For each species the following information are provided:
English, scientific, and Japanese names, length, wingspan, weight, status, habit, voice, identification, behavior, name, and others
How to Observe Birds:
To observe wild birds without scaring them, I recommend the following items:
Costume: In green or camouflaged, avoid red, yellow and shining
fabric
Shoes: Mountain boots or rubber boots that were well broken in
Hat: With wide brim and chinstrap
Binoculars: 7 to 9 time magnification with a water proof function
and object lens diameter from 30mm to 42mm. Object lens diameter
from 20 to 25mm will tire your eyes in a short time. I recommend
the following models: 7x35, 8x30, 8x42, 9x35, and 9x42
Spotting Scope: Not mandatory but nice to have if you want to see
birds with big magnifications from 30 to 60 times
How to Take Bird Pictures
In addition to the above, the following are needed:
Telephoto lens with focal length of 400 to 600 mm with vibration
resistance function
Digital Camera with about 20 million pixels
Folding Chair: Sitting position is better than standing not to scare
birds
Camouflaged Blind or Sheet
How to take good pictures
Birds at rest
ISO 400-800
Shutter Speed of 500th of a second
Aperture 5.6-8.0 for a single bird, F11 or more for a flock
Enable an image stabilizer or vibration reduction feature
In flight
ISO1600-3200
Shutter speed of 4,000th of a second for a small bird, 1,000th for a big bird,
Aperture F8 or more
Disable an image stabilizer or vibration reduction feature
Taking Field Notes
I strongly recommend taking field notes by using binoculars or spotting scope. Good field’s notes should cover the following items: Feeding methods, walking or hopping, direct or indirect head scratching, calls and songs, living alone or in a large group or making a mixed flock with other species. The most important thing in taking notes is writing down only in the field. You should not wait taking notes until you go back to your hotel or your home. If you do that, you tend to make mistakes by trying to remember what you have not actually memorized or what had actually happened.
Birds Index
African Stonechat Alpine Accentor Ashy Minivet Asian Brown Flycatcher Asian House Marin Asian Rosy Finch Asian Stubtail Azure-winged Magpie Barn Swallow Black-browed Reed Warbler Black-faced Bunting Black Kite Black Woodpecker
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Bohemian Waxwing Brambling Brown Dipper Brown-eared Bulbul Brown Hawk-owl Brown-headed Thrush Brown Shrike Bull-headed Shrike Carrion Crow
Chestnut-cheeked Starling Chestnut-eared Bunting Chinese Bamboo Partridge Chinese Grosbeak Chinese Sparrowhawk Cinnamon or Russet Sparrow Coal Tit Collared Scops Owl Common Buzzard Common Crossbill Common Cuckoo Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher Common Pheasant Common Redpoll
Copper Pheasant Crested Kingfisher Crested Serpent Eagle
Daurian Jackdaw Daurian Redstart Dusky Thrush
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Collared Dove Eurasian Hobby Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Jay Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Nuthatch Eurasian Skylark Eurasina Siskin Eurasian Sparrowhawk Eurasian Treecreeper Eurasian Wren Eurasian Wryneck Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Woodcock European Penduline Tit Eye-browed Thrush Goldcrest Golden Eagle Gray's Grasshopper Great Grey Shrike
Great Spotted Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Grey Bunting Grey-faced Buzzard Grey-Streaked Flycatcher Grey Wagtail Hawfinch Hawk-Cuckoo Hazel Grouse House Swift Ijima's Leaf-warbler
Izu Thrush Japanese Accentor Japanese Bush Warbler
Japanese Green Pigeon Japanese Green Woodpecker Japanese Grosbeak Japanese Leaf Warbler Japanese Night Heron
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Japanese Pigmy Woodpecker Japanese Quail Japanese Robin Japanese Sparrowhawk Japanese Thrush Japanese Tit Japanese Wagtail Japanese W
English, scientific, and Japanese names, length, wingspan, weight, status, habit, voice, identification, behavior, name, and others
How to Observe Birds:
To observe wild birds without scaring them, I recommend the following items:
Costume: In green or camouflaged, avoid red, yellow and shining
fabric
Shoes: Mountain boots or rubber boots that were well broken in
Hat: With wide brim and chinstrap
Binoculars: 7 to 9 time magnification with a water proof function
and object lens diameter from 30mm to 42mm. Object lens diameter
from 20 to 25mm will tire your eyes in a short time. I recommend
the following models: 7x35, 8x30, 8x42, 9x35, and 9x42
Spotting Scope: Not mandatory but nice to have if you want to see
birds with big magnifications from 30 to 60 times
How to Take Bird Pictures
In addition to the above, the following are needed:
Telephoto lens with focal length of 400 to 600 mm with vibration
resistance function
Digital Camera with about 20 million pixels
Folding Chair: Sitting position is better than standing not to scare
birds
Camouflaged Blind or Sheet
How to take good pictures
Birds at rest
ISO 400-800
Shutter Speed of 500th of a second
Aperture 5.6-8.0 for a single bird, F11 or more for a flock
Enable an image stabilizer or vibration reduction feature
In flight
ISO1600-3200
Shutter speed of 4,000th of a second for a small bird, 1,000th for a big bird,
Aperture F8 or more
Disable an image stabilizer or vibration reduction feature
Taking Field Notes
I strongly recommend taking field notes by using binoculars or spotting scope. Good field’s notes should cover the following items: Feeding methods, walking or hopping, direct or indirect head scratching, calls and songs, living alone or in a large group or making a mixed flock with other species. The most important thing in taking notes is writing down only in the field. You should not wait taking notes until you go back to your hotel or your home. If you do that, you tend to make mistakes by trying to remember what you have not actually memorized or what had actually happened.
Birds Index
African Stonechat Alpine Accentor Ashy Minivet Asian Brown Flycatcher Asian House Marin Asian Rosy Finch Asian Stubtail Azure-winged Magpie Barn Swallow Black-browed Reed Warbler Black-faced Bunting Black Kite Black Woodpecker
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Bohemian Waxwing Brambling Brown Dipper Brown-eared Bulbul Brown Hawk-owl Brown-headed Thrush Brown Shrike Bull-headed Shrike Carrion Crow
Chestnut-cheeked Starling Chestnut-eared Bunting Chinese Bamboo Partridge Chinese Grosbeak Chinese Sparrowhawk Cinnamon or Russet Sparrow Coal Tit Collared Scops Owl Common Buzzard Common Crossbill Common Cuckoo Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher Common Pheasant Common Redpoll
Copper Pheasant Crested Kingfisher Crested Serpent Eagle
Daurian Jackdaw Daurian Redstart Dusky Thrush
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Collared Dove Eurasian Hobby Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Jay Eurasian Magpie Eurasian Nuthatch Eurasian Skylark Eurasina Siskin Eurasian Sparrowhawk Eurasian Treecreeper Eurasian Wren Eurasian Wryneck Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Woodcock European Penduline Tit Eye-browed Thrush Goldcrest Golden Eagle Gray's Grasshopper Great Grey Shrike
Great Spotted Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Grey Bunting Grey-faced Buzzard Grey-Streaked Flycatcher Grey Wagtail Hawfinch Hawk-Cuckoo Hazel Grouse House Swift Ijima's Leaf-warbler
Izu Thrush Japanese Accentor Japanese Bush Warbler
Japanese Green Pigeon Japanese Green Woodpecker Japanese Grosbeak Japanese Leaf Warbler Japanese Night Heron
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Japanese Pigmy Woodpecker Japanese Quail Japanese Robin Japanese Sparrowhawk Japanese Thrush Japanese Tit Japanese Wagtail Japanese W
