Damn twigs in the way……………..
2021 Late Winter Trip #17
Category: Mukawa
2021 Late Winter Trip #16
Some of the geese at Mukawa were hybrids………..
2021 Late Winter Trip #15
More White-fronts from last week…………
2021 Late Winter Trip #14
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…………
2021 Late Winter Trip #13
There were a small group of White-tailed Eagles on the beach near the port in Mukawa………….
This one was in the port itself.
2021 Late Winter Trip #12
There’s a reason gulls hang around fishing ports
2021 Late Winter Trip #11
These shots were with the 500 f4 and 2X teleconverter on the R5: surprisingly useable………..
2021 Late Winter Trip #10
There were also about 40 Snow Geese in the goose flocks…………..
But as I said before it was 99% Whitefronts………..
2021 Late Winter Trip #9
There were a few Cackling Geese in among the Whitefronts………….
2021 Late Winter Trip #8
It wasn’t only geese in Mukawa…………….
Japanese Cranes have recently appeared in the area too and have been breeding for a while.
2021 Late Winter Trip #7
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.
2021 Late Winter Trip #6
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.
