Some waders from spring/autumn 2018...................
Showing posts with label Grey Tailed Tattler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Tailed Tattler. Show all posts
14 November 2018
22 May 2018
Some more Tattlers...........
There were still some Grey-tailed Tattlers in town on Sunday............
19 May 2018
More waders in the rain..............
It was raining again and I had a free afternoon again....................
11 May 2018
7 November 2017
11 August 2017
5 May 2017
A Tattler
A Grey Tailed Tattler this afternoon...................but not much else of note at Kamiiso.
Still a bit slow migration-wise. 1 Eastern Crowned Warbler and 1 Wryneck only on the river.
Probably lots of migrants will pass through en masse next week when my work schedule is busy again.
16 October 2016
6 September 2016
Some more common waders..........
Sunday and Monday were dark overcast days, not good for photography but there were quite a few waders around...........
15 August 2016
28 June 2016
Peregrines have fledged
A very young Peregrine west of town yesterday afternoon.......................and a rather scruffy adult.
The Peregrine nest we found a few weeks ago must have been very busy whilst we were away, the young have fledged...............
16 May 2016
13 May 2016
16 October 2015
8 June 2015
Tokyo..........................
We set off to England 3 weeks ago and had a night in Tokyo on the way.................
11 May 2015
20 May 2014
15 May 2014
A surprise in the fog...............
A Hooded Crane near Oshamanbe this afternoon...............and I even took a short video of it.
8 May 2014
28 July 2013
Meet the Locals #7
Grey Tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Another east Asian specialty, something to post about when the birding has gone quiet.
This is a common passage visitor throughout Japan and unlike most waders it is as common in spring as it is in autumn. It is the 'default' medium sized wader of the region, similar to the Redshank back in the UK. It breeds in Siberia and winters in SE Asia and the south Pacific.
In Hokkaido they appear in a variety of habitats but they seem to prefer rocky coasts. Having said that I have seen them on sandy beaches, mudflats, inland on rivers and lakeshores and even once on the moat in Goryokaku park. They were the first wader species I saw in Hokkaido.
They first appear around Hakodate in late April, a few linger on into June. These photos are all in May and (like all the photos in the post) were taken invarious locations in Hokkaido, mainly the southwest.
They often appear in small loose flocks and sit around on the rocks. Their slightly eerie call is one of the most familiar sounds on the jettys and harbours in spring and autumn...........
I first saw this species in late 1994, bobbing up and down on a pole in the mangroves near Cooktown, FNQ. A few months ago I saw this individual in Kamiiso.
I sent an email to the relevant folk quoting the number on the tag and got this reply.............
A Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes was sighted by Stuart Price at:
Hakodate Hokkaide, Japan 41deg 46min 8sec N, 140deg 43min 43sec E on
13/05/2013 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper leg) above nothing/unknown
on tarsus
RIGHT leg: green engraved flag on tibia (upper leg) above
nothing/unknown on tarsus
This bird was flagged Manly Boat Harbour, Moreton Bay, approximate
co-ordinates 27deg 27min S, 153deg 11min E, which uses the flag combination
Green Engraved.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 7804 km, with a bearing of
350 degrees, from the marking location.
They return again in early August and the first ones to pass through seem to be adults...................
They are especially common in September, I think all these are juveniles but I'm not 100% sure. They all have the white markings on the back anyway...............
By the end of September they have moved south although I usually see a few stragglers into October.
Thanks for clicking this link.......
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