Golden Week 2023 #4

Osprey

We had a fruitless couple of days on the west coast. Nothing rare around: the only passage migrants were lots of Dusky Thrush, a few Rustic Bunting and Japanese White-eye and a lone Olive-backed Pipit. There were some summer plumage Black-throated Divers offshore and a load of commoner birds around including Chestnut-eared Bunting, Pacific Swift and Peregrine.

Ospreys everywhere too. The well-known nest is already occupied and the female is sitting on eggs.

Osprey
Osprey