- Feb 15
- 3 min
Craning and Crowing: Part V of our Winter Trip to Japan
The reason people go to Kyushu for winter birding is a place called Izumi, where numerous species of Cranes feast on open fields of...
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- Feb 14
- 3 min
Kyushu Gulling and Sailing: Part IV of our Winter Trip to Japan, January 2024
Kyushu had never really been in my consciousness - not as a birder, not as a modest student of Japanese culture, not as a traveler. Prior...
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- Feb 12
- 4 min
Elevation Sensation on Honshu - Part III of our winter trip to Japan 2024
After the sublime viewing of the Japanese Night-Heron, we drove to our next destination, in the "Japanese Alps" - a higher elevation area...
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- Feb 9
- 4 min
The Awesome Power of a Humble Bird: Honshu Days 1 & 2 - Part II of our winter trip to Japan 2024
I had decided to take this trip with stated desires (see Part I) for two massive birds - the Blakiston's Fish Owl and the Steller's...
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