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Some Japanese
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Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus sibirica in juvenal plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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On 26 and 27 September 2009, Masahiro
Hashimoto, my birding pal, took me birding in Osaka and Kyoto. We
visited a water treatment area in Osaka Bay for shorebirds, gulls
and ducks, Osaka Castle for migrants and residents, and
Osaka Nankou Bird Sanctuary. The next day, we
drove to Kyoto where we visited large gardens and rice fields. On
Monday morning I returned to Osaka Castle. I am
grateful to Masahiro for graciously showing me around on my first
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Masahiro Hashimoto is also a keen digiscoper. |
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Lesser Sand-Plover
Charadrius mongolus in
juvenal plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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Adult Dunlin molting
into basic plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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Pacific Golden-Plover
in juvenal plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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Juvenile Kentish
Plovers (Snowy Plovers) - Charadrius alexandrinus, at Osaka
Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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Red-necked Stint in
juvenal plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September 2009 |
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I was not lucky enough to see a
Spoon-billed Sandpiper, but Toru Iwata, a bird photographer I met in Kyoto Royal
Garden, photographed a juvenile at
Okayama,
Tamashima-Harbor Land, near
Kurashiki city
on 31 September 2009. Toru's great photos are posted here with his
permission. |
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Juvenile Spoon-billed
Sandpiper at
Okayama,
Tamashima-Harbor Land, near
Kurashiki city
on 31 September 2009. Photo by Toru Iwata. |
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Broad-billed Sandpiper
and Red-necked Stint in juvenal plumage at Osaka Bay on 26 September
2009 |
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