2022 Summer Road Trip #18 July 23, 2022August 7, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in East Hokkaido, Mammals, SeabirdsRed-faced CormorantCrappy pics (due to my own poor technique, a bucking boat and fog) but I got some nice views of this very rare bird (in Japan).Red-faced CormorantThere were also several Sea Otters: kind of like a cross between a Seal and a Rat.Sea Otter
East Hokkaido 2019 #6 July 5, 2019 by Stuart Price, posted in East HokkaidoRed-faced CormorantNot a great photo but this was my second lifer on the Ochiishi boat trip: an immature (?) Red-faced Cormorant. This is a north Pacific species and east Hokkaido must be its’ southermost limit……….