A few migrants passing through, like this immature cuckoo…was it Common or Oriental? Dunno.
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It’s over
The hot summer is over. It’s still pretty warm but the hottest ever summer in Japan is fading away…
The above Night Heron was on the river near my place as well as Asian Brown Flycatcher, Bull-headed Shrike, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher and various ‘unknowns’ flitting around in the still luxuriant undergrowth.
Wader season fizzling out
Maybe the last of 2023 from Yakumo this afternoon…
Ubiquity
Even if there are no other waders around there will be these guys…
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ISO 6400 for these!
Dark stints
f11 on a dark Monday…
More beach birds
Think that one must have over-summered locally…
More common waders
Lots of common waders around at the weekend…
August ends
Wow that was a hot one. And it looks set to continue into September.
Yesterday was bearable in Yakumo; a bit of a cool breeze and under 30 at least. Lots of waders around including Great Knot and Long-toed Stint but not much posong for photos.
2 Common Terns flew past at Yakumo. I don’t see many terns in Hokkaido so this was a nice surprise.
More stints
Every beach seems to have some in this season…
Some August stints
Not much birding done recently but there were a couple of Red-necked Stints on one of the local beaches yesterday…
Another dark windy Monday
Hakodate had its hottest every day last week but amazingly we had another cool Monday (the high temps will return later this week…again).
The above Kestrel at Yakumo was a nice find; not a bird I often see in Hokkaido.
The storms were pushing the waves right up the beaches so it was tricky to find waders; only 3 species around today. And terrible conditions once again for photos.
