ZIEGLER 1953 (INScribed) JOURNAL MAY6. SEEN OCCASIONALLY OVER RICE FIELDS. (CONT) 2023SMALL UNIDENT. PROVERS SEEN NEAR BARRACUS FOR 2 DAYS - APPARENTLY FEEDING ON THE GRAVEL ROADS, SEVERAL SANDPIPERS (UNIDENT.) ON BEREN. SMALL FINCHES (FROM NOTES + CALLS) WITH WHITE OR YELLOW WING BAR SEEN FLYING OVER EVERY FEW DAYS. THESE WERE PROBABLY CHLORIS SINICA (KŌKA - HARA - HIWA). MAYI - 21 TURGUS SIBRICUS (MA-ME-ZIRO) FOUND DEAD BY JAC ARNOLD HOMING. BIRD APPARENTLY FLEW INTO SIDE OF HANGAR SINCE THE SKULL HAD A BLOOD CLOT JUST UNDER THE SKIN. STOMACH EMPTY. LEGS+FEET DARK ORANGE. ACROCEPHALUS GRUNDIACEUS SINGING IN GARDEN THICUETS & BAMBOO, SONG SLIGHTLY LIKE THAT OF MOCKING BIRD BUT A LITTLE HARSHER. SINGS ALSO AT NIGHT. THEY SEEM TO STICK PRETTY CLOSE TO THE THICUETS, SINGING FROM NEAR THE TOP OF BUSHES+BAMBOO. THEY ARE ALSO SLOWMOVING BIRDS REMINDING ME OF VIDEOS' ACTIONS. MAY5 - 2-13 PASSER MONTANUS FLEDGLING OBTAINED FROM MISS KEIYO WATANABE WHO IN TURN GOT IT + A WEEK-OLD ONE (NOT COLLECTED) FROM SMALL BOYS IN SAINKOMI VILLAGE, SEX UNDETERMINABLE. MAY18 MATSUE (10MI W.MIKOABB.), TOTTORI KEN, HONSHU, JAPAN.