I don’t usually see them in this light and from this angle…
The final Stilts
Tag: Black-winged Stilt
More golden light Stilts
800
The sun went behind a cloud so I upped the ISO to 800, a rarity when photographing this species this sunny spring.
More stilts from Sunday
I took a lot of shots of these on Sunday…
A less striking one
Black-winged Stilts are pretty variable. I think both the ones at Yakumo were males but one was very well marked with a black head and neck. This one was less well marked but still striking…
Stuck in the mud
This stilt was in a sticky situation…
But it broke free…
An influx
There seems to have been an influx of Black-winged Stilts into Hokkaido. I’ve seen them in 3 locations already this spring and I know of several other local sightings. Plus they’ve also been seen further north and south…
There were 2 at Yakumo the other day in beautiful afternoon light.
Golden Week 2022 #29
Heard one of these was in Southport recently!
Not quite so rare in Hokkaido but still a pretty uncommon spring overshoot.
Golden Week 2022 #27
The Black-winged Stilt from 2 days ago was still around and today I could get a better angle to shoot with…
Golden Week 2022 #24
An odd-looking bird!
Golden Week 2022 #23
This Black-winged Stilt was west of town yesterday. Not a great angle (I was looking down from a riverbank) but this species is always worth a second look in Hokkaido.
This Grey-tailed Tattler was feeding in the same area…
Early morning in the port
The port was pretty quiet in the morning, just a few gulls sitting around in the morning sun…
I was very surprised to see these 3 stilts on one of the nearby rivers: never seen them so early in the season before. They looked cold…
