The ports were a bit quiet; I did get a Pacific/BT Diver, there plenty of Great Cormorants and a few ducks. This Slavonian Grebe was in Yufutsu.
Tag: Slavonian Grebe
A grey Monday in January
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.
A lot of snow…
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…
Some other port birds
I was concentrating on ducks but there were some other birds around in the port last weekend. 3 species of grebe including Red-necked and Slavonian…………….
And the Sanderling flock was still there. Maybe they’ve been there all winter?
Out west
A Slavonian Grebe west of Hakodate yesterday. It was the first time in a while I’d been out that way. Nothing especially noteworthy: Black-necked and Red-necked Grebes, lots of ducks and gulls, a lone Common Redpoll, a group of 9 Great Egret………
The not so common one
Slavonian Grebes are not so numerous in SW Hokkaido but are certainly not rare……………..
The least numerous species appears to be Red-necked Grebe and there were none of that species in the port with the other 3 grebes in Oshamanbe.
The Loner
Unlike the similar-looking Black-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebes are almost always alone, never occurring in flocks. In Oshamanbe there were several Black-neckeds but only 1 Slav.
They also seem to dive longer than Black-neckeds.
A Tame Slav
A very tame Slavonian Grebe at Oshamanbe……..
Some Port Birds
Some common winter port birds from Oshamanbe today.
A different Grebe
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.