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Japan

Japanese Robin Erithacus akahige ŠMike Danzenbaker http://www.avesphoto.com/

Japan is located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Being latitudinally long, the island chain covers a wide climatic range; from the boreal to the sub-tropical climate zone. There are also two ecological lines which divide the countries flora and fauna. These are Blakiston`s Line (between Hokkaido and Honshu) and the Watase`s Line (southern Japan). Because of this unusual ecological background, Japan`s avifauna is incredibly rich. More than 600 species have been recorded to date. Most of them are migratory (more than 60%) whilst approximately 60 species are either endemic or sub-regional endemic, including the internationally famous Okinawa Rail, Blakiston`s Fish-owl, Japanese Murrelet, Red-crowned Crane, Pryer`s Woodpecker and Lidth`s Jay.

Birding in Japan is increasingly popular. The largest nature conservation NGO, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, has more than 53,000 members and there are more birders who do not belong to the WBS-J. Twitching is becoming more and more common. People can get to rare birds within a few hours of their discovery because of the development of the internet and mobile telephones. (So, Japan`s birding is now more IT!)

Some top birding spots are set out below.

top sites

Amami Island

For Lidth`s Jay and Amami Woodcock.

Eastern Hokkaido

For Blakiston`s Fish-Owl, Red-crowned Crane and Steller`s Sea-Eagle.

Ferry between Hokkaido and Honshu

For seabirds.

Hakata Bay

For Black-faced Spoonbill and Saunder`s Gull.

Izumi

For White-naped, Hooded, Sandhill, Common and Siberian Cranes.

Karuizawa

For summer migrants

Miyake Island

For Seven Island Thrush, Styan`s Grasshopper Warbler and Ijima`s Warbler.

Okinawa

For Okinawa Rail, Pryer`s Woodpecker and Ryukyu Robin.

contributor

Koji TAGI
Bluebonnet0712@aol.com

numbers

Number of bird species:623

numbers

Number of endemics:13
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii Japanese Woodpecker Picus awokera Okinawa Woodpecker Sapheopipo noguchii Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira Ryu Kyu Serpent-eagle Spilornis perplexus Lidth`s Jay Garrulus lidthi Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae Amami Thrush Zoothera major Izu Thrush Turdus celaenops Bonin Honeyeater Apalopteron familiare Japanese Skylark Alauda japonica

useful reading

* Field Guides & Bird Song

For a comprehensive list of recommended titles covering Asia as a whole - please see the Asia page of Fatbirder

283 Wild Bird Songs of Japan CD

Hideo Ueda 3 CD Set, Playing time: 186 minutes. Yama-Kei Publishers Co. Ltd. 1999
ISBN: 136328
Buy this book from NHBS.com

550 Birds of Japan (2 Volume Set)

M Kirihara, N Yamagata, T Yoshino and H Iozawa 700 pages, col photos. Bun'ichi Sogo Shuppan 2001
ISBN: 125296
Buy this book from NHBS.com

A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia

Craig Robson Hardcover - 504 pages ( 1 February, 2000) New Holland Publishers (UK)
ISBN: 1853683132
Buy this book from NHBS.com

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and East Asia

Tadao Shimba 400 pages, 800 col photos. Christopher Helm 2007
ISBN: 9780713674392
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Birds of Japan in Photographs

Edited by S Takano 492 pages, 641 col photos, 77 col illus. Tokai University Press 1981
ISBN: 4486006488
Buy this book from NHBS.com

The Birds of Japan

Mark A. Brazil, Masayuki Yabuuchi (Illustrator) Hardcover - 448 pages (30 April, 1991) Christopher Helm
ISBN: 0713680067
Buy this book from NHBS.com

The Songs and Calls of 333 Birds in Japan, Volume 1 CD

Volume 1 - Non-Songbirds - Kabaya Tsuruhiko and Matsuda Michio Series: THE SONGS AND CALLS OF 333 BIRDS IN JAPAN 3 CDs (Audio). Shogakukan 1996
ISBN: 4094800719
Buy this book from NHBS.com

The Songs and Calls of 333 Birds in Japan, Volume 2 CD

Volume 2 Songbirds - Kabaya Tsuruhiko and Matsuda Michio Series: THE SONGS AND CALLS OF 333 BIRDS IN JAPAN 3 Audio CDs. Shogakukan 1996
ISBN: 4094800727
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Wild Birds of Japan

Takuya Kanouchi, Naoya Abe and Hideo Ueda 623 pages, col photos. Yama-Kei Publishers Co. Ltd. 1998
ISBN: 4635070077
Buy this book from NHBS.com

useful information

Proact

Coordinator: none (why not apply?) see http://www.proact-campaigns.net/coordinators
Members: 3
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team

clubs

Japan Alcid Society

http://www2.gol.com/users/kojiono/English.html
Includes a photogallery

Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds

http://www.jeef.or.jp/ASIA/japan/Bird.html
The Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds was founded in 1947, for the purpose of spreading scientific knowledge on wild birds and beasts, and also to encourage the wildlife preservation spirit. We are engaged in various activities including the National Wildbird Conservation Meeting held during Bird Week every year, and many joint activities with national and local governments, with the aim of creating the enriched society where human beings and wild birds can coexist...

Wild Bird Society of Japan - Kanagawa Branch

http://www.mmjp.or.jp/wbsj-k/
Japanese only

Wild Bird Society of Japan - Nagasaki Branch

http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~wbsjn/index3.html
In Japanese

Wild Bird Society of Japan - Nourin Branch

http://www.affrc.go.jp:8001/nbird/
Japanese only

Wild Bird Society of Japan - Saitama Branch

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/wbsj-saitm/
Mostly in Japanese

Wild Bird Society of Japan

http://www.wbsj.org
In Japanese. International Centre-WING, 2-35-2 Minamidaira, Hino City, Tokyo 191-0041. +81 425 936871int.center@wing-wbsj.or.jp
WING (WBSJ International Center for the Nature of the Globe) was established as the center of nature conservation in March 1997. WING runs conservation projects not only in Japan but also in several places in east Asia. Secretariat of BirdLife Asia Council is also located in WING and coordinates BirdLife programs in Asia.

observatories

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center

http://www.city.narashino.chiba.jp/~yatsu-tf/english/
Yatsu Higata is playing an important role as a stopover point for the migrating birds flying between the land of the North (Siberia) and the countries of the South (Australia and Southeast Asia). Yatsu Higata presents the people so many happy encounters with the summer-birds who come to nurse their babies, the winter-birds who fly in to winter and the traveler birds perching in spring and fall.

museums

Abiko City Museum of Birds

http://www.affrc.go.jp:8001/nbird/abikobm/bird.html
Harmony among Birds and People...

reserves

Akan International Crane Center

http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~aicc/
In Japanese

Hiroshi Takada

http://www.hiroshi-takada.com/savelt.shtml
Known as migratory birds travelling between Australia and Japan, Little Terns(Sterna albifrons) are facing extinction. Every spring, 300 to 500 birds migrate to one of Japan`s largest surviving colonies located in Atsugi, Kanagawa.This colony is now seriously threatened by roadworks planned for the area.

Kaga-city Kamoike Sanctuary

http://www.jawgp.org/anet/jp012ea.htm
This center was built to educate visitors and increase their sentiments to protect nature through being close to it. We should take pride in watching birds and animals around the water and the plants in this pond.Around this bird watching site, the center`s members will kindly explain about birds. Inside the center, you can use telescopes, special exhibitions, books, materials, films and slides on nature. You can also use special program of sight by Modernized film. In the future, this center will help this area to become a wild bird`s paradise.We hope to protect the birds and get on well together.

Koyaike Park

http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture_e/nature/spot/bird/koya_b.htm
A pond occupies about half of the park, and viewing is possible during all four season. In addition to such sights as ducks, egrets, and whistler swans, in the winter visitors can also see tufted ducks.

Kushiro International Wetland Center

http://www.kiwc.net/
In Japanese

Kushiro Shitsugen National Park

http://www.sizenken.biodic.go.jp/park/cgi-bin/page_np.cgi?park=kushiro
In Japanese...

Lake Akkeshi - Bekanbeushi Marsh

http://www.marimo.or.jp/AWOC/lake_marsh_eg.html
Lake Akkeshi is a shallow and brackish lake adjoining Akkeshi bay with a perimeter of 26 km. It is famed for its oyster and short-necked clam farming. At low tide several tidelands become exposed which provide good feeding grounds for waterfowl. For this reason, Japanese Crane breed here from spring to autumn whilst Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus); over ten species of wild geese, ducks, White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Steller`s Sea Eagle( H. pelagicus) are to be found here from autumn to spring.

Lake Utonai Bird Sanctuary

http://www.dp-flex.co.jp/tiec/html/toma11.html
In May, 1981, the Wild Bird Society of Japan designated Lake Utonai and its surrounding marshland covering 511hectares as a Bird Sanctuary, the nation`s first of its kind, for the purpose of preserving nature and the wildlife as well as propagating the drive. In the sanctuary, a Nature Center, an observation hut and Bird-watching paths are provided. Aiming at protecting Lake Utonai, including its surrounding marshland and waterfowl, the city and nature protection organizations are lobbing the sanctuary to be designated as a location registered with the Lamsar Treaty through the Environmental Agency and other Authorities concerned.

Red-crowned Crane Sanctuary

http://www.sizenken.biodic.go.jp/pc/live_en/camera/04/shisetsu/04.htm
This time we would like to introduce HARADA, Osamu, Chief Ranger of the Tsurui-Ito Red-Crowned Crane Sanctuary. Tsurui Village, Hokkaido, where Harada works, is well known as a feeding ground for Red-crowned cranes in winter. The red-crowned crane has been designated a special natural treasure of Japan. Harada is one of the leading activists striving to protect these precious birds. However, he does not focus on only the cranes. In order to protect the cranes, we must think about the whole environment in which they live. We had an interesting interview with HARADA about how he has been facing the present situation of the cranes and about the abundant nature of Hokkaido.

Syunkunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary

http://www.marimo.or.jp/~nemu_nc/workn/
Syunkunitai is known as a important habitat for birds and a quite famous bird-watching area throughout Japan. Syunkunitai is a long and narow sandbank where has 8km in length and 1.3km in width. It is surrounded by the water and has various natural habitats as the stream, marsh, grassland and deciduous forest etc., therefore various species of birds, animals, insects and plants can live in here. About 250 species of birds have been recorded and endangered species as Red-crowned Cranes, White-tailed Eagles and Black Woodpeckers breed in Syunkunitai.

Tateyama Wild Bird Sanctuary

http://www2.city.tateyama.chiba.jp/
Due to its location in the center of the Japanese Archipelago, this area has long been used by migratory birds as a place to rest and gather food and water, for which reason it has been designated as a protected bird sanctuary...

Tokyo Port Wild Birds Park

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/BIRDS/tokyo.html
This is a small bird sanctuary (27 hectares) of the Wild Bird Society of Japan in the highly developed harbour area between central Tokyo and Haneda airport. It consists actually of two small parks, separated by a road. The entrance is in the west park. This park contains two small freshwater ponds closely surrounded by small trees and shrubs. Via a footbridge over the road one reaches the eastern park: a small open complex of freshwater ponds and mud flats and a larger tidal basin. In the middle there is a nicely designed building for bird observation with lots of telescopes, a tiny library and friendly japanese guides. In March 97 reconstruction of the eastern park has begun.

Wetlands

http://www.ramsar.org
Japan presently has 13 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 84,089 hectares...

Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary

http://www.yonagomizudorikouen.or.jp/
Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary Companion Circle is a citizens organization which supports the activities of the Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary... [Japanese only]

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

1996 [December] - Susan Myers

http://users.wired.net.au/susan/Japan.htm
I lived in Japan for 4 years from 1988 to 1992. So in the winter of 1994 I made a short trip back to visit friends. During my short stay in Osaka I managed to get out to a few nearby places in search of birds although my time was a bit limited...

1997 [August] - Harry Lehto

http://users.utu.fi/hlehto/reports/japan97.txt
I arrived at Narita Airport, some 50km East of Tokyo. My friend Neil picked me up at the airport, and we drove to Choshi, a city at a tip of a peninsula about 120km directly east of Tokyo...

2000 [May] - Tony Coatsworth

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.coatsworth/#India
e.g.Kushiro marsh (#39) is one of the great spectacles in winter for dancing Cranes. In the Spring they disperse to nesting places further east but there are forest trails nearby to explore in the summer.

2000 [September] - Neil Money

http://www.crosswinds.net/~birdtrips/Japan00.html
This was a fairly intensive business trip on to which I managed to add a couple of days bird watching. The general notes and comments included in my trip report of a similar visit to Japan in October 1999 are also relevant to this trip...

2001 [April] - Wim Vader

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/japan/japan1/glimpses.htm
My first ever vist to Japan started out with 5 days in Shimonoseki, the southernmost city on the main island of Honshu. There I was the official guest of the city, and the days passed in a whirl of meetings, receptions and other social occasions, a scientific symposium, and some hurried sight-seeing in pouring rain, ending up in the opening of the spectacularly beautiful aquarium and nature museum Kaikyokan om April 1st...

2002 [June] - Robert Payne

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/japan/japan3/japan-june2002.htm
I recently attended the England/Sweden World Cup football match as part of a competition prize. The match was held at Saitama Stadium near Tokyo and we were staying at the Crown Plaza Metropolitan Hotel in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo. Luckily the itinery allowed a fair amount of free time so I managed to sneak away for a little bit of birding...

2002 [March] - Björn Anderson & Lars Davner

http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/trips/japan/japan-0402-ba.html
This is a report, written by Björn Anderson, from a two weeks birding trip to Japan in late February and early March 2002. Highlights from a birding perspective were; 70 Steller´s Sea-Eagles sitting on the ice at Furen-ko; unforgettable sight of dancing Japanese Cranes in the snow; 11 species of alcids and 9 of those from Nosappu Misaki in calm sunny weather with pack-ice in the background; a splendid male Copper Pheasant at Naka-Karuizawa; Falcated Ducks and Baikal Teals near Osaka; 8,500 cranes of six species at Arasaki; close-up views of Japanese Murrelets at Kadogawa, Kyushu; adult summer plumage Saunders´s Gull at Funabashi, Tokyo; duetting and day-roosting pairs of Blakiston´s Fish-Owls in Hokkaido; the flocks of Japanese Waxwings and Pallas´s Rosefinches at Naka-Karuizawa; the albatrosses, shearwaters, skuas and alcids from the ferry between Hokkaido and Oarai...

2003 [June] Tony Pym

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/tonypym/SeabirdingRingOfFire.html
...the Crested Auklet count grows fast: thousands can be seen (at once) in one flock lifting off from the bows..Instead of Yankicha, we have a landing at Mashua Island...

2003 [May] - Charles Harper - Tobishima

http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/trips/tobishima.html
Tobishima, Black Kite Island, off the Japan Sea coast of northern Honshu, is one of a loose line of offshore islands from Kyushu to Hokkaido which are of particular interest to Japanese birders. They are vagrant traps: in the spring and fall, when mainland migrants stray from the coasts of Korea, China or Russia, these islands are their first landfall. They vary in size from Sado (860 sq. km.) to Hegurajima (1 sq. km.);and are all reachable by ferry in from one to three hours, incidentally offering an opportunity for some pelagic birding, though this is not as exciting as off the open Pacific coast...

2003 [October] Paul Bamford - Tokyo & Hachiojima Island

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/japan/japan4/jap-oct-03.htm
...The best place is the Iris Garden but this was closed so early in the morning. I wandered around for about 3 hours and did indeed connect with the common species such as Great and Varied Tits, Japanese White-eyes, Pied and Grey Wagtails, lots of Tree Sparrows, a mystery pipit, Eastern Turtle Doves and Feral pigeons. I missed the woodpeckers, finches and buntings, on a return visit near the end of the trip the park was still lacking these species, I think I was there in mid season, after the summer but before the winter residents had arrived...

2004 [June] - Susan Myers

http://users.wired.net.au/susan/japan_2004.htm
...In my experience, the much sought-after Yellow Bunting is most often found along the stream beyond the tarmac road. Persistence will bring rewards here, just keep walking the trails...

2005 [February] - Ed Keeble

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/s-korea/korea6/kor-jap-feb-05.htm
...This extended trip was organised around two long-cherished ambitions- to see Stellers Sea Eagle on the ice in Hokkaido and to see a drake Scaly-sided Merganser anywhere one could be found. The trip was successful on both scores and of course provided plenty of other entertainment besides...

2005 [February] - Richard & Erica Klim

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/japan/japan5/jap-kor-05.htm
...Most birders would have to sell their house to afford the cost of an organised birding tour to Japan. But trip reports by Björn Anderson and Dave Sargeant have demonstrated that independent birding trips to Japan are not difficult...

2006 [February] - Derek Scott

http://www.birdquest.co.uk/tripreports.cfm?trip=478
If there was ever a tour where, in terms of species, quality outweighs quantity, then this has to be it! With a series of awesome avian spectacles, from the incredible cranes of Arasaki in the south to the mighty sea-eagles of frozen Hokkaido in the north, this tour has to rank as one of the most spectacular. Wintering passerines were again scarce this year, but nevertheless, in our two week journey through the land of the rising sun, we netted a respectable total of 166 species between us. These included a number of highly sought, mouth-watering goodies such as Black-faced Spoonbills, Baikal Teal, Falcated Duck, Smew, Stellers and White-tailed Sea-Eagles...

2006 [May] - Gary & Marlene Babic - Ryuku Islands

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/japan/japan6/japan-may-2006.htm
It is possible to cover the birding sites for the endemic birds of Amami and Okinawa in only a few days, essentially following the directions in Brazils book. We did not see Amami Woodcock or Amami Thrush, or the Amami Black Rabbit all of which have been reported to have been decimated by the introduction of mongoose on Amami to control the endemic Habu-Habu snake. The woodcock and thrush may still be findable but probably at another site. The other endemics were found in the expected locations...

2007 [February] - Chris Cook - Okinawa/Amami-Oshima/south Kyushu/east Hokkaido

http://www.travellingbirder.com/tripreports/view_birding_tripreport.php?id=176
Annotated list...

2007 [February] - Mark Finn - Birdwatching Breaks

http://www.birdwatchingbreaks.com/Japan_TripReport07.htm
Our annual winter tour to Japan was a tremendous success with a few changes being made in the itinerary from 2006. Mild weather throughout Japan particularly on Hokkaido had an effect on some species due to the lack of sea-ice. This also had an effect on Baikal Teal which was present in very low numbers this year and a complete absence of waxwings...

tour operators

Birding Pal

http://www.birdingpal.org/Japan.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Hokkaido Nature Tours

http://www.toursgallery.com/hokkaido.htm
October is characterised by fine cool weather moving in from Siberia, accompanied by the first waves of winter bird migration, including ducks, thrushes and buntings that add to the endemics. Red, orange and yellow autumn leaves will cover the forested mountains, gorges and gardens...

Tours Gallery

http://www.toursgallery.com/nature.htm
Nature and bird watching tours - bird watching in National Parks, nature conservation areas and rural villages. Discover parts of Japan rarely visited by other tours...

mailing lists

Kantori

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/BIRDS/kantori.html
To post to list:kantori@egroups.com
To subscribe to list:subscribe@egroups.com
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Discussion Group the mailing list Kantori for active birdwatchers interested in birds in Japan. General help: http://groups.yahoo.com/info/help/main.html

ARRCN Asian Raptor Migration Webpage

http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~raptor/index.htm
This web site is consisted by information of Asian raptor migration. Therfore, if you have some information on Asian raptor migration, please send me the data.We ask that the following raptor migration data be provided, at least.

Bird Names in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese

http://cjvlang.info/Birds/
What`s so great about a list of bird names? After all, the names that men give can never be more than just a pale reflection of the birds themselves. Well, bird-lovers may rejoice in bio-diversity, but in matters linguistic they tend to use common or garden English as a lowest common denominator. So, in the interest of lingua-diversity, here it is: the site where you`ll find hundreds of bird names in three East Asian languages. Happy birdwatching! Note: The scope of this site is limited to birds found in China (incl. Hongkong, Macau, and Taiwan); Japan, and Vietnam. As the site is still in development, information may be inaccurate or incomplete; any comments or corrections would be appreciated.

Bird observations in Ibaraki and the Kanto plain

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/BIRDS/kanto.html
The Kanto plain consists of the prefectures Ibaraki, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, Chiba, Gunma, Kanagawa. Sometimes Yamanishi is included as well.

Bird Songs in Japan

http://pikanakiusagi.web.fc2.com/english/index.html
Clickable links to birdsong...

Birding in Japan

http://platial.com/kclama/map/2225
Birding and sight seeings during my Japan trips...

Birds

http://www.hakodate.or.jp/nature/bird/default.htm
More pictures - in Japanese

Birds of Japan

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/birds.html
These pages collect lots of different data collected by lots of people. A number of them still subscribes to the Kantori mailing list. I found birdwatching in Japan a refreshing experience. Basically I had to start all over again. Not only there were lots of new species, but also what might have been familiar was sometimes replaced by a confusingly different subspecies. Up to date information was and is hard to obtain because of unfamiliarity with the japanese language...

Birds of Japan

http://ca.geocities.com/kantorilode/
This website is a cooperative effort by the members of the Yahoo Japan English-Language Birders Group, Kantori. It is an accumulation and collocation of information from our membership group postings and other sources on the Japanese avifauna of interest to the membership. Although the website language is English, we would particularly like to thank our Japanese friends and colleagues, without whose knowledge and contributions this site would be considerably more barren...

Birds of the Aomori prefecture of Japan

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/BIRDS/mikexlee/aomori.html
Somewhere in 1997 Mike Danzenbaker and Lee Hung moved to Japan from the US. They are both active and serious birders and photographers. They were living in Misawa in Aomori, one of the northernmost cities in Honshu. Their monthly reports provided a wealth of information about birdlife in Aomori. [Mike & Lee are now back in California]

Birdsider

http://birdsider.atspace.com/
This is my web site for birders who are especially interested in Japan. You will be able to get information about my birding life, ornithology, and ecology plus bird photos. I`d love to hear from you if you have any thoughts, feedback or suggestions, or wish to get involved in some way yourself...

Birdsider BLOG

http://www.birdsider.com/en/
Japanese birding blog

Broadbill - Birdwatcher`s Site

http://bluebonnet.at.infoseek.co.jp/menu-E.htm
A birding site which introduces birds in Japan, Malaysia and Australia with major birding spots.

Digital camera & Japanes Pheasants

http://cmcnine.web.infoseek.co.jp
Reports of 12 months of Japanese Pheasants excellent photographs of pheasants and other birds

Dr Bird`s Japanese Weblog

http://www.surfbirds.com/blogs/insider05/
A Japanese birder and an undergraduate studying life science (a kind of molecular biology) at the Rikkyo University in Tokyo

Hakodate

http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/stellaCeagle/
Birding BLOG from Northern Japan

Hakodate Birding BLOG

http://hakodatebirding.blogspot.com/
I'm an English expat living in smalltown northern Japan. I fill my days watching birds and occasionally teaching the locals a bit of English. Stella isn't my real name though I did drink a lot of it when I was younger...

Hawk Migration in Hiroshima

http://taka-ken.cool.ne.jp/
In Japanese

Hawk Migration in Shinshu

http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~hhas/MIGRE.HTM
Hawk Migration Monitoring in Shinshu.

Hawk Migration Network of Japan

http://www.gix.or.jp/~norik/hawknet/hawk10.htm
Hawk Migration Monitoring Throughout Japan

Hidenori Homepage

http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~mitsui/
In Japanese

Hiroshima Raptor Migration

http://taka-ken.cool.ne.jp/
Text in Japanese

Masa Miyamoto's BLOG

http://hofar.exblog.jp/
Birding BLOG with some superb photos from Hikkaido

Nature Notes

http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimalPark/4999/
Mostly in japanese

Nobuhiro Hashimoto - blog

http://shorebirds.exblog.jp/
Blog and many of photos shorebirds in japan

On-line Birdwatching

http://bird.mado.ne.jp/e_index.asp
Picture of wild-birds around Miyama-town Mie pref Japan etc...

Shiokawa Tidalflat

http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~eriko/
Shiokawa tidalflat is one of the representative waders-watching sites in JAPAN. Land area is about 280ha and it is surrounded by wet field(rice field); dry field(cabbage field);pond (not-using fishing pond); marsh field(not-using industrial area). Various habitats support many kinds of birds.So far 250 species have been recorded in this area. Shiokawa tidalflat is located in MIKAWA bay. That bay has been reclaimed for industrial development since 60s. In decreasing natural coast, Shiokawa tidalflat was remained accidentally. And now,it is one of the most important site for waders, not only in MIKAWA bay but also in JAPAN We are glad that you see apart of Shiokawa tidallflat and be interested in this site by this page.

Stint Fan

http://homepage2.nifty.com/stints/
Cracking pictures... text largely in Japanese.

Teuri Island Seabird Information Centre

http://www.teuri.jp/E_kanko.html
Where to see Japanese seabirds...

Tokyo Birder - BLOG

http://tokyobirder.blogspot.com/
Birdwatching in Japan

Tori-Life

http://tori-life.com/
Japanese bird guide site. Japananes all birds

Unofficial Checklist of the Birds of Japan

http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~ferjan/BIRDS/Lists/JapanChecklist.html
This is work in progress. Here is the preamble which contains the sources on which this lis is based. To be done: spelling check and recheck of english names and Japanese names. recheck of of subspecies; comparison BoJ, HBW, SM; check gulls, owls, and other difficult splits. Also a comparison with the newly appeared OSJ97 has to be made: it differs with BoJ on the level of subspecies: both BoJ and OSJ77 contain subspecies that the other does not contain...

Website for Birding

http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~jori/note/point.html
I serected the cool web site which was informed a suitable spot to watch Japanese wild bird. Since these web site are written by English, you can use the information from these site, even if you can`t show Japanese character.

Wild Birdsong

http://www.blk.mmtr.or.jp/~yuri/birdsongs.html
Clickable links to calls...

artists

Birdgraphic

http://birdgraphic.blog72.fc2.com/
Weblog of Japanese bird photograph using DIGISCO photo system...

Photographer - Dave Farrow

http://www.shortwing.co.uk/pages/imageGallery.aspx?galleryId=15
Images from a 2004 visit

Photographer - Kazu - Wild Birds Around Osaka

http://egkaz.sakura.ne.jp/americanIIindex.html
A personal birding web sight of Osaka, Japan

Photographer - Koji Tagi

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/bluebonnet/index.html
A photographic birding site which introduces birds in Japan, Malaysia and Australia with major birding spots.

Photographer - Mike Danzenbaker

http://www.avesphoto.com/website/JP/home.htm
Terrific pictures of Japanese birds

Photographer - Monte M & Christopher H Taylor

http://www.tsuru-bird.net/
Enjoy the beauty of many North America`s birds and mammals! Over 785 species of birds and many large mammals, including a number of the rarest North American birds from places like Attu Island Alaska, Texas, SE Arizona, Florida, Nova Scotia, and California, to name just a few! And, a special Gallery of the Birds of Japan.

Photographer - Setsuko & Shimpei Watanabe

http://www.big.or.jp/~shimpset/
Many images - some excellent...

Wild Birds Around Osaka

http://egkaz.sakura.ne.jp/americanIIindex.html
I photograph birds which I see around Osaka, Japan...

Xespok's Gallery

http://xespok.net/gallery/Aves
Birds & other wildlife...

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