JBF2022

Japan Bird Festival (JBF), one of the largest festivals in Japan related to birds, was not held due to COVID-19 for two years. 2022 was held from 5 to 6 November, with great weather.　

According to Abiko city where I live in HP, this event, Japan Bird Festival (JBF) is one of the largest festivals in Japan related to birds. It annually is held at Lake Teganuma in Abiko City, Chiba, located in the North East of Tokyo. Whoever young or old, birdwatcher or non-birdwatcher, and others, can enjoy every bird event!

There are many events in JBF. For example, NPOs, NGOs, unincorporated groups, and city governments, exhibit their activities at their own booth tent. Children can enjoy handicraft classes, bird carving, and painting. Moreover, birding from on-boat or lakeside are held.

Abiko Wild Bird Conservation Society(host city)

                                             Venue distant view

                                              Optical equipment booth

                                             JBF Bird Contest Grand Prix

                                              Bird carving

                                               Books for birds

                                            Optical equipment

Fellowship of Abiko City Museum of Birds、acquaintances

Mr. Hoshino, Mayor of Abiko City

 

Siberian rubythroat

 Every year when it comes in late September, I will wait for the arrival of the Siberian rubythroat here to the dried riverbed close to where I live.

Siberian ruby throat, one of the passing birds, when it comes to October every year, will be stopped by the area close to where I live, for a day or two on its way south.

Seven years have passed already since encountering the Siberian rubythroat.

This season, I think it took me half month.

Finally 14th of October, I confirmed three individual birds.

Instantly I took one shot after, and they disappeared!

After that, a lot of time every day has been spent trying to wait for them, almost daytime.

So, It was one shot that I took for it. When I look back on it now, it was really a lot of tired.

 

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Bird banding

 Even though into October, can see only a small number of migrating birds here as ever.

Around 2006, when I became passionate about wild bird photography, I often saw people doing something with fowling nets at the dried riverbed I frequented. When I asked him what he was doing, he told me he was doing a wild bird banding survey, catching wild birds with fowling nets, and then releasing them into the wild after attaching leg rings.

According to the Ministry of the Environment website and the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (located in my resident city), tagging surveys involve attaching “tags” such as leg rings and collars that can distinguish each bird and release them, and observing and recapturing them. It is said that it is a survey to clarify the movement and age of birds.

I'll upload pictures I took when I was enthusiastic about it, but I rarely see wild birds caught by researchers with fowling nets these days.

Blue Rock Thrush, Juvenile

 Blue Rock Thrush is a kind of rare wild bird here.

I find a Blue Rock Thrush here for the first time in ten months.

But, it seems to be one of the three hatched here this year.

Oh my god, even though I went through every time near the nesting place cycling until April, I could not find the fact.

Apparently, this individual seems to like the anemometer, which is a convenient stopping and waiting point for the getting insect.