Birds:
Short-tailed
Shearwater
(as seen during FONT Japan and Pacific Coast USA tours)
(© photo by Marie Z. Gardner, of Delaware, USA)
Black-faced
Spoonbills

(as seen during FONT
Japan Winter Birding Tours)
Whooper
Swans

(©
photo during FONT Japan Tour,
January 1998,
by Alan Brady, of Pennsylvania, USA)
Mandarin
Ducks

(©
photo during FONT Japan Tour,
January 1998,
by Bill Leaning, of Virginia, USA)
Falcated
Teal

(as seen during FONT Winter
Birding Tours in Japan)
(© photo by Koji Tagi, of Japan)
Baikal Teal

(seen during FONT Winter
Birding Tours in Japan)
(© photo by Koji Tagi, of Japan)
White-tailed
Eagle (adult in flight)

(©
photo by Allan Beach,
of Ohio, USA,
during FONT birding tour, January 2001)
White-tailed
Eagle w/Japanese Cranes
(©
photo by André Brosset,
of France,
during FONT birding tour
in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)
Steller's
& White-tailed Eagles (adults)
(©
photo by Helma Unverhau,
of Germany,
during FONT birding tour
in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)
Steller's
Sea-Eagles (adults)

(above 2 photos
© by Allan
Beach, of Ohio, USA,
during FONT birding tour, January 2001)
Steller's
Sea-Eagle (immature)

(as seen during FONT Winter
Birding Tours. Next to it a Large-billed Crow.)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi, of Japan)
Copper
Pheasant

(as found during FONT
Japan birding tours,
particularly in the spring)
Red-crowned (or Japanese) Cranes



(above 3 photos ©
during FONT
Japan tour, January 2000,
by Joe Fuhrman, of California, USA)



(above 3
photos © during FONT Japan tour,
January 2001,
by Allan Beach, of Ohio, USA)

(©
photo
by Armas Hill of FONT
during his first visit to Hokkaido, Japan in 1984)
White-naped
Crane

(©
photo during FONT Japan tour,
January 1998,
by Bill Leaning of Virginia, USA)

(as
during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(© photo courtesy of Trevor Ford, of Australia)

(©
photo
during FONT Japan tour, January 2001,
by Allan Beach, of Ohio, USA)

(©
photo during FONT Japan tour,
January 1998, by Bill Leaning of Virginia, USA)
Siberian Crane
(as
during some FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(© photo in 2000 courtesy of Trevor Ford, of Australia)

(©
photo in
2001 courtesy of Allan Beach, Ohio, USA)
Siberian &
White-naped Cranes
(during
a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(© photo courtesy of Trevor Ford, of Australia)
White-naped,
Hooded, and a Sandhill Crane

(during a FONT Japan Winter
Birding Tour)
(© photo courtesy of Trevor Ford of Australia)
Hooded & White-naped Cranes

(during
FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour, January 1998)
(© photo
by Bill Leaning of Virginia, USA)
Demoiselle
Crane
(during
a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(© photo courtesy of Trevor Ford of Australia)
Black-winged Stilt
(©
photo during FONT Japan Spring
Birding Tour, April 2001,
by Paul West of New York, USA)
Mongolian Plover (or Lesser Sandplover)

(upper:
breeding plumage; as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi of Japan)
(lower: non-breeding plumage; as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in
the
Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(© photo by BJ Rose of Missouri, USA)
Bar-tailed
Godwit

(as
seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring,
and in the Ryukyu
Islands in the Winter)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi of Japan)
Bar-tailed
Godwit & Whimbrel
(during FONT Japan
Spring birding tour, April 2001)
(© photo by Paul West of New York, USA)
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper

(to be seen during
FONT birding tours in Japan in the Spring)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi of Japan)
Long-toed
Stint

(to be seen during FONT
birding tours in Japan in the Spring)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi of Japan)
Red-necked
Stint

(as seen during FONT winter
and spring birding tours in Japan)
(© photo by Kogi Tagi of Japan)
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