5/10/09 Calm and overcast at dawn but soon cleared to become sunny and hot. Early morning revealed the Red-headed Bunting and Whinchat were still present and 3 Lapwings arrived from the west. We found a Wryneck and a Radde's Warbler was calling and singing occasionally nearby. A new Richard's Pipit was present along the western shore and a Yellow-breasted Bunting was found nearby.
Lapwings arriving over the western shore
Juvenile Grey-tailed Tattler near the northern shrine
First-winter male stejnegeri Siberian Stonechat near the Dragon's Pool
Adult male eclipse Wigeon on the Dragon's Pool
Wryneck along the western perimeter track
Female Yellow-throated Bunting along the Southern Central Track
Black-backed Wagtail along the western shore
First-winter male Yellow-breasted Bunting on the south western beach
Juvenile Far Eastern Curlew on the south western beach
Seaweed drying near the southernmost point
Shrine near the Dragon's Pool
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit near the northern Shrine
Species noted:
Streaked Shearwater 1
Japanese Cormorant 1
Eastern Reef Egret 1
Grey Heron 6
Mandarin Duck 23
Wigeon 3
Teal 1
Mallard 2
Black-eared Kite 5
Peregrine 1
Lapwing 3
Snipe 2
Far Eastern Curlew 1
Grey-tailed Tattler 1
Black-tailed Gull 100
Slaty-backed Gull 1
Japanese Woodpigeon 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 5
Little Cuckoo 1
Wryneck 1
Richard's Pipit 1
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Black-backed Wagtail 20
Siberian Stonechat 3
Whinchat 1
Blue Rock Thrush 10
Pale Thrush 5
Dusky Thrush 1
Japanese Bush Warbler 15
Middendorff's Warbler 1
Oriental Great Reed Warbler 2
Arctic Warbler 3
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Radde's Warbler h singing!
Large-billed Crow 4
White-cheeked Starling 1
Brambling 53
Oriental Greenfinch 20
Lapland Bunting 3
Black-faced Bunting 20
Yellow-throated Bunting 4
Little Bunting 5
Red-headed Bunting 1
