus), Choshi, Jan. 2001. On the 2nd picture the gull is picking at a dead shark.
22. Oriental turtle dove 171 k (Streptopelia orientalis), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo March 2000.
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), 26 k and 82 k, Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo June 2000 and Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo March 2000.
Japanese pygmy woodpecker 13 k (Dendrocopos kizuki), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Nov. 1999.
Rose-ringed parakeet 22 k (Psittacula krameri). Escape bird, with self-sustaining population in Tokyo pref., Kawasaki March 2000.
Gray wagtail 73 k (Motacilla cinerea), mt. Takao, Tokyo Apr. 2000.
Japanese wagtail 44 k (Motacilla grandis), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Dec. 1999.
Brown-eared bulbul 61 k (Hypsipetes amaurotis), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo March 2000.
Daurian redstart m. 88 k (Phoenicurus auroreus), Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo Feb. 2000.
Stonechat 48 k (Saxicola torquata), Oku-Nikko Aug. 2001.
Blue Rock Thrush, f 43 k (Monticola solitarius), Choshi Jan. 2001.
Pale Thrush 128 k (Turdus pallidus), exit of Tama river, Kawasaki Feb. 2000.
Dusky thrush 45 k (Turdus naumanni eunomus), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Jan. 2000. Compare with the picture of the naumanni race Turdus naumanni naumanni 62k, which was shot in Helsinki, Nov. 1994).
Varied tit 51 k (Parus varius), mt. Takao, Tokyo Jan. 2000.
Bull-heade shrike f. 30 k (Lanius bucephalus), Jike Furusatomura, Aoba-ward, Tokyo Dec. 1999.
Azure-winged magpie 32 k (Cyanopica cyana), Kasairinkankooen park, Tokyo Apr. 2000.
Gray starling 80 k (Sturnus cineraceus), Yatsu-Higata mudflat, Chiba pref. Nov. 1999.
Oriental greenfinch f. 67 k (Carduelis sinica), Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo March 2000.
Black-faced Bunting m. (Emberiza spodocephala), Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo Jan. 2001.
Siberian Meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides) f. 55 k and m. 59 k, Minami Tama, Tama river, Tokyo March/Feb. 2000.
Gray-headed Bunting (Emberiza fucata), Oku-Nikko, Aug. 2001.



Abbreviations: m. = male, f. = female(-colored)

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