Local Birdwatchers
Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club.
Initial
Last Name
Area
Available
Language
S
Minns
Hiroshima
Weekend
English/Japanese French
I
Kanno
Hiroshima
Weekend
M
Brazil
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Anytime
English some Japanese
Author/Naturalist based just outside Sapporo, western Hokkaido, but with access to all areas of Hokkaido. Birding Japan since 1980s. I live close to Nopporo Forest Park - the only large area of protected lowland forest in west Hokkaido. Close to various groups of mountains with year round access, within reach of Miyajima-numa (a Ramsar site renowned for its passage of Greater White-fronted Geese and other waterfowl) and Lake Utonai, another wetland site famous for geese, swans and in summer for birds such as Latham's Snipe and Gray's Grasshopper Warbler.
Y
Kurosawa
Tsurui, Hokkaido
Anytime
English/Japanese
I am a bird lover and a nature history translator. I live in a village which is a very famous Japanese crane habitat. You can see many cranes during winter and some in Summer. There is Kushiro Shitsugen National
Park nearby, so you can see many other birds like Steller's Sea Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Latham's Snipe etc.
D
Smith
Onna, Okinawa
Anytime
English some Japanese
The main reason to bird Okinawa is of course the Okinawa Rail and Pryor's Woodpecker.
Summer brings an assortment of terns as well as the Ruddy Kingfisher and Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. Winter has an assortment of waders including Black-Faced Spoonbills and also Saunder's Gull. Spring & Fall and there's no telling what might drop in!
With enough advanced notice, I can get time off from work to spend a few days showing you around the island from the southern coast to the northern jungle and many points in between. I don't have a "fee", but a full tank of gas and snacks along the way
are appreciated!
S
Isoe
Suita, Osaka
Anytime
Japanese/English
M
Hashimoto
Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto. Kansai
Anytime
Japanese/English
A member of Wild Bird of Society of Japan,Osaka Chapter,retired from a trading firm
for 40 years. I have been enjoying birdwatching for about 20years. I am familiar with birds in Osaka city and Kansai area. I can come to Kansai Air Port or any hotel downtown Osaka to see foreign Birdingpals as I live in downtown Osaka. I like watching
birds with Birdingpals at Yodo river, Nankou Bird Sanctuary and Minoo park. Even Kyoto. I drive a light vehicle, friendly to global environment, however big enough to carry 3 Birdingpals.
T
Bannister
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Weekend
English/German French/Dutch Japanese
C
Cook
Tokyo
Weekend
English/Japanese
T
Hestnes
Tokyo
Anytime
Danish/English
56 years old and enjoying birdwatching in the Tokyo area.
C
Harper
Yokohama
Weekend
English/Japanese
Relaxed birding near Yokohama on a Sunday (Sorry, I'm working the other 6 days). No running madly around to get every bird possible, but we'll have a nice walk in the woods or along the riverside, pick up at
least a couple of endemics, and see some locations not included in the bird finding guides to the area. I've been birding around here since 1990.
Professional Guides
Initial
Last Name
Area
Available
Language
Y
Shinoda
Tokyo
Anytime
Japanese/English
I have been the leader of a local birding society, The Shonan Birding Club, for more than a decade. I guide visiting birders mainly around the Tokyo area, but at your request, I would be happy to accompany you as
a guide to such remote places as Hokkaido, Tobishima, Hachijo-jima, Kyushu, Amami, Okinawa, and so on. Please visit my website entitled: "Day Trips from Tokyo" www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/ornitho/
Local Information
Name
Description
Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds
Club
Kabukuri Wetlands Club
Club
Wild Bird Society of Japan
Club
Wild Bird Society of Japan Osaka Chapter
Club
Japan Aalcid Society
Club
Shiokawa Tidalflat Preservation Association
Club
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Masahiro Hashimoto's
Birdwatching in Osaka
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