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The fog meant I used the dehaze slider a lot on these…
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The fog meant I used the dehaze slider a lot on these…
There were lots of Slavonian Grebes around in various stages of transition…
The only one that came close was still in winter plumage of course.
Amazingly I get my first ever grebe BIFs…
A dark mild sleety day east of town today…
I was waiting for the Steller’s to leave its perch and do something interesting. It didn’t…
There were some other birds around. Lots of Goldeneye, the above Slav and various gulls including this Glaucous-winged.
You can’t really see it from these pics but there was a lot of snow the last few days…
A couple of Olive-backed Pipits was a surprise near Esan: I don’t often see these in winter.
Both species of eagle were around but high in the sky. One port had a couple of Slavs at least…
A Slavonian Grebe to the west of town this afternoon. This is a fairly common winter visitor although it occurs in far fewer numbers than the similar Black-necked Grebe.
Only common stuff around in the same area: the most noteworthy species were Whooper Swan, White-tailed Eagle, Glaucous-winged Gull, Great Egret and Black Scoter. Last weekend’s cold snap brought a few flocks of Dusky Thrush to town but nothing more interesting. Yet.