List of species:

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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

Kamchatka Gull (adult)

Black-tailed Gull (adult)

Heuglin's Gull w/Vega & Black-tailed Gulls

Vega Gull (1st year)

Vega (Herring) & Slaty-backed Gulls (adults)

Slaty-backed Gull (1st year)

Glaucous Gull (juvenile)

Ross' Gull (1st winter)

Japanese Murrelet

Blakiston's Fish-Owl

Japanese Green Woodpecker

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Ryukyu Minivet

Siberian Rubythroat

Bluethroat

Red-flanked Bluetail

Desert Wheatear
Siberian Ground Thrush

Dusky Thrush
(2photos)
Japanese Bush Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher

Brambling (male & female)

Rosy Finch

Pallas' Rosefinch
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Black-faced Bunting

Yellow-throated Bunting

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Japanese Reed Bunting

Eurasian Siskin (male & female)

Mammals:
Japanese Serow

Japanese Squirrel

Short-tailed Shearwater

(as seen during FONT Japan and Pacific Coast USA tours)

(photo by Marie Z. Gardner)

Black-faced Spoonbills

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)

Whooper Swans

(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, January 1998, by Alan Brady)

Mandarin Ducks

(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, January 1998, by William Leaning)

Falcated Teal

(as seen during FONT Winter Birding Tours in Japan)
(photo by Koji Tagi)

Baikal Teal

(seen during FONT Winter Birding Tours in Japan)
(photo by Koji Tagi)

White-tailed Eagle (adult in flight)

(photo by Allan Beach, during FONT birding tour, January 2001)

White-tailed Eagle w/Japanese Cranes

(photo by André Brosset, during FONT birding tour in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)

Steller's & White-tailed Eagles (adults)

(photo by Helma Unverhau, during FONT birding tour in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)

Steller's Sea-Eagles (adults)
   
(photos by Allan Beach, 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)

Copper Pheasant

(as found dring FONT Japan birding tours)

Red-crowned (or Japanese) Cranes



 



(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2000, by Joe Fuhrman)

 

 

(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2001, by Allan Beach)

White-naped Crane

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


(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2001, by Allan Beach)

Siberian Crane

(as during some FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)  
(photo in 2000 courtesy of Trevor Ford)


(photo in 2001 courtesy of Allan Beach)

Siberian & White-naped Cranes

(during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)  
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)

White-naped, Hooded, and a Sandhill Crane

(during a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)  
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)

Hooded & White-naped Cranes

(during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour, January 2001)
(photo courtesy of Allan Beach)

Demoiselle Crane

(during a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)  
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)


Black-winged Stilts

   
(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

 

Mongolian Plover
       
(left: breeding plumage; as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter) (photo by Kogi Tagi)
(right: non-breeding plumage; as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter) (photo by BJ Rose)

Bar-tailed Godwits

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Bar-tailed Godwit & Whimbrels

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

(to be seen during FONT birding tours in Japan in the Spring) (photo by Kogi Tagi)

Long-toed Stint

(to be seen during FONT birding tours in Japan in the Spring) (photo by Kogi Tagi)

Red-necked Stint

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

Kamchatka Gull (adult)
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(photographed Hokkaido, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Black-tailed Gull (adult)
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(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Heuglin's Gull w/Vega & Black-tailed Gulls
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(photographed in Japan
© Jon R. King)

Vega Gull (1st year)
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(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Vega (Herring) Gull & Slaty-backed Gull 
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(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Slaty-backed Gull (1st year)
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(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Glaucous Gull (juvenile)
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(photographed in Hokkaido, Japan
© Jon R. King)

Ross' Gull (1st winter)
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(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, December 1999, by Joe Fuhrman)

Japanese Murrelet

(seen during FONT's Japan Birding Tour, February 2001) (Photo by Koji Tagi)

Blakiston's Fish-Owl

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(on the island of Hokkaido)

Japanese Green Woodpecker
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(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours)

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

Great Spotted Woodpecker

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

Ryukyu Minivet

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Ryukyu Islands) (photo by Kogi Tagi)

Siberian Rubythroat

(as seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Bluethroat

(as seen during a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Red-flanked Bluetail

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (photo by Paul West)

Desert Wheatear

(as seen during a FONT  Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(a rare species in Japan)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Siberian Ground Thrush

(as seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Dusky Thrush

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)


(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (photo by Paul West)

 

Japanese Bush Warbler

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.) 

Eastern Crowned Warbler

(as seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Narcissus Flycatcher

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Mugimaki Flycatcher
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(as seen during a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(a rare species in Japan)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Blue-and-white Flycatcher

(as seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Brambling (male & female)
       
(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photos by Paul West)

Rosy Finches

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Pallas' Rosefinch

(a species that occurs in Japan in winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Long-tailed Rosefinch

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Black-faced Bunting

(as seen during FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)

Yellow-throated Bunting

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Yellow-breasted Bunting

(as seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

Japanese Reed Bunting

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

Eurasian Siskin (male & female)
       
(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

 

Japanese Serow

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)

Japanese Squirrel

(during FONT Japan Spring birding tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)