Treasures of Japan with South & Mammal List -- May 5 - May 18, 2013 Compiled by Rich Pagen and Mark Brazil x = Seen but not counted; H = Heard but not seen

BIRDS Date of sighting in May 2013 - Key for Locations on Page 3 Common Name Scientific Name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracica H Mute Swan Cygnus olor x x Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha x Common Teal Anas crecca x European Wigeon Anas penelope x Mallard Anas platyrhynchos x x x Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula x Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas x x Grey Heron Ardea cinerea x x x x x x x x x x Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta x x x x x x Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia x x Little Egret Egretta garzetta x x x x x Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra x Striated Heron Butorides striatus x x Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus x x x x x x x x Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo x Osprey Pandion haliaetus x x x x Black-eared Kite Milvus lineatus x x x x x x x x x Common Coot Fulica atra x Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus x x Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus x Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris x x x x Eastern Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis x x x x x x x Rock Dove (feral) Columba livia x x x x x x x x x x x Common Name Scientific Name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus H Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis x Hoopoe Upupa epops x Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki x x Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica x x x Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica x x x x x x x x x House Martin Delichon dasypus x Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis x x x x x x x White Wagtail Motacilla alba x x x x x x Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus x x Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae x Brown-eared Bulbul Ixos amaurotis x x x x x x x Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus x Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius x x x Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus x Japanese Bush Warbler Cettia diphone H H H Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus x Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus x Flycatcher narcissina x x Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus x Great Tit Parus major x x x x x Varied Tit Parus varius x x x x x x Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides x Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica x x x x x x Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus x x x x x x x x x x x White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus x x x x x x x x European Magpie Pica pica x Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos x x x x x x x x x x Carrion Crow Corvus corone x x x x Common Name Scientific Name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 OTHERS Red-eared slider x Four-lined snake x Rat snake x Japanese deer x

KEY: May 6 - Osaka, Honshu Japan / Kyoto May 7 - Kyoto May 8 - Kyoto / Kobe May 9 - Uno-Ko / Okayama / Kurashiki / Naoshima Island May 10 - Uno-Ko / Okayama / Kurashiki / Naoshima Island May 11 - Miyajima / Hiroshima May 12 - Uwajima, Shikoku Island May 13 - Oita, Kyushu Island / Nakatsu May 14 - Hagi, Honshu May 15 - Matsue May 16 - Ulsan, South Korea