Izumi Crane Observation Center

32.10370 , 130.27509

Japan

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 32.1037/130.2751 (2020-12-28 21:35:10 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Izumi Crane Observation Centre" (2020-12-28 21:35:10 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:36:10
- Watching more than 15,000 cranes wintering at the paddyl fields. - One or two days trip - Best season: November to Feburuary Here we have chance to see Copper Pheasant (Ijima's), Common Shelduck (winter), Mandarin Duck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Falcated Duck (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Shoveler (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (winter), Black-necked Grebe (winter), Common Kestrel (winter), Merlin (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Black Kite, Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk (winter), Ruddy-breasted Crake, Eurasian Moorhen, Demoiselle Crane (winter), Siberian Crane (winter), Arctic Sandhill Crane (winter), White-naped Crane (winter), Eastern Common Crane (winter), Hooded Crane (winter), Hybrid; Hooded Crane & Eastern Common Crane (winter), Northern Lapwing (winter), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Grey Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover (migrant, winter), Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), Common Greater Painted-snipe, Common Snipe (winter), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Central Asian Common Redshank (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Green Sandpiper (winter), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Sandering (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (migrant, winter), Ruff (migrant), Black-tailed Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Saunder's Gull (migrant), Rock Pigeon, Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, White-bellied Green-Pigeon, Common Kingfisher, Crested Kingfisher, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (D.k.kizuki), Bull-headed Shrike, Japanese Jay (winter), Daurian Jackdaw (winter), Eastern Rook (winter), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Japanese Tit, Long-tailed Tit (A.c.kiusiuensis) (winter), Japanese Skylark, Zitting Cisticola, Japanese Bush Warbler, Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-shouldered Starling, Red-billed Starling (winter), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Common Starling (winter), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (migrant), Dusky Thrush (winter), Daurian Redstart (winter), Russet Sparrow (winter), Green-headed Wagtail (migrant), Black-backed Wagtail (winter), Japanese Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit/American Pipit (Siberian) (winter), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch, Japanese Grosbeak, Meadow Bunting, Chestnut-eared Bunting (winter), Yellow-headed Bunting (winter), Masked Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter)
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 09:18:39
- Watching more than 15,000 cranes wintering at the paddyl fields. - One or two days trip - Best season: November to Feburuary Here we have chance to see Copper Pheasant (Ijima's), Common Shelduck (winter), Mandarin Duck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Falcated Duck (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Shoveler (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (winter), Black-necked Grebe (winter), Common Kestrel (winter), Merlin (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Black Kite, Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk (winter), Ruddy-breasted Crake, Eurasian Moorhen, Demoiselle Crane (winter), Siberian Crane (winter), Arctic Sandhill Crane (winter), White-naped Crane (winter), Eastern Common Crane (winter), Hooded Crane (winter), Hybrid; Hooded Crane & Eastern Common Crane (winter), Northern Lapwing (winter), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Grey Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover (migrant, winter), Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), Common Greater Painted-snipe, Common Snipe (winter), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Central Asian Common Redshank (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Green Sandpiper (winter), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Sandering (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (migrant, winter), Ruff (migrant), Black-tailed Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Saunder's Gull (migrant), Rock Pigeon, Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, White-bellied Green-Pigeon, Common Kingfisher, Crested Kingfisher, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (D.k.kizuki), Bull-headed Shrike, Japanese Jay (winter), Daurian Jackdaw (winter), Eastern Rook (winter), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Japanese Tit, Long-tailed Tit (A.c.kiusiuensis) (winter), Japanese Skylark, Zitting Cisticola, Japanese Bush Warbler, Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-shouldered Starling, Red-billed Starling (winter), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Common Starling (winter), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (migrant), Dusky Thrush (winter), Daurian Redstart (winter), Russet Sparrow (winter), Green-headed Wagtail (migrant), Black-backed Wagtail (winter), Japanese Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit/American Pipit (Siberian) (winter), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch, Japanese Grosbeak, Meadow Bunting, Chestnut-eared Bunting (winter), Yellow-headed Bunting (winter), Masked Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter)

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