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I made visits of Japan in last few weeks for watching some seabirds. I got the ferry to outlying islands in Japan and watched the birds on the way. Below are bird (and marine mammal) records of these trips.

13 March 2010, Tomakomai (Hokkaido) to Oarai (Honshu), watching time: 0610h to 1200h and 1240h to 1735h

Black-throated Diver 2, Diver sp. 5, Black-footed Albatross 3, Streaked Shearwater 1099, Red-necked Phalarope 24, Black-legged Kittiwake 670, Black-tailed Gull 1242, Common Gull 7, Glaucous Gull 1, Vega Gull 71, Slaty-backed Gull 56, Parasitic Jaeger 4, Common Murre 6, Ancient Murrelet 128, Japanese Murrelet 4, Unidentified Murrelet 215, Crested Auklet 3, Crested/Whiskered Auklet 917, Unidentified Auk 4, Unidentified Murrelet/Puffin 11, Rhinoceros Auklet 5 and Fur Seal 9.

14 March 2010, Tokyo to Ogasawara (Bonin) Island, 1150h to 1800h

Diver sp. 2, Laysan Albatross 5, Black-footed Albatross 8, Streaked Shearwater 2951, Grey Heron 1, Great Cormorant 32, Pelagic Cormorant 2, Black-legged Kittiwake 2, Black-headed Gull 18, Black-tailed Gull 65, Common Gull 29, Vega Gull 53, Slaty-backed Gull 5, Parasitic Jaeger 3, Unidentified Murrelet 2 and Black Kite 1.

15 March 2010, Tokyo to Ogasawara (Bonin) Island, 0545h to 1000h

Laysan Albatross 1, Black-footed Albatross 9, Wedge-tailed Shearwater 21, Unidentified Shearwater 3,  Tristram’s Storm Petrel 326, Unidentified (probably still Tristram’s) Storm Petrel 554 and Pantropical Spotted Dolphin 3.

17 March 2010, Chichijima to Hahajima, Ogasawara (Bonin Island), 0730h to 0930h

Black-footed Albatross 5, Wedge-tailed Shearwater 113, Brown Booby 7 and Humpback Whale 5.

On Hahajima:
Chinese Spotbill 2, Northern Pintail 1, Pacific Golden Plover 7, Whimbrel 1, Ruddy Turnstone 1, Little Egret 1, Bonin Island Honeyeater 20.

17 March 2010, Hahajima to Chichijima, 1430h to 1630h
Black-footed Albatross 2, Bonin Petrel 3, Wedge-tailed Shearwater 381, Brown Booby 8 and Humpback Whale 7.

18 March 2010, Ogasawara (Bonin) Island to Tokyo, 1410h to 1800h

Black-footed Albatross 6, Bonin Petrel 6, Wedge-tailed Shearwater 517, Tristram’s Storm Petrel 385, Unidentified Storm Petrel 1, Brown Booby 1, Unidentified (probably Black) Noddy 1, Humpback Whale 1 and unidentified dolphin 3.

19 March 2010, Ogasawara (Bonin) Island to Tokyo, 0525h to 1300h

Black-footed Albatross 7, possibly Short-tailed Albatross 1, Streaked Shearwater 345, Ruddy Turnstone 1, Black-tailed Gull 7, Vega Gull 5 and Slaty-backed Gull 3.

18 April 2010, Oarai (Honshu) to Tomakomai (Hokkaido), 0905h to 1130h and 1200h to 1730h

Unidentified Diver 3, Streaked Shearwater 56, Short-tailed Shearwater 1807, Common/Temminck’s Cormorant 18, Grey Phalarope 1, Red-necked Phalarope 21, Black-legged Kittiwake 1, Black-tailed Gull 109, Vega Gull 25, Slaty-backed Gull 79, Pormarine Skua 1, Thick-billed Murre 7, Common Murre 10, Japanese Murrelet 5, Unidentified Murrelet 25, Rhinoceros Auklet 4, Fur Seal 2 and unidentified dolphin 9.

I will post some pictures of these birds later.

Thank you very much

Yu Yat Tung