A nice find near my apartment this afternoon. Although it flew off before I could get a decent pic…
A local Wryneck
Category: Hakodate
Back?
Oriental Reed Warblers used to be common on the river near my apartment, about 7 or 8 singing males or so, but they completely disappeared a couple of years ago.
3 have been singing this spring. At separate locations and not often. Is it just 1 bird moving around? Are they just migrants passing through?
A walk along the river
I was surprised to see a pair of Hawfinch taking a bath in the river near my apartment…don’t really see this species much in summer.
There were other birds bathing too:
And using the river’s other facilities..
Other stuff around included lone singing Japanese Bush Warblers and Oriental Reed Warblers (both probably just passing through), Bull-headed Shrike, Asian House Martin and Masked Buntings.
Plus the usual…
Starlings in the gloom
A grey overcast day…
Several Japanese Bush Warbler and a couple of Masked Buntings were singing on the riverside near my apartment. The only passage migrant was a lone Asian Brown Flycatcher.
The Chestnut-cheeked Starlings add a bit of east Asian exotica though.
It moved
The Night Heron had moved to another section of the river yesterday.
A grey Sunday afternoon in the neighbourhood
Some archetypal small brown birds passing through town…
And our local summer starlings…
A local walk
This Night Heron was a nice find on the river near my apartment today.
I’d only been away for a few days and the amount of new greenery is astonishing.
No passage migrants (apart from a lone Dusky Thrush). Common birds only: Bull-headed Shrike, Asian House Martin, Masked Bunting and other even commoner stuff.
Golden Week 2023 #5
The neighbourhood has been pretty quiet birdwise in 2022 and 2023 and this Golden Week has been no exception. But some of the coommon species are worth taking time to appreciate…
Shrikes, even a common one like this, are still exotic in my eyes.
Friday short stroll
Another quick stroll, another day with no interesting birds but nice light and it’s fun to use such a tiny 600mm lens…
Another short stroll
Another short stroll with the RF 600 f/11. Before Hakodate City chopped down most of the riparian bushes/trees there were often interesting birds passing through in spring. Not much around today: the above singing Masked Bunting being the most noteworthy…
A quick stroll
2 not very interesting birds from a short stroll this afternoon. I was trying to photograph my first Chestnut-cheeked Starlings of the year but they kept flying off.
Always Dusky Thrush around in spring as well as the ubiquitous Brown-eared Bulbuls.
It was overcast and I was using the RF 600 f/11 again. ISO 1600, I’m too lazy to open Topaz DeNoise for these common birds…plus the new Lightroom AI noise function isn’t that great so I didn’t use that either.
A common one
Not many birds in town. A few Dusky Thrush and the odd Bull-headed Shrike passing through.
Lots of Oriental Greenfinches have arrived for summer and their song is everywhere. The above is a female, this one is a male…
