Amagasaki and a dreadfully quiet weekend...
I didn't do much this weekend, just spent it sleeping and resting up to be honest. I haven't been sleeping so my body has finally decided that enough is enough and just will not let me keep my eyes open. As a result I managed a fitful night's sleep on Friday night, followed by a relaxing afternoon strolling around Umeda, drinking a Verdi Mocchachino in Starbucks and getting an early night last night. Neil rang me yesterday so I met him this morning and we headed out to Amagasaki for some wader watching. It was disappointingly quiet but we had a good laugh anyway. Birds of the day were the usual cast of characters:
Terek Sand, Kentish, LRP, Red-necked Stint, Grey-headed Lapwing, Pacific Golden Plover, Common Sand, Greenshank, Dunlin, Osprey, Black Kite, Kingfisher, Oriental Great Reed Warbler and Fan-tailed Warbler.
Neil dropped me off near to Umeda so I decided to pop into my friendly camera guy who sold me my Nikon. I need to get a new set of tripod legs as the ones I have are too heavy and are playing havoc with my back. It turns out that the shop do trade-ins!!! Fantastico!! I am going to get a carbon fibre set as they are light and I will still be able to use the tripod head I have. I must first get him the cat no. of the one's I want and he will order them in for me...brilliant. One of the reasons I am going to get them soon is that I am off to a place called Hegura-jima with Neil and Gabor, a tiny island off the west coast/Japan Sea in October for some birding!! This is what it looks like:
It is only 1kmx2km and one can walk the perimeter of the island in under an hour!! Check out this website for all you avid birders out there: http://www.focusonnature.com/HeguraIslandJapanFeature.htm Sounds like a bit of heaven on earth to be honest. It's a 7 hour drive to the port where the ferry leaves from so we are setting off at midnight on the Friday and get back to Osaka on Sunday night. A 2 hour ferry ride will enable me to pick up some nice seabird stuff and then a nice 30 hours of birding...migrants. Will feel just like being on a tiny Cape Clear...nice
Other than that, sweet shag all. Not long in the door and feel like going to bed already. Man, I'm falling apart.
Not much else to report so I will bid you all adieu...
ps: this week I have mostly been eating peanutbutter
posted by Carmo @ 4:01 PM
17 Comments:
hey fella - that island place looks well cool - i was thinking it'll be more like fair isle than cape cos it doesn't look like there's a whole lotta cover - hopefully you'll get a hatful of stuff!
Did galley this am in de rain and fog - banged into that pesky wryneck again, (although it could well be a new bird i spose as it was in a new place) - also had spot fly and whinchat so thats 2 year ticks - could be back up in first place if its been kak up aberdeen way - i'll keep ya posted!
de langer strung a sab's, a great shear, a cory's shear and a grey phal on his way north from loop yesterday pm - the bollix!! he should be orf around the 10th sept all being well.
Hi Carmo,
Sorry to say, but not only did I see Col's Wryneck this eve, but I had already found one meself giving unbelievable views at Sand's Cove for AGES, with an ad.female Pied Fly also there and a Reed Warbler where the Marsh Warbler was last year. 3 Pied Flys and a Whinchat at the Old Head earlier in the day.
H
fella - claire ticked wryneck dis very morning! that's gotta hurt!
Boys (and Claire), nice one on the wryneck influx...I'm telling you, it's going to be a cracker of an autumn, simply because I'm not in the country. Western Bonelli's on Cape already!!! C'mon...there's a biggie out there for youse to find, especially with Foley in Spain, hahahaa!! Are you reading this Pariah?
Col, good talking with you and Claire last night, nice to hear familiar voices!! I'l be on soon
Man that island looks pretty sweet alright,plenty of offshore reef action and what looks like 360 degree swell exposure,sweeeeet.And they have birds too i guess.... Have you seen any surf in Japan yet ?? I hear its got some pretty sweet breaks,i go surfing with a guy from Chiba,Katsu (another serious Japanese stoner,theres hope for you yet),all the time and he claims they have some crankin waves.Anything i've ever seen is dribbly and shit.
Hi Carmo,
Great Spotted Woodpecker Wicklow last 3 days, probably heading up with Andre later.
Also, Paul Moore had a Tawny Pipit yesterday eve at Inch, there was an Ortolan on Dursey, with a Wryneck there and one on Mizen. The juv White-winged Black Tern was still at Tac yesterday.
Phew, feels like an update of BINS!
H
Typhoon in Japan? Any where near you?
Hi Pee,
there's supposed to be a really good surfing spot on Shikoku, called Ikumi beach which has held both WCT and APS heats featuring Kelly Slater, CJ Hopgood and Joel Parkinson. SO check out http://ikumi-ten.moonfruit.com for accomodation there. Don't know of anywhere else though...
H, thanks for the update...told ya, it's going to be a cracking autumn for youse lot!!
Cilla, babes, we got a typhoon warning at work this evening so it must be pretty serious. I think it's going to be right over Tokyo and we're getting the tail end of it but it should be rough enough. Trains may not run etc...Osaka is closing down early tonight, even the gym was empty this evening!! Will let you know tomorrow how it went...if my apt is still standing!!
later peeps
hey boy - just heard from HH this morning that both smiths and YL gull were split as tickable species from 1st Jan this year! This means that
a) I just had 2 ticks
and b) wryneck was 250 for Ireland!
how does that suit ya??
Hi Carmo,
Got the Great Spotted Woodpecker yesterday afternoon with de year lister, very nice indeed...!
H
Col, that's old old news but fair play, you've rightly gained the title of TART!!!!! Still hasn't done me any favours though. At least wryneck is a nice 250...ya bas.
Fair play H, glad that de lister got it aswell, what does that put him on?? a good tick.
Cilla, i'm alive...typhoon passed us by and just farted in our general direction, i have felt more wind coming out of...
Hi Carmo,
De lister is on 237 for the year now, just 13 off of the all-time record! Dipped WWB Tern at Tac on the way home, but at least Andre got his Collins Guide signed!
H
carmo, you watchin the match ?? how're the knees- up to kickin a few froggy nips around i hope, roy to bury viera after 4 minutes (welcome to landsdowne road patrik) everything else good, will you send me on pee-wees website, wanna check out his pix, hey pee-wee boyeeee, seen loads a birds round kinsale, will send on a few pix, kick em 1st........
Deccie my old salt whats the jack ?? Great to hear from you man,hope all's good in your hood.You can find the drug and alcohol fuelled epic that is my world tour at www.slackpackers.tk.Check out the surfing shots in the archives,pee at his best.Hows the younger Ryan ?? Havent heard from him in ages.Anyhoo,gotta go and check the swell.Oh yeah,hey carmo !!!
Hi Carmo,
Another day, another tick...Greenish Warbler oml, ya bas!
Spotted Crake reported Akeragh Lough, need that too....
H
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