Field notes, v1724
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. ZIEGLER 1955 (TANSCRIBED) JOURNAL APR 13 (CONT) BIRDS MOVING AROUND ON THE GROUND IN THE BAMBOO THICKETS WERE GIVING A WHIPPORWILL-LIKE CALL "WHIP-A-COY, [illegible] WHIP-A-COY, ETC" (PERHAPS 10 REPETITIONS) AT DUSK LAST NIGHT & FROM ABOUT 5:45AM ON THIS MORNING. CALL CHEERS WITH JAPANESE BIRDS & BRITISH BIRDS. (KOZU-KI), STREPTOPHELIA (ORIENTALIS?) (2)-SEEN, AN OWL HEARD ABOUT 3 OR 4 AM - 6 HOOTS "HOO-HOO, HOO-HOO-HOOO-HOO!!" THE LAST 4 LIKE A BARRED OWL'S CALL. ALSO 5 HOOTS IN A ROW ALLOWN ABOUT THE SAME PITCH. JAPANESE BIRDS GIVES THE CALL OF ASIO OTUS AS SIMILAR TO THIS BUT OTHER BOOKS SAY THE LONG-EARED'S HOOTS ARE FAIRLY SOFT - THESE I HEARD WERE RATHER EMPHATIC. ALANDA ARVENISIS (5)-IN FIELDS, HIRUNDO RUSTICA (4)-3 OVER FUSHIMI FILTER PLANT & 1 IN TOWN. TURDUS NAUMANNI (10) IN WOODS CALLING FREQUENTLY, LANIUS BUCEPHALUS (1), HORITES CANTANS (10)-ALL COWNING "HO-HO-KICK-YO", ALSO A "TEA-CHER, TEACHER" ETC (-' -') & SCOLDING-LIKE NOTES OR SONG. PASSER MONTANUS (3)-ALONG ROAD & IN TOWN, APR 15 E. FUSHIMIKU (TOYO-YEN), KYOTO CITY, HONSHU, JAPAN. PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM. WIND-MODERATE NE CAMPED BACK OF FUSHIMI FILTER PLANT