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  1. J

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    This saturday, went out to a park I hadn't visited before, some 17 minutes away by train and another 10 minute walk after that. Brought my 8x32 victory SF and 10x42 IS canon binoculars. It was my first time taking both out at the same time, and the experience was fairly illuminating. There was...
  2. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    Thank you MacNara. I'm not new to Japan, having lived here 11 some years, (around the country, Fukuoka the longest) and I'm a translator by trade and have no difficulties with the language, but I AM new to birding; anywhere, not just to Japan. But Japan is where I have chosen to live, and my...
  3. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    I think we can eliminate Japanese sparrowhawk off of the head, cheek, neck pattern, and I just don't think it was that small either. I'm not sure if there's any sure-fire way to eliminate the northern goshawk though. Since, as I said, the golden sunlight is making everything look more...
  4. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    Thanks for the advice, guys! In this case, taking this video may have actually hindered me in identifying the bird. If it was a bit farther away, I probably wouldn't have even attempted to take video, and when I'm looking at an unfamiliar bird with binoculars, I usually do try to do something...
  5. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    The original file is bigger at around 14MB, but I can tell you from looking at it on my phone, it basically looks the same. No amount of zooming in really helps. You have a point about the orangey color of the breast, but there was also a sort of orangey cast on everything at that point from...
  6. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    I was considering the northern goshawk as well, although I didn't really consider the japanese sparrowhawk due partially to its smaller size. This bird was similar in size to the crow that harassed it. From the video, if I stop it when the bird is looking sideways, you can see that the lighter...
  7. J

    Eurasian sparrowhawk? Fukuoka, Japan

    It looks like I can upload this short video from my cellphone. There's also one photo but the bird is looking directly at me which may not be good for identification. I got a look with my binoculars first and I noticed very distinct horizontal bar markings on the chest. I'm very much a newbie...
  8. J

    What did you see in your binoculars today?

    This last Sunday at a mud flat about an hour away, saw: 3-4 black-eared kites, 2 mallards, 20+ eurasian oystercatchers, lots of common shelducks, 1 osprey, 6 warbling white-eyes, 2 bull-headed shrikes, lots of eurasian wigeons, 5 northern pintails, lots of eurasian teals, 2 great cormorants...
  9. J

    Hello from Fukuoka, Japan

    Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely be on the look-out!
  10. J

    Hello from Fukuoka, Japan

    Just a novice here. Last year I remembered my father's binoculars from when we went camping some 25 years ago, and decided to get a pair for myself on a whim. Since then I've used them to look at lots of different things over here in Japan, but I seem to be awakening to an interest in birds...
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