Stuart Price – Hakodate Birding

LTD in Golden Light

March 31, 2020 by Stuart Price, posted in Wildfowl, Yakumo

A Long-tailed Duck from a couple of days ago…………….

A new Crossbill location

March 30, 2020 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamanbe

The Crossbills seemed to have thinned out in Hakodate and Oshamanbe but we found a flock yesterday next to another port.

There were some Siskins in amongst them too.

Other stuff around included Redpoll, Osprey, my first Eastern Marsh Harriers and Oriental Turtle Doves of the year plus the usual common ducks and gulls. No Eagles anywhere…………

Milky-whites

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamanbe

Glaucous Gulls are very common at this time of year and often hang around in the ports and on the beaches.

BIF shots are tricky as they only fly off if you get quite close and at that distance 500mm is often too much reach.

Difficult to get a clean background sometimes too.

Lesser White-fronted Goose

March 29, 2020 by Stuart Price, posted in Wildfowl, Yakumo

A lifer from this afternoon: 3 Lesser White-fronted Geese to the north of town.

There were lots of geese flying around. They all seemed to be Greater White-fronted Geese. I fired off some shots but got a bit bored (I was waiting in vain for a Lapwing, a scarce bird here, to come close). Then 3 flew right over me against a blue sky and I thought it might make a nice pic. Whilst waiting for the aforementioned Lapwing I checked the day’s photos so far and then I noticed the 3 yellow eye-rings and the 3 cute pink stubby bills.