28/5/09 Out at 5.00am walking a river valley to the east of Waijima that produced a displaying male Green Pheasant. During the morning we walked the forested hills to the west of Waijima and then looked round the port and nearby beach area.
Male Japanese Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor just east of Wajima, 28th May 2008
Forested hills to the west of Wajima, 28th May 2009
Swallowtail Butterfly near Wajima, 28th May 2009
Carrion Crow Corvus corone orientalis at Wajima, 28th May 2009
Male White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus at Wajima, 28th May 2009Species noted:
Streaked Shearwater 75
Japanese Cormorant 2
Grey Heron 10
Spot-billed Duck 1
Osprey 4
Black-eared Kite 50
Green Pheasant 1
Black-tailed Gull 150
Slaty-backed Gull 1
Oriental Turtle Dove 3
Oriental Cuckoo h
Swallow 15
Red-rumped Swallow 4
Asian House Martin 2
Black-backed Wagtail 2
Japanese Wagtail 6
Brown-eared Bulbul 25
Blue Rock Thrush 5
Japanese Bush Warbler 2
Long-tailed Tit 6
Japanese White-eye 2
Jay h
Carrion Crow 2
Large-billed Crow 5
Chestnut-cheeked Starling 2
White-cheeked Starling 10
Tree Sparrow 25
Oriental Greenfinch 6
Meadow Bunting 8
