12th May 2009 Hegura-jima

12/5/09 Out by 4.30am to a calm and overcast dawn with many Thrushes and Starlings flying over and circling the island. We spent the day walking the island trails with highlights being photographable Rufous-tailed Robin, male Siberian Blue Robin and male Siberian Rubythroat. New species were Japanese Grosbeak, Japanese Waxwing and Japanese Black Woodpigeon. Frustratingly our minidisk stopped working preventing any further playback.

A dawn encounter with a male Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica davisoni along the Central Track on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Juvenile Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra on the rocky headland west of the pool on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Black Woodpigeon Columba janthina janthina at the Tree Shrine on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

First-year male Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki at Tsukasa on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus at Tsukasa on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

First-summer male Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina at Tsukasa on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Female Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans along the northern Central Track on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

First-summer male Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane along the northern Central Track on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Male Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope along the northern Central Track on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Eastern Crowned Warbler Phyllocaopus coronatus at Tsukasa on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Male Eye-browed Thrush Turdus obscurus at Tsukasa on Hegura-jima, 12th May 2009

Species noted:

Night Heron 2

Cattle Egret 1

Grey Heron 1

Black-eared Kite 1

Chinese Sparrowhawk 1

Japanese Sparrowhawk 1

Black-winged Stilt 1

Woodcock 2

Black-tailed Gull 25

Slaty-backed Gull 1

Japanese Woodpigeon 3

Oriental Turtle Dove 1

Oriental Cuckoo h

Swallow 15

Olive-backed Pipit 2

Black-backed Wagtail 8

Ashy Minivet 1

Brown-eared Bulbul 1

Japanese Waxwing 4Waxwing 1

Rufous-tailed Robin 2

Siberian Rubythroat 1

Siberian Blue Robin 1

Blue Rock Thrush 1

Siberian Thrush 1

Japanese Grey Thrush 1

Eye-browed Thrush 1

Dusky Thrush 10

Japanese Bush Warbler 3

Oriental Great Reed Warbler 1

Eastern Crowned Warbler 5

Yellow-browed Warbler 3

Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1

Brown Flycatcher 3

Mugimaki Flycatcher 3

Narcissus Flycatcher 8

Large-billed Crow 4

Chestnut-cheeked Starling 20

Brambling 15

Oriental Greenfinch 20

Siskin 2

Japanese Grosbeak 8

Hawfinch 35

Crossbill 1

Black-faced Bunting 8

Rustic Bunting 1