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Another one common down here and up there, and again taken with the RF 600 f/11…
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Another one common down here and up there, and again taken with the RF 600 f/11…
The same ringed bird as last year? One of several singing males…
And the same tame Black-browed Reed Warbler was singing in the same spot…
We took a short trip to the Mukawa/Ishikari area…
Lots of summer birds around including the usual suspects.
Some had already left the nest…
Some of the standard summer birds at Yakumo…
We took a short 4-day trip around the Sapporo area earlier this week…
I got a half-lifer on the way up as we drove north at night. A Siberian Thrush singing. Unfortunately it was still pitch black so I couldn’t find it…so that will have to wait to make it onto my J-list.
We arrived in the Mukawa area in the early morning and the usual species were present.
Most interesting birds were a pair of Japanese Crane (presumably with chick) but they were impossible to photograph well due to them being in the long grass as well as the harsh summer light.
2 Eurasian Spoonbills were seen at Yakumo so we went for a look. I saw one standing in the middle of the river, went back to the car to get my camera (with 2X T/C attached) but the bird flew off. I snapped the above warbler and then got the portable 600 f/11 and walked around trying to relocate the spoonbill but no joy.
Quite a lot of birds around though…
A lens I struggle with for BIFs.
Other stuff around included Pacific Swift, Mandarin Duck, Garganey, White-fronted Goose, lots of singing Sakhalin Leaf Warblers, Common Cuckoo etc…
But no spoonbill pics.
In addition to the Rubythroats there were many birds……………..
Middendorf’s, Lanceolated and Sakhalin Grasshopper Warblers, Eastern Marsh Harrier, Northern Hobby, White-tailed Eagle, Sand Martin, Northern Hobby, Latham’s Snipe, Wryneck, Long-tailed Rosefinch…………………and these 2 common species.
Summer is here. Not much chance of finding rare birds around but lots of summer stuff in full song everywhere at least, like the above Black-browed Reed Warbler.
Other stuff around included Eastern Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Eagle and all the common summer grassland birds in Oshamanbe and Yakumo.