The best bird of the trip was the Lesser Scaup, my first lifer since last summer.
Apart from the wildfowl and eagles we also saw 2 male Hen Harriers, a flock of Bohemian Waxwing, Oriental Magpie and Ring-necked Pheasant.
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Category: Mukawa
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Eagles must get really tired of crows…
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The eerie calls of Black Scoter are a common sound this time of year…
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The Lesser Scaup was still around the next day…
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Some winter gulls…
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A White-tailed Eagle in nice morning light…
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Some port ducks…
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One advantage of getting up so early every day was the early morning light…
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Some more shots of the Lesser Scaup…
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No winter trip in Hokkaido is complete without a Steller’s Sea Eagle on the ice pic…
And here’s a bonus White-tailed Eagle on a post…
And on a tetrapod…
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The Lesser Scaup occasionally showed signs of life…
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A Steller’s Sea Eagle on one of the rivers in early morning light…
