Crappy pics (due to my own poor technique, a bucking boat and fog) but I got some nice views of this very rare bird (in Japan).
There were also several Sea Otters: kind of like a cross between a Seal and a Rat.
2022 Summer Road Trip #18
Category: Mammals
Back in the grasslands…
The foxes posed on the snow a bit…
Not many birds around here: the most interesting were a few Rooks. Not a great photo.
Treading on shells
I wanted to get some fox on snow pics…but all I managed was this one eating rotting scallop scraps.
Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 5 #13
Not a great pic but surely my last Steller’s until next winter. And it was Ol’ One-eye.
And just to show it wasn’t all geese, eagles and deer:
Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 2 #4
Late on the second day it started snowing like s**t…
Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 1 #7
The Mukawa area is well-known for its deer population. There are loads of them and for various reasons are beginning to pose a bit of a problem, a cull may be necessary to protect the trees for example. They are also a hazard for local traffic: we saw 3 of them dead on the road during our stay.
An opportunistic fox
This one likes seafood…
A late autumn trip #12
A mellow autumnal pic from the end of our trip.
Pika
Near Obihiro is a well-known spot for Pika………………….
My wife wanted to photograph them so we went up into the mountains where it is now freezing cold. Not many birds (Jay, Black Woodpecker and Crossbill only: none close enough for photos) but this Pika posed right by the side of the road.
East Hokkaido September Trip #7
The bears in Shiretoko were fantastic but otherwise it wasn’t such a great trip: we had a puncture, the campsite was crap, the hotel we booked was disappointing………………
But the bears made it worth it.
We ended up staying another night in a different hotel in Shiretoko as a typhoon was closing in and we abandoned plans to go camping at Kiritappu. We ended up there anywhere but that is another story……………….
East Hokkaido September Trip #6
This big male (?) was the highlight of the trip to Shiretoko.
Wow, it was huge.
East Hokkaido September Trip #5
Bears weren’t the only mammals around last week………………..