Maybe the last of 2023 from Yakumo this afternoon…
Category: Shorebirds
Ubiquity
Even if there are no other waders around there will be these guys…
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Dark stints
f11 on a dark Monday…
More beach birds
Think that one must have over-summered locally…
More common waders
Lots of common waders around at the weekend…
August ends
Wow that was a hot one. And it looks set to continue into September.
Yesterday was bearable in Yakumo; a bit of a cool breeze and under 30 at least. Lots of waders around including Great Knot and Long-toed Stint but not much posong for photos.
2 Common Terns flew past at Yakumo. I don’t see many terns in Hokkaido so this was a nice surprise.
More stints
Every beach seems to have some in this season…
Some August stints
Not much birding done recently but there were a couple of Red-necked Stints on one of the local beaches yesterday…
Another dark windy Monday
Hakodate had its hottest every day last week but amazingly we had another cool Monday (the high temps will return later this week…again).
The above Kestrel at Yakumo was a nice find; not a bird I often see in Hokkaido.
The storms were pushing the waves right up the beaches so it was tricky to find waders; only 3 species around today. And terrible conditions once again for photos.
It’s been a hot one
Wow it’s been a hot humid summer this year. I’ve hardly left the house in the last 5 or so weeks…
But today the temperature dipped below 30 for the first time in what seems like ages and it was even breezy with low clouds. The waders had returned to the beaches anyway.
Hot temps will return tomorrow or the day after according to the forecast.
I might even get a get a good night’s sleep in this lull.
Also around were Red-necked Stint, Whimbrel and Kentish Plover as well as Eastern Marsh Harrier and lots of Great Egret.
A stop at a rivermouth
We stopped at Yakumo on the way back from our trip…
An Osprey was fishing just offshore.
Not great conditions for BIfs.
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #8
Another morning in the Mukawa area…and a very close Latham’s Snipe.
I was surprised how common Chestnut-eared Buntings were.
And this is a common species up there too.