Site Report: Tama River

Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) - Female

Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)

Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) - Female

Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides) - Female

Japanese Bush-Warbler (Horornis diphone)

Siberian Pipit (Anthus japonicus)

A river with some green space around it in Tokyo.

2024-03-02: We started our last day in Japan riding the JR line and subway to the west of Tokyo Station around the Fuchu area. Our friend who lives in Tokyo was very surprised by this choice as no tourists ever go there. We walked around for a bit in freezing cold until we reached the monorail station. We continued on to Harajuku which was very crowded and annoying. Finally, we took the JR line back to the river to walk a different stretch. On the way to the airport, Barbara's rail pass got stuck in the machine. We somehow barely managed to make it on time for our train to the airport.

Kingdom: Animals (40 records)

Phylum: Chordates (40 records)

Class: Birds (40 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)

Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Order: Perching Birds (20 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Japanese Bush-Warbler (Horornis diphone)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Asian Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Siberian Pipit (Anthus japonicus)
- Family: White-eyes
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)