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2021 Late Winter Trip #17

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

Damn twigs in the way……………..

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
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2021 Late Winter Trip #16

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
White-fronted Goose x Snow Goose?

Some of the geese at Mukawa were hybrids………..

Cackling Goose x White-fronted Goose?
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2021 Late Winter Trip #15

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
White-fronted Goose

More White-fronts from last week…………

White-fronted Goose
White-fronted Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #14

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Cackling Goose

Until just under 2 years ago I had never seen Cackling Goose or Snow Goose in Japan.

Now I just can’t stop seeing them all over the place…………

Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #13

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

There were a small group of White-tailed Eagles on the beach near the port in Mukawa………….

This one was in the port itself.

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
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2021 Late Winter Trip #12

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Mukawa
Glaucous Gull

There’s a reason gulls hang around fishing ports

Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull
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2021 Late Winter Trip #11

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Cackling Goose

These shots were with the 500 f4 and 2X teleconverter on the R5: surprisingly useable………..

Cackling Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #10

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Snow Goose

There were also about 40 Snow Geese in the goose flocks…………..

Snow Goose

But as I said before it was 99% Whitefronts………..

White-fronted Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #9

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Cackling Goose

There were a few Cackling Geese in among the Whitefronts………….

Cackling Goose
Cackling Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #8

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
Harlequin Duck

It wasn’t only geese in Mukawa…………….

Japanese Cranes have recently appeared in the area too and have been breeding for a while.

Japanese Crane
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2021 Late Winter Trip #7

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Wildfowl
White-fronted Goose

About 95% of the goose flocks in Mukawa seemed to be White-fronted Goose. This is by far the most numerous wintering goose in Japan with most of them in northern Honshu. They pass through Hokkaido in spring and autumn.

White-fronted Goose
White-fronted Goose
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2021 Late Winter Trip #6

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors
Steller’s Sea Eagle

There were still quite a few eagles around the Mukawa area. Some of the White-tailed Eagles are resident, others are presumably winter visitors or passing through. The Steller’s are definitely not resident.

White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
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