Tag: Japan

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White-tailed Eagle on Hokkaido

October 14, 2024 by Kai Pflug 1 Comment

A detective story: A few White-tailed Eagles live in the Netherlands. The Netherlands White-tailed Eagle Working Group watches out for them, partly via transmitters....

Birding

Some Winter Passerines on Hokkaido

September 16, 2024 by Kai Pflug 3 Comments

Preparing this post after just having returned from Sulawesi and Halmahera – where many species proudly wear their island location as part of their...

Birding

Long-tailed Tit on Hokkaido

August 12, 2024 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments

An Economist article published in February 2024 describes the rise of cuteness (“Small, but mighty: how cuteness has taken over the world“). It specifically...

Birding, Trips

Birding Tokyo — Imperial Palace East Gardens

July 9, 2024 by Jason Crotty 3 Comments

I recently took a business trip to Tokyo and wanted to try to see some of the common urban birds in the world’s largest...

Birding

Brown-headed Thrush

March 21, 2020 by Redgannet No Comments

Kasia Rinkai Park on Tokyo Bay will host the slalom canoeing events for the upcoming (correct at time of writing) Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020....

Birding

A Japanese twitch.

February 22, 2020 by Redgannet 1 Comment

It’s the same the whole world over. A rare bird draws a crowd of optics and men of a certain age. The Tokyo Bay...

Reviews

Birds of Japan by Otani Chikara

January 2, 2020 by Dragan No Comments

It’s the festive season and I am holding the new Lynx Edicions’s Birds of Japan, thinking what a perfect gift to any international birder...

Birding, Birds

Brown-eared Bulbuls in blossom

May 18, 2019 by Redgannet No Comments

The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Do birders and canoeists/kayakists/kayakers/kakies make good bedfellows I wonder? The new canoeing centre is still...

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