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.
LTDIFs
Category: Oshamambe
Sore?
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.
Some Long-tails
Always one of the most photogenic birds of winter…
There were 2 females and 1 male in this particular spot…
Snowbound
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.
More of the Stej
I won’t get as close as this for a while…
A bit closer
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…
A noisy morning
We slept in the car Sunday night so as to be in Oshamanbe early in the morning.
High high ISO here…
Helps if birds are white…
Black, white and grey
A dark, grey snowy Sunday with some common winter birds to match…
Some LTDs
A dark snowy Sunday was not ideal for photos but 3 of the ports had Long-tailed Ducks…
Always love photographing these in winter, even in poor light like yesterday.
A preener
October Dunlins
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.
The way home
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.
