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More waders in Japan One of the same group of Tattlers in Kamiso as yesterday. We went to Yakumo this morning in the hope of seeing some waders. Yakumo is by far the best wader habitat in the region. Naturally there were no waders at all (well almost none except for a lone Common Sandpiper). It was a beautiful autumn day but not so many birds were showing. A few smaller birds on the move included Hawfinch, Stonechat and Japanese White-eye. Lots of Grey Heron and some Black Browed Reed Warblers were still tutting away in the slowly dwindling vegetation. Litle Grebe, Ospreys and a few Hirundines too. A moulting Slavonian Grebe was bird of the day. Just south of Yakumo were a couple of Greenshank, a few Japanese Green Pigeon, a female Harlequin Duck and loads of Oriental Turtle Doves. We drove over to Asabu which was similarly almost birdless. A lone Long-billed Plover and lots of Oriental Greenfinch, a Little grebe, a single Whooper swan and a single Goldeneye.............. So we ended up back at Kamiso with yesterday's Tattlers and Stints. A Sanderling took the place of yesterday's Terek Sandpipers. The day ended with a new camera (which I'll try to break in tommorrow). Gave me a bit of a headache trying to match it up with my various adapters and stuff. I'll resume my fiddling and cursing tommorrow. Here's a pic of one of the Red Necked Stints in the exact same place as yesterday.  The very last pic of my first digital camera........... 01:49 - 14/9/2006 - post comment
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