Some birds in Japan 30 JULY - 4 AUG 2015

Spent 5 days in Japan for a non-birding trip. I did went to Tateyama (立山) but no Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta could be seen that day. Tateyama is a nice place for birding and hiking and must go again for the ptarmigan, which is stable there.

I also visited Kamikochi (上高地), and saw some common forest birds.

The full bird list in 5 days as below:

Asian House Martin
Barn Swallow
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Kite
Black-tailed Gull
Brown-eared Bulbul
Cattle Egret
Carrion Crow
Chinese Spotbill
Coal Tit
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper - common in Kamikochi
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
Green Pheasant - single female in rice paddy in Toyama (富山)
Grey-capped Greenfinch
Grey-headed Lapwing
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail

Japanese Accentor - common in Tateyama

Japanese Bush Warbler - common in Tateyam and Kamikochi

Japanese Buzzard

Japanese Crow

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Japanese Tit

Japanese Wagtail - immature male in Toyama

Japanese White-eye

Little Egret

Mandarin Duck

Masked Bunting - singing male in Kamikochi

Meadow Bunting - singing male in Kamikochi

Oriental Turtle Dove

Pacific Swift

Rock Dove

Varied Tit

White-bellied Green Pigeon

White-cheeked Starling

White-throated Needletail

White Wagtail

Willow Tit

- 44 species

Japanese Crow Corvus japonensis

Carrion Crow Corvus corone

Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos kizuki

Varied TIt Parus varius

Willow Tit Parus montanus

Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides

Masked Bunting Emberiza personata

Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis

White Wagtail Motacilla alba