[Length 18 in. Wingspan 31 in.]

This drake Common Pochard was photographed in a small pond on the grounds of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 18.25 in. Wingspan xx in.]

These Rooks were photographed on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed in the hand after it was rescued when it had swallowed a fisherman's bait and hook on Amami Island, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 16 in.]

This Common Sandpiper was photographed in the hand after it was rescued when it had swallowed a fisherman's bait and hook on Amami Island, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Bull-headed Shrike was photographed on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 10.5 (Male) to 11.75 (Female) in. Wingspan xx in.]

The Japanese Sparrowhawk is a medium-sized Accipiter which breeds in southeastern Russia, North Korea, and most of Japan. It spends the winter in southeastern China, southeastern Asia, and the southern islands of Japan. This Japanese Sparrowhawk was photographed in winter as it hunted from a perch on telephone wires along a road on the island of Okinawa in Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: February 1996)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This Eurasian Tree Sparrow was photographed at a nature center near Nemuro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 29.75 in. Wingspan xx in.]

Black-faced Spoonbills breed along the northern coasts of China and the coasts of North and South Korea. In winter they move south along the southern coast of China (particularly Hong Kong) and to the Nansei Shoto (southern islands) of Japan. There are only about 4,000 birds left in the wild, and they are considered an endangered species. The Black-faced Spoonbill is distinguished from its more abundant cousin, the Eurasian Spoonbill, by the fact that the black of the bill extends up onto the face (hence the name "Black-faced") and around the eyes. This one (one of three present at this site in February, 1996) was photographed in a pond at the end of the runway at Naha airport on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)