I've already posted regarding the most important migrants from a personal perspective, the
Himalayan Swiftlet and
Citrine Wagtail, but here are a few other migrants, some more to be expected than others.
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There was only this one pair of Garganey during my stay. Last time there were quite a few on a tank favoured by Common Teal. These birds were on the pond/lake at Kubura. |
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Grey-faced Buzzards are a daily occurrence, perhaps they are wintering birds rather than migrants, and often easily photographable on utility poles. I've gone with this poor, distant shot because this was such a striking bird, beautifully sandy above and mainly white below. |
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There were a lot of Chinese Pond Herons on the island, though six was the largest group I saw they could be seen singly or in twos in many places. |
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This Whiskered Tern only spend about five minutes over the flooded fields at Hikawa before purposefully heading north over the island never to be seen again. |
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The only Oriental Cuckoo I saw perched, and the only non-hepatic. |
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Brown Shrikes are common and found in gardens, field edges and open scrubby areas. |
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Chestnut-cheeked Starling is a common spring migrant throughout Japan. |
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Daurian Starling on the other hand is not. There were at least three in the above flock of Chestnut-cheeked and I'd only previously seen a single bird on Mishima (Yamaguchi Pref). |
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Phylloscopus warblers were disappointingly scarce, I heard one Yellow-browed and eventually saw this Dusky Warbler which was singing from dense cover. |
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Stejneger's Stonechat is another common migrant throughout Japan and there were several dotted around the island. |
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The only Richard's Pipit of the trip, briefly on the school playing field. I saw several last time. |
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Red-throated Pipit could be seen daily, there were usually a few around the margins of flooded fields. |
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I was surprised to see a Brambling but I came across two more singles on subsequent days. |
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Little Bunting is a fairly common migrant on migration islands but this was the only one I saw on Yonaguni. Masked was common and there were a few Black-faced but buntings, like warblers, were disappointing. |
Perhaps it was a little early for some migrants even this far south? Perhaps a little late for others as I didn't see any Oriental Plovers or Upland Buzzard though I suspected I might miss these two Yonaguni specials before going.
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One of the Oriental Plovers from my previous visit to the island, It's such a great bird I don't need much of an excuse to dig up an old shot. |
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