“We saw a number of White Wagtails (Motacilla alba lugens) in Hokkaido (above). M. a. lugens is also called the Black-backed Wagtail. Below is an adult female feeding young with […]
“There are three birds that fill the Japanese spring-summer with song: the Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina), the Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige akahige) and, the most noticeable of the three, the […]
“We saw many Grey-capped Greenfinchs (Carduelis sinica kawarahiba), which are also called the Oriental Greenfinch. Brazil (2018) states that the C. s. kawarahiba subspecies breeds in Hokkaido. The birds shown […]
“We only saw Japanese Wagtails (Motacilla grandis) twice and in rivers with gravel stones. We were fortunate to observe (from some distance) an adult pair feeding a single juvenile. Both […]
“Brownish bulbuls are often sadly unrated. The image above shows the Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus plumosus), below shows the bird feeding on the Malayan Teak (Vitex pinnata). “This fruit is […]
“This will be a lengthy post. We saw quite a number of Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) aka Orange-flanked Bush-robin, and some were breeding. I am using this bird to discuss […]
“Eurasian Bullfinchs or Grey-bellied Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris are beautiful birds but it seems that more is required to work out differences between subspecies. A number of authors (Brazil 2018 […]
“I was watching this adult Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis tristis) forage on the ground by turning over dead leave to look for worms and insects underneath (above). “I was also […]
“Brown Shrikes Lanius cristatus have descended upon the city and made their presence very palpable this last week as they jostle (verbally) for territorial space. An adult female, possibly L. […]
“Some images of the adults and subadult Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius madoci). The above image shows an adult female while that below shows an adult female feeding on Pipturus argenteus […]
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