They’ve been in town for a long time…
Category: Hakodate
Two males
2 males only in the tiny park this afternoon….
Return of the reds
A flock of 12 or so Common Crossbill were in the tiny park near my place including my first adult males for a while.
And others…
More spring action
There were several pairs of Great Spotted Woodpecker all paired up in the park…these are males.
The Great Egret is still there too…
Spring…
Lots of these in the big park today; they are always abundant passage migrants in spring. I also saw 5 very early Barn Swallows on the local river…
In-between season
The first summer visitors should be arriving soon and the long-staying crossbills will surely be moving on too.
A sunny Monday morning…
Not much around this morning although I did see my first Bull-headed Shrike of the year.
Oh and crossbills. Of course.
7th
The 7th consecutive month crossbills have been in Hakodate…
The tame one
Wonder how long this will stick around? Not many crossbills in town anymore…
Cuteness lingering
Some people I teach desperately want to see this species so I gave them the location and they’ll check tomorrow. Hope they are successful…
800
The tame crossbill was in the sunshine today; no need for heavy processing as i could use ‘normal’ settings like ISO 800.
Some commoners
Some common birds from this morning…