Some of the standard summer birds at Yakumo…
Not rare
Category: Shorebirds
Over
That’s that then, spring migration is pretty much over…
Very quiet today and the last few days. The above Latham’s Snipe was roadside just out of town.
Short local May trip 2024 #10
Much nicer than the dull juveniles we usually see of these species…
Short local May trip 2024 #9
Nice to see them looking so colourful…
Short local May trip 2024 #8
In addition to the stints there were a few Dunlin and loads of Grey-tailed Tattler..
Short local May trip 2024 #7
I changed to the 600 f/11 on the 2nd afternoon.
There was a flock of red-necked Stints in one of the ports; all in summer plumage.
Short local May trip 2024 #1
We had a short 2 night/3 day camping trip and checked out the Oshamambe area…
The weather was awful on the way up; very dark and raining. There were a few common waders around…
Other stuff around included Common Greenshank, various duck species including a drake Garganey at Yakumo, Wryneck, Great Egret etc.
More stilts
An annual visitor to SW Hokkaido in spring and always appreciated…
Long legs in the padis
I went back early in the morning to check if the waders from the other day were still in the ricefields…
The 2 stilts were still there.
Some Saturday morning waders
A few waders around; the above tattler on the coast and Wood Sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover and Black-winged Stilt in the only irrigated part of the ricefields. Shame they were too far off…
Golden Week 2024 #26
A lot of time spent outside today but not many birds about. West of town there were Wood Sandpiper and plenty of Ospreys, just outside town there were Northern Shoveler, a few Grey-tailed Tattler and the above Little Ringed Plover and near my apartment there was a Sakhalin Leaf Warbler. Slim pickings as the spring holiday nears its end…
Golden Week 2024 #10
Yakumo yesterday was a bit quiet. Here are a few random BIFs.
Lots of scoters offshore, lots of displaying Great Crested Grebes there too but not many waders; only a lone Wood Sandpiper, a lone Common Snipe and the 2 breeding small plovers including this one.
And a few migrating duck including Garganey and Shoveler…
