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Some more ducks on the way home.
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We stayed away (sleeping in the car!) for a night…
It was holiday time in Japan so everywhere was really quiet and nobody was working in the ports. I was delighted to find a couple of Stejneger’s Scoter in one of them. Usually this species stays on the sea…
The first 2 are an adult male, the bottom one must be a younger bird as its bill structure isn’t fully developed yet.
A hot sunny afternoon: terrible light for photos. Quite a few nice birds around: the above scruffy Stejneger’s Scoter was a surprise. This Marsh Sandpiper was on one of the beaches with some stints…
Other stuff around included flocks of White-throated Needletail and Pacific Swift, Osprey, Peregrine, several Great Egret…
But as I said the light was not helpful.