Some last shots of the woody from yesterday…
Author: Stuart Price
Golden Week 2024 #14
Near Yakumo there were lots of birds in the fields, A full summer plumage male Brambling was a nice find but when we turned around the car to try and get a good photo it had moved. Luckily there were lots of Rustic bunting including this summer plumage male…
Golden Week 2024 #13
Some more of yesterday’s sparrows…
Golden Week 2024 #12
On Mt Hakodate this morning there were plenty of summer migrants passing through but it is a difficult place to get photos…
Unlike the park yesterday…
Golden Week 2024 #11
It snacked on ants for a couple of minutes…
Golden Week 2024 #10
Yakumo yesterday was a bit quiet. Here are a few random BIFs.
Lots of scoters offshore, lots of displaying Great Crested Grebes there too but not many waders; only a lone Wood Sandpiper, a lone Common Snipe and the 2 breeding small plovers including this one.
And a few migrating duck including Garganey and Shoveler…
Golden Week 2024 #9
Lots of this species in the park, the ‘other’ sparrow here in Japan…
Unlike the abundant urban-dwelling Eurasian Tree Sparrows the sexes in this species are different.
Golden Week 2024 #8
Some ‘birdscaping’ from yesterday…
Golden Week 2024 #7
In the park outside town yesterday morning there was a tame male Grey-headed Woodpecker…
It flew down to grab some ants…
Golden Week 2024 #6
Not a bird I see very often here…a flock of 6 oystercatchers…
A pair of Garganey was also about but otherwise a touch quiet in the west of town.
Golden Week 2024 #5
I took many 000’s of photos of this species these last few months but not many with my 500 f/4 lens…
Golden Week 2024 #4
Not a vintage morning for photos but the park was full of birds…
Dusky, Japanese and Brown-headed Thrush, Narcissus Flycatcher, Eastern Crowned and Sakhalin Leaf Warbler, Wryneck, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Latham’s Snipe and lots of Russet Sparrow.
And the usual common stuff…