After a 2 week gap we returned to the same port to check if the Long-tailed Ducks were still there. They were and one of the males was changing into summer plumage………..
Tag: Long-tailed Duck
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There were 8 Long-tailed Ducks in the same port as the Scoters and they were all paired up……….
End of the trip
There were quite a few Long-tailed Duck on the sea…………..
I counted 8 off one port, quite a high number down here in south Hokkaido.
2021 Late Winter Trip #2
It was bitterly cold and windy in this spot………….
2021 Late Winter Trip #1
We just got back from a short trip to the Yufutsu/Mukawa area. The weather was fine but cold. On the way up we stopped at a couple of ports and one of them had several Long-tailed Ducks.
This is a female……………..
LTD in Golden Light
A Long-tailed Duck from a couple of days ago…………….
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Long-tailed Ducks are definitely the most attractive of the port wildfowl……….
There were 3 of them, 1 female and 2 males.
Some ducks in the gloom
Oshamanbe is the best place locally to see Long-tailed Ducks. This is quite a scarce bird down here and is worth the drive up there………
Lots of Stenjeger’s Scoter offshore but too far off for photos. Black Scoters do however often visit the ports.
The weather was a bit gloomy in the afternoon………..