Very autumnal in Hakodate. Some birds around too: 3 Great Egret on the river near my place as well as Brown Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Hawfinch. Lots of common ducks around as well.
And the winter gulls are here…
Back in town
Category: Hokuto
A grey Sunday in late October
Winter birds are arriving…
Back near home
Pretty quiet near Hakodate yesterday…but a few waders were on the beach.
Black and White
There were 2 Arctic Skuas at Yakumo today: nice to see them up close even though the light was terrible.
This is obviously a dark morph!
And this isn’t!
And from last week: here’s a cormorant colour you don’t see every day.
A grey Thursday morning
Grey skies and grey birds this morning…
Russet Sparrow even lower
Finally at eye level…
And it had found a home for its family this spring…
Russet Sparrow down low
These are usually high up in the trees but this one stayed fairly low for a while…
The Narcs are back
I went to my fave local park late this afternoon. The light is much better in some spots than in the early morning but there weren’t many birds about. I did get my first narcissus Flycatcher of the year though.
Golden Week 2022 #28
Probably my last chance to photograph this species for a while…
Golden Week 2022 #26
Some of the commoner birds in the park this morning…
Golden Week 2022 #25
The Siberian Robin seems to have gone but the Brown-headed Thrush was in its favourite spot in the park this morning.
Golden Week 2022 #22
The Bluetail posed nicely as the sun got higher in the sky this morning…
