サンショウクイなど / Ashy Minivet, etc.

I had spent the summer skipping birding and photography due to the extreme heat. Finally, the autumn migration was beginning, so I went out to look for Ashy Minivet and other birds. I met up with my fellow birders for the first time in a while and we had a lot of fun.

I think it was an Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler.

センダイムシクイ / Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler
センダイムシクイ / Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Nikon D500 + AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR

This is a different individual, but the median cephalic line, a characteristic of Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler, can be seen.

センダイムシクイ / Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler

Asian Brown Flycatcher.

コサメビタキ / Asian Brown Flycatcher
コサメビタキ / Asian Brown Flycatcher
コサメビタキ / Asian Brown Flycatcher

This one is hard to make out through the leaves, but I can tell from its face that it is a juvenile bird of some kind. Judging from its size and the white spots on its chest and belly, I guessed it was a Brown-eared Bulbul.

ヒヨドリ幼鳥? / Juvenile Brown-eared Bulbul?
ヒヨドリ幼鳥? / Juvenile Brown-eared Bulbul?

After a while, when the insects were becoming more active, Ashy Minivets we were looking for appeared in flocks. Now there were only females.

サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet
サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet

There was also a Narcissus flycatcher. It was a very bright individual, but unfortunately we could not get close to it.

キビタキ / Narcissus Flycatcher
キビタキ / Narcissus Flycatcher

There were other sightings of Japanese Paradise Flycatcher, but none have been confirmed.
Various shots of Ashy Minivet.

サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet
サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet
サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet
サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet

Next, I would like to wait for the males to arrive.

サンショウクイ / Ashy Minivet

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