Ah, Spring......in Tokyo....
David (dstrother@pop.dn.net)
Sat, 03 Apr 1999 18:30:46 -0500
Complete with an opening shot of a bird sitting in a blossoming cherry
tree, Japanese bird photographer Takashi Koike has developed a wonderful
"Virtual Birding in Tokyo" site at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/index.htm within which there is virtual
table of contents for the photos at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/main.html
His photos are wonderful (e.g. the
Ruddy Crake at http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/hikuina.jpg
Curlew at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/daishakushigi.jpg
Japanese Green Woodpecker at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/aogera.jpg
Oriental Green Finch at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/kawarahiwa.jpg
Black Kite at http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/tobi.jpg
Eurasian wigeon at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/hidorigamo.jpg
Azure-winged Magpie at
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/onaga.jpg
Grey Heron at http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~bird/bird/photo/jpeg/aosagi.jpg
etc
etc
For those of you who have lusted after a copy of the WBSJ Guide to the
Birds of Japan or Mark Brazil's Guide to Birding in Japan, and might
think that Koike's listing them complete with ISBNs in the book section
means that they are finally once again available.....sorry to say,
Amazon.com confirms that they are still out of print.
David Strother
Bethesda MD
dstrother@pop.dn.net