Japanese Yellow Bunting, Japan, Karuizawa Wild Bird Park 2014.05.06
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One of four singing males seen around the area. Also, a nice male Siberian Thursh -- but no Copper Pheasants in two days!
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Japanese Waxwing, Japan, Akigase park, Urawa, Saitama Prefecture 2015.03.18
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Two birds from a flock of about 35 that has been in the area for a few days now
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Japanese Thrush, China, Rudong 29/10/14
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Japanese Clawed Salamander, Japan, Mount Chogatake, Nagano Prefecture 2014.10.15
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Many of these young salamanders swimming in shallow ponds in the area, at an altitude of just under 3,000 metres.
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Japanese Clawed Salamander, Japan, Mount Jiigatake, Nagano Prefecture 2014.10.14
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Several tadpoles? of this species (Onychodactylus japonicus) in ponds at an altitude of just under 3,000 metres
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Japanese Silkmoth, Japan, Mount Takao, Tokyo 2014.09.24
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A few seen flying around lights at night when I went to look for mammals.
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Japanese Flying Squirrel, Japan, Takao-san, Tokyo 2014.09.01
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Another photo of the squirrel, without red-eye
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Japanese Flying Squirrel, Japan, Mt. Takao, Tokyo 2014.08.31
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Two seen, another three heard. This one was busy munching on a pine cone just a couple of metres away, at eye-level, as I walked past the tree.
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Japanese Macaque, Japan, Near Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture 2014.06.19
A troop of macaques seen in the forest while en route to the ridgeline above. Several different ages, but this one was probably only 2-3 days old -- so kawaii as the Japanese say!!
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Japanese Red-bellied Newt, Japan, Shimodo, Shimanto-cho, west Shikoku May 2014
This species can be easily seen among the new rice seedlings recently transplanted in the mountain villages of Shikoku
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Japanese Red-bellied Newt, Japan, Shimodo, Shimanto-cho, west Shikoku May 2014
Quite common in newly planted rice paddies, and often squashed as they cross the road
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Japanese Waxwing, China, Jilin 22 May 2014
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An excellent little bonus during our successful Jankowski's Bunting twitch...
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Japanese Waxwing, China, Jilin 22 May 2014
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An excellent little bonus during our successful Jankowski's Bunting twitch...
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Japanese Rat Snake, Japan, Takao-san., Tokyo 2014.05.01
This species of snake is quite common in the lower mountains of Japan. This one was about 1 metre long
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Japanese Badger, Japan, Mount Takao, Tokyo 2014.05.01
Checking me out as I was waiting for Japanese Night Heron in the forest. No night heron, but saw a nice male Copper Pheasant instead!
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Japanese Badger, Japan, Mount Takao, Tokyo 2014.05.01
This badger crept up on me as I was looking for Copper Pheasant and Japanese Night Heron in the forest -- it came within two metres of me!
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Japanese Accentor, Japan, Murodo Pleateau, Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture 2014.04.24
Many Japanese Accentors have just arrived back on the breeding grounds -- still mostly under several metres of snow. The males are showing off and singing well, and many birds chasing each other as they establish territory.
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Japanese Robin, Japan, Miyakejima, Izu Islands, Tokyo 2014.04.02
Easy to find in the forest now as males are singing almost non-stop soon after dawn!
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Japanese Robin, Japan, Miyakejima, Izu Islands, Tokyo 2014.04.02
Common in the forest and around the nature centre on Miyakejima -- one of the main songs of dawn chorus at this time of the year
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Japanese Serow, Japan, Kose, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture 2014.03.13
Sometimes encountered in the mountains of Honshu
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