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LTDIFs

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck

Apart from this one spot today there were not many photo opps. Only 2 eagles around (both White-taileds) in the whole day. Not much else either. No small birds (apart from Dusky Thrush) around anywhere so far in 2023.

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Sore?

February 6, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black Scoter
Black Scoter

How the hell do they digest these? It must hurt coming out of whatever end it comes out of…

Lots of Black Scoter around today.

Black Scoter
Black Scoter
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Some Long-tails

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck

Always one of the most photogenic birds of winter…

There were 2 females and 1 male in this particular spot…

Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck
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Snowbound

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe
Red-throated Diver

A lot of snow this winter…

It’s difficult to walk around Hakodate and even on the coast where we were today the walkways in the ports are piled high with snow and unpassable.

Fortunately some birds came close in one of the ports…like this Red-throated Diver.

Red-throated Diver
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More of the Stej

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Stejneger’s Scoter

I won’t get as close as this for a while…

Stejneger’s Scoter
Stejneger’s Scoter
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A bit closer

January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Stejneger’s Scoter

This species is usually offshore just out of camera range but on Sunday there was a pair in the port.

Not so close it’s true but much closer than usual.

As you can see the Eye AF chose the male. Can’t think why…

Stejneger’s Scoter
Stejneger’s Scoter
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A noisy morning

January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Raptors
White-tailed Eagle

We slept in the car Sunday night so as to be in Oshamanbe early in the morning.

High high ISO here…

White-tailed Eagle

Helps if birds are white…

Glaucous Gull
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Black, white and grey

January 17, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Gulls, Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black-throated Diver

A dark, grey snowy Sunday with some common winter birds to match…

Black Scoter
Glaucous-winged Gull
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Some LTDs

January 16, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long-tailed Duck

A dark snowy Sunday was not ideal for photos but 3 of the ports had Long-tailed Ducks…

Long-tailed Duck

Always love photographing these in winter, even in poor light like yesterday.

Long-tailed Duck
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A preener

October 18, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Shorebirds
Dunlin
Dunlin
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October Dunlins

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Shorebirds
Dunlin

There were a few Dunlin on the beach in Oshamanbe…

Whether these were part of the small wintering flock there or others just passing through I don’t know.

Dunlin
Dunlin
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The way home

September 21, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Shorebirds
Sanderling

There weren’t many waders in Mukawa but on the way home the flock of Sanderlings near Oshamanbe was in their usual place.

And the Kentish Plovers from last week were still around.

Kentish Plover
Kentish Plover
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