It saved a classic pose for the last one.
Last of the Snow Bunting batch
Author: Stuart Price
Hungrier
The lone Steller’s Sea Eagle at the rivermouth in Yakumo was still there at the weekend and it still looks as hungry and skinny as ever.
We saw a much healthier looking one in Oshamambe and kept driving past it thinking I could could photograph it later. By the time I had finished with the Snow Bunting we went back and of course that eagle had gone…
Grounded
Some more typical shots…
More Snow Bunting pics
First one I’d seen for 3 or so years…
Some small birds at last
This male Pine Bunting was one of several interesting small birds at the weekend: the Snow Bunting of course but also Long-tailed Rosefinch, a flock of 7 Asian Rosy Finch and a couple of small flocks of Siberian Meadow Bunting.
Hope they have their wits about them…
More snowy posing
Nice to see it in the snow…
Some morning poses
It was snowing quite heavily the next morning but the Snow Bunting was still there…
More urban raptors
Some urban bokeh from the weekend…
Snow Bunting in the gloom
There was a Snow Bunting in one of the ports this weekend.
Rather dark but it did strike some nice poses…
A Goshawk in town
I’ve been walking around the neighbourhood this week looking for Waxwings with no success. But I did see this juvenile/first-winter Goshawk nab a pigeon.
Annoyingly my R5 froze as it flew off (this happens occasionally: very frustrating for such an expensive camera). Maybe it made no difference as the AF on my ancient 100-400L M1 is very sluggish on the R5.
F***ing twigs.
Also around were Eastern Buzzard, Winter Wren, 10 or so Dusky Thrush, a male Goosander and this Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker in the local park.
On the clifftop
One of the resident Peregrines out east today.
A quiet Monday: Eurasian Kestrel, Buff-bellied Pipit, Rustic Bunting were among the more interesting species but nothing especially noteworthy. No Waxwings or winter finches yet.
A few raptors were around.
I can’t get sharp BIFs pointing upwards at 700mm.
Several White-tailed Eagles were in the skies but I couldn’t find the local Steller’s anywhere.
Why do male Harlequins never come close like this female?
2X…?
A Smew at Onuma taken with the 2X T/C. It looks OK (ish) at low resolution.
But brutal at full-size.
One last eagle pic from the weekend (without T/C).
