FONT's Photo Gallery I
of

 Birds of Japan
(Shearwaters thru Shorebirds)

 Photos courtesy of some of our tour  participants and others.

Our thanks to those who have contributed!

In the left column, double-click the species name in the list to get to the small photo on this page.
In the right column, double-click the image to to view a larger photo.


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List of species: 

Birds:

Short-tailed Shearwater

Black-faced Spoonbill

Whooper Swan

Mandarin Duck

Falcated Teal

Baikal Teal

White-tailed Eagle (adult in flight)

White-tailed Eagle (w/Japanese Cranes)

Steller's & White-tailed Eagles (adults)

Steller's Sea-Eagles (adults)

Steller's Sea-Eagle (immature)

Copper Pheasant

Red-crowned (or Japanese) Crane (6 photos)

Siberian Crane

White-naped Crane

Hooded Crane

Hooded & White-naped Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Demoiselle Crane

Black-winged Stilts (2 photos)

Mongolian Plover

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwits & Whimbrels

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Long-toed Stint

Red-necked Stint

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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