Japan 2026, 05/02/2026, Karuizawa & Lake toben / Chikuma river, Honshu

Japan 05/02/2026

Howard's daily narrative

Karuizawa

Rustic bunting

Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica)

Coal tit

Great spotted woodpecker

Tree sparrow

Chikuma river

Japanese wagtail

Long-billed plover

Japanese tit 

Lake Toben

Smew

Spot-billed duck

Falcated duck

Baikal teal and Falcated duck

Great cormorant