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Prefectures covered:Miyagi

OSJ8

Number of orders recorded: 13
Number of families recorded: 32
Number of genera recorded: 53
Number of species recorded: 75

Observed species (native species)
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  1. Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
  2. Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
  3. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
  4. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
  5. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
  6. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
  7. Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
  8. American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
  9. Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
  10. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
  11. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
  12. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
  13. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
  14. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
  15. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
  16. Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
  17. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
  18. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
  19. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
  20. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
  21. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
  22. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
  23. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
  24. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
  25. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
  26. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
  27. Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
  28. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
  29. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
  30. Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
  31. Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
  32. Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
  33. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
  34. Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
  35. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
  36. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
  37. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
  38. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
  39. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
  40. Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
  41. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
  42. Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
  43. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
  44. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
  45. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
  46. Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera)
  47. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
  48. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  49. Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
  50. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
  51. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
  52. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
  53. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
  54. Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
  55. Japanese Tit (Parus cinereus)
  56. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
  57. Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
  58. Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
  59. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
  60. Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
  61. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
  62. White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
  63. Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
  64. Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  65. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
  66. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
  67. Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
  68. Water Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
  69. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
  70. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
  71. Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
  72. Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
  73. Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
  74. Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
  75. Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Observed species (introduced species)
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No data

Team comments
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仙台市を自転車で巡りました。最低70種出すことにして、観察を楽しむスタンスで望みました。

初めに、いつも見ている公園にて38種を回収しました。ルリビタキがなぜか出ませんでした。次に海に向かいながら数種を回収し、海にはアビが多くいました。コクガンが84羽も群れていたのは驚きました。帰りは強い向かい風に耐えながら。最後にミヤマガラスやエナガを回収して10時間で終えました。今回は山に行かなかったため、仙台市内だけでもまだ伸ばせそうでした。