There were 3 of these, presumably stragglers from the big flocks. Also Gadwall, Mandarin and various other common ducks and several species of gulls including these 2 looking nice in summer plumage.
Passing through
Tag: Greater White-fronted Goose
Another influx?
Unbelievable to say but there were a lot of crossbills at different spots on my long walk…another influx? Surely not.
In the skies large flocks of geese were heading north. Hundreds and hundreds of them.
Mukawa March 2024 #47
Some geese shots when the light was (slightly) better….
Mukawa March 2024 #34
We found some roadside geese nice and close but the light was terrible; backlit with hazy bright light in the midday sun.
Mukawa March 2024 #16
There were 4/5 species; Cackling, Greater White-fronted, Snow and Taiga/Tundra Bean…
Not sure which of the latter this ones is TBH.
Mukawa March 2024 #15
The geese had already arrived but the fields were covered in snow and we couldn’t get close to the feeding flock. So just BIFs as they moved around looking for food.
Most of them were Greater White-fronts…
More beach birds
Think that one must have over-summered locally…
Golden Week 2023 #2
A dreary overcast afternoon in Yakumo and hard work with the RF 600 f/11…
A pair of Garganey were present as were several Northern Shoveler, Great and Little Egret, Eurasian Curlew (presumably the same bird as 3 weeks ago) and about 200 White-fronts…
Some midday Geese
There were some geese at Yakumo at the weekend…
Shame about the light.
Late Winter Trip 2023 #17
The Snow Geese didn’t come close…
The White-fronts did. Here are a couple looking miserable in the rain.
Late Winter Trip 2023 #11
A leucistic White-front…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #8
The nearby fields had plenty of geese…
Most of them were Greater White-fronts.
