Skip to content

A Birding Blog from South Hokkaido

Hakodate Birding

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Galleries
  • Old Blog

Category: Mukawa

Late Winter Trip 2023 #31

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Rarities, Wildfowl
Lesser Scaup

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.

Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Tagged Lesser ScaupLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #30

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

Eagles must get really tired of crows…

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Tagged White-tailed EagleLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #29

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Black Scoter

The eerie calls of Black Scoter are a common sound this time of year…

Black Scoter

Tagged Black ScoterLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #28

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Rarities, Wildfowl
Lesser Scaup

The Lesser Scaup was still around the next day…

Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup and Great Scaup
Tagged Great Scaup, Lesser ScaupLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #27

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Mukawa
Glaucous-winged Gull

Some winter gulls…

Glaucous Gull and Vega Gull
Tagged Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Vega GullLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #25

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

A White-tailed Eagle in nice morning light…

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Tagged White-tailed EagleLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #24

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Black Scoter

Some port ducks…

Black Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Tagged Black Scoter, Common GoldeneyeLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #23

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
Steller’s Sea Eagle

One advantage of getting up so early every day was the early morning light…

White-tailed Eagle and Steller’s Sea Eagle
White-tailed Eagle and Steller’s Sea Eagle
Tagged Steller's Sea Eagle, White-tailed EagleLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #22

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Rarities, Wildfowl
Lesser Scaup

Some more shots of the Lesser Scaup…

Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Tagged Lesser ScaupLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #21

March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
Steller’s Sea Eagle

No winter trip in Hokkaido is complete without a Steller’s Sea Eagle on the ice pic…

Steller’s Sea Eagle

And here’s a bonus White-tailed Eagle on a post…

White-tailed Eagle

And on a tetrapod…

White-tailed Eagle
Tagged Steller's Sea Eagle, White-tailed EagleLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #20

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Rarities, Wildfowl
Lesser Scaup

The Lesser Scaup occasionally showed signs of life…

Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Tagged Lesser ScaupLeave a comment

Late Winter Trip 2023 #19

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
Steller’s Sea Eagle

A Steller’s Sea Eagle on one of the rivers in early morning light…

Steller’s Sea Eagle
Steller’s Sea Eagle
Tagged Steller's Sea EagleLeave a comment

Posts navigation

Older posts
  • Flickr
  • Facebook

Archives

Categories

Tags

American Wigeon (1)Arctic Skua (2)Asian Brown Flycatcher (1)Asian Rosy Finch (18)Avocet (2)Bar-tailed Godwit (7)Bean Goose (18)Bewick's Swan (10)Black-browed Reed Warbler (4)Black-collared Starling (1)Black-crowned Night Heron (15)Black-faced Spoonbill (1)Black-headed Gull (4)Black-legged Kittiwake (6)Black-necked Grebe (16)Black-tailed Godwit (2)Black-tailed Gull (1)Black-throated Diver (13)Black-winged Stilt (16)Black Kite (1)Black Scoter (29)Black Woodpecker (1)Blue-and-white Flycatcher (1)Blue Rock Thrush (2)Bohemian Waxwing (47)Brambling (8)Brent Goose (5)Brown-eared Bulbul (2)Brown-headed Thrush (8)Brown Bear (8)Brown Dipper (3)Brunnich's Guillemot (1)Buff-bellied Pipit (1)Bull-headed Shrike (3)Bullfinch (3)Cackling Goose (38)Cattle Egret (1)Chestnut-cheeked Starling (5)Chestnut-eared Bunting (4)Chinese Pond Heron (4)Coal Tit (2)Common Crossbill (52)Common Cuckoo (1)Common Goldeneye (4)Common Greenshank (4)Common Gull (6)Common Kingfisher (11)Common Pochard (1)Common Redpoll (12)Common Reed Bunting (5)Common Shelduck (1)Common Starling (3)Common Tern (1)Curlew Sandpiper (1)Daurian Redstart (5)Dollarbird (2)Dunlin (24)Dusky Thrush (16)Eastern Buzzard (1)Eastern Crowned Warbler (3)Eastern Curlew (1)Eastern Marsh Harrier (1)Eastern Yellow Wagtail (7)Emperor Goose (1)Eurasian Coot (1)Eurasian Jay (2)Eurasian Kestrel (1)Eurasian Nuthatch (4)Eurasian Siskin (5)Eurasian Skylark (1)Eurasian Spoonbill (4)Eurasian Wigeon (1)Eyebrowed Thrush (1)Falcated Duck (4)Fieldfare (2)Fork-tailed Petrel (1)Gadwall (4)Garganey (2)Glaucous-winged Gull (24)Glaucous Gull (24)Goldcrest (1)Goosander (2)Great-spotted Woodpecker (2)Great Cormorant (2)Great Crested Grebe (7)Great Egret (25)Greater Sand Plover (1)Greater White-fronted Goose (34)Great Knot (1)Great Scaup (10)Great Spotted Woodpecker (2)Grey-headed Woodpecker (2)Grey-tailed Tattler (8)Grey Bunting (5)Grey Heron (3)Grey Plover (1)Gull-billed Tern (1)Harlequin Duck (26)Hawfinch (14)Hazel Grouse (1)Horned Puffin (1)Hybrid Goose (1)Iceland Gull (1)Intermediate Egret (4)Japanese Bush Warbler (3)Japanese Cormorant (2)Japanese Crane (10)Japanese Green Pigeon (3)Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (7)Japanese Robin (3)Japanese Thrush (8)Japanese Waxwing (27)Japanese White-eye (6)Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (1)Kentish Plover (4)Lanceolated Warbler (2)Latham's Snipe (5)Leach's Petrel (1)Lesser Sand Plover (2)Lesser Scaup (5)Lesser White-fronted Goose (1)Little Egret (4)Little Grebe (2)Little Ringed Plover (3)Long-eared Owl (1)Long-tailed Duck (25)Long-tailed Rosefinch (6)Long-tailed Tit (3)Mandarin Duck (1)Marsh Sandpiper (5)Masked Bunting (3)Middendorff's Warbler (5)Mountain Hawk Eagle (20)Narcissus Flycatcher (12)Northern Goshawk (3)Northern Grey Shrike (1)Northern Hobby (1)Northern Pintail (2)Northern Shoveler (3)Olive-backed Pipit (3)Oriental Greenfinch (1)Oriental Magpie (1)Oriental Magpie Robin (1)Oriental Reed Warbler (1)Osprey (40)Pacific Swift (3)Pale Thrush (1)Pelagic Cormorant (4)Peregrine (23)Pika (1)Pine Bunting (1)Red-breasted Merganser (3)Red-faced Cormorant (2)Red-flanked Bluetail (7)Red-legged Kittiwake (4)Red-necked Grebe (3)Red-necked Pharalope (4)Red-necked Stint (33)Red-throated Diver (4)Red-whiskered Bulbul (1)Red Fox (4)Rhinoceros Auklet (1)Richard's Pipit (1)Rook (4)Ruddy Turnstone (2)Ruff (1)Russet Sparrow (8)Rustic Bunting (9)Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler (1)Sanderling (24)Sand Martin (3)Saunders's Gull (1)Sea Otter (1)Short-tailed Bush Warbler (1)Siberian Blue Robin (9)Siberian Meadow Bunting (7)Siberian Rubythroat (19)Sika (4)Slaty-backed Gull (6)Slavonian Grebe (9)Smew (2)Snow Bunting (6)Snow Goose (33)Solitary Snipe (1)Spectacled Guiilemot (2)Spotted Dove (1)Spotted Redshank (2)Stejneger's Scoter (14)Stejneger's Stonechat (17)Steller's Sea Eagle (102)Temminck's Stint (1)Terek Sandpiper (3)Varied Tit (6)Vega Gull (5)Whimbrel (1)White-backed Woodpecker (1)White-naped Crane (1)White-tailed Eagle (93)White-throated Needletail (1)White-winged Black Tern (1)Whooper Swan (13)Wood Sandpiper (3)Wryneck (3)Yellow-browed Bunting (1)Yellow-throated Bunting (3)

Categories

  • East Hokkaido (35)
  • England (4)
  • Esan (95)
  • Esashi (3)
  • Geese (99)
  • Gulls (64)
  • Hakodate (148)
  • Hokuto (114)
  • Hong Kong (10)
  • Kaminokuni (16)
  • Kikonai (16)
  • Mammals (24)
  • Matsumae (2)
  • Mori (2)
  • Mukawa (93)
  • North Hokkaido (24)
  • Onuma (41)
  • Oshamambe (193)
  • Raptors (247)
  • Rarities (20)
  • Sapporo (4)
  • Sawara (27)
  • Seabirds (9)
  • Shikotsuko (21)
  • Shiretoko (10)
  • Shiriuchi (3)
  • Shorebirds (142)
  • Tokachi (53)
  • Urakawa (5)
  • video (3)
  • Wildfowl (224)
  • Woodpeckers (13)
  • Yakumo (216)
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Karuna by Automattic.