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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #13

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

The last day with the geese didn’t yield many memorable photos…

Snow Goose

But there were at least 2 adult blue phase Snow Geese and 1 (maybe 2) juveniles too.

Heavy crop here…

Snow Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #12

November 3, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Mammals, Raptors, Tokachi
‘Cross’ Fox

A rare melanistic Red Fox from last week…

Apart from geese there were lots of Japanese Crane and flocks of Buff-bellied Pipit in the fields.

Japanese Crane

Raptors included distant Merlin and Hen Harrier as well as several White-tailed Eagles (the latter are probably resident in the area).

White-tailed Eagle
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #11

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Tokachi
Common Gull

On the nearby coast there were a few winter gulls, lots of Black-necked and Great Crested Grebes, a few common ducks, some Greenshank and 1 or 2 White-tailed Eagles.

Black-headed Gull
Vega Gull
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #10

November 2, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

I stayed until it got too dark for photos…

Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #9

November 2, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Cackling Goose

It was difficult to get shots of birds on their own…

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #8

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

Snow Geese numbers are increasing every year it seems…

Snow Goose
Snow Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #7

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Cackling Goose

It was pretty dark in the late afternoon and most of these shots were high ISO. There were so many shots to go through I was too lazy to denoise them in Topaz…

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #6

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

Most of the time the geese were either in the middle of a big field, roosting on water or flying around.

But on the second afternoon the main flock (almost all Snow and Cackling Geese) came to a sweetcorn field of stubble right by the side of the road and I was the only person there.

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #5

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Bean Goose

I took way too many BIFs…

Cackling Goose

I still have never really got the hang of flock shots.

Snow Goose and others
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #4

November 1, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

Blue skies last week…

Snow Goose
Snow Goose
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #3

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Tokachi, Wildfowl
Japanese Crane

We were focusing on the geese but the same area is also home to a large number of cranes…

Japanese Crane

And in addition to the geese there were lots of Whooper Swans…

Whooper Swan
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Tokachi Autumn 2022 #2

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Tokachi, Wildfowl
Bean Goose

Taiga Bean Goose were everywhere…

Bean Goose

And there were decent numbers of Cackling Goose too.

Cackling Goose
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