It was raining all the way home…we stopped at a few spots.
Way home in the rain
Category: Yakumo
A flyby
Not a vintage winter for the eagles but there’s still always the chance for a nice BIF or 2…
Bird of the day was a Rough-legged Buzzard (possibly 2 actually) but too far off for any photos. Hopefully there will be a bit of an influx of them…
The eagles will have to do for now.
Too far away…
Well this one wasn’t…
No eagles at all upstream at Yakumo but there were some some near the river mouth. And one of them actually got a salmon…
Just a bit far off for photos though.
Another dark eagle
Sometimes I forget to toggle crop mode on/off…
This individual flew right towards me but for some reason I was in crop mode and most of the really sharp photos cropped off most of its wings…
Very dark again: ISO 3200. Rarely go above 400 for BIFs.
Here it is in a tree a bit later when the light was better.
A noisy eagle BIF
Just after sunrise, ISO 3200…
Another youngster
An immature White-tailed Eagle, presumably a first-year bird?
Apart from the eagles, upstream at Yakumo there were also Japanese Wagtail, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Jay, Crested Kingfisher and a few common tits and woodpeckers….
Take off
A young Steller’s leaving its perch…
Some youngsters
Although the eagle season seems destined to be a bit disappointing again it was heartening to see quite a few first (and /or) second year Steller’s Sea Eagle..
Another returnee
This (male?) White-tailed Eagle has been returning to the same spot in Yakumo for many years now…and he’s pretty tame too.
Not much else around in Yakumo on Friday: the most interesting species was harlequin Duck. We don’t normally see them here but there were at least 4 around including this first winter male upstream…
Some Steller’s
Blizzards in Yakumo a couple of days ago…
Fewer eagles than normal (but slightly better than last year) and another poor salmon run (but again slightly better than last year)…
Another poor eagle season?
There were some eagles around in Yakumo yesterday but not so many. Very low numbers of salmon again this winter: it’s not looking good. How long will they stick around?
Swirling blizzards most of the day, the above Steller’s flew over in a short gap of clear skies.
Some rivermouth gulls
There were 8 or 9 gull species at the rivermouth in Yakumo the weekend before last…including lots of kittiwakes.
And the various winter gulls…
