This Osprey seems to like the local port. It was there again this afternoon.
I haven’t seen it catch anything there. Yet.
Another one in the port
Category: Hakodate
Local Ospreys
I sometimes complain about how dull summer birding can be around here but then I think well at least we have Ospreys fishing in the local ports………..
Also around town today were Goosander, late Scaup and Goldeneye as well as Chestnut-eared Bunting, Oriental Reed Warbler and Siberian Stonechat.
Not there
There has been a family of Oriental Scops Owls showing well in one of the local parks and we went to look for them this morning……………….but couldn’t find them.
Quite a few birds around though: Coal and Varied Tit, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Common Crossbill, Narcissus Flycatcher and Kamchatka Leaf Warbler.
End of the blossoms
With one thing and another it wasn’t really possible to photograph many birds in Goryokaku Park this spring. The park re-opened at least but unlike some previous springs there was very little of interest around. Lots of Red-cheeked Starlings walking around though: the cherry blossoms have all fallen as you can see.
The smallest
The smallest bird in Europe is also the smallest bird in Japan.
There were 3 of them in the trees next to the river today, presumably just arrived from across the Tsugaru Straits this morning. I also saw my first Bullheaded Shrike of the year and yesterday got my first Red-flanked Bluetail of 2020 too.
Some later Hakodate Crossbills
These were from a few days ago…………
More Hakodate Crossbills
Some more Crossbills from my walks around town last week…………..
More Corona Crossbills
One of the ladies drinking on her own…………….
Corona Crossbills
I hate to say it but all this Corona downtime has left me lots of time with the Crossbills in Hakodate……..like these 2 males coming down for a drink.
Another bird everywhere this year
Not only Crossbills this winter……….
There are Redpolls everywhere too. There was a flock of a dozen or so in Hakodate this week. Not as easy to photograph as their red relatives though.
More Falcated Duck shots
Some more flybys of the Falcated Duck in the local park from a couple of days ago. Is it still there I wonder?
The park had loads of birds that day actually: Crossbills, Hawfinch, Brambling, Japanese Pygmy and Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pochard, Nuthatch………..
Only the common ones
Lots of Dusky Thrush passing through town this week. I’ve seen both Fieldfare and Naumann’s Thrush this month but yesterday there were only the bog-standard Duskys……….
Nice light at least.
