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Last of the Rosy Finch

February 20, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

I may not see any more until next winter…

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More Rosy Finches

February 20, 2022February 20, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

More pics of the Asian Rosy Finch striking poses on the beach…

Asian Rosy Finch
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Port Staples

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara, Wildfowl
Harlequin Duck

The ports are very quiet this winter: not many ducks, grebes or even gulls.

But one port had some Harlequins.

Harlequin Duck
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Rosy on the Snow and black sand

February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

Volcanic sand of course…

Nice background when it went to the top of the dunes…

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Peregrine atop stump

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Raptors, Sawara
Peregrine

I bumped into someone else birding and he said he’d seen Pine Bunting and Lapland Bunting. It was a big area and although I spent 2 or 3 hours searching I couldn’t find them.

I did find this absurdly tame Peregrine. Maybe it had scared off the small birds?

What the f**k is that red thing? God knows.

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A bit more natural

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

The Rosy Finches left the port so i checked some of the local beaches and found this lone one in somewhat nicer surroundings…

Asian Rosy Finch

It was foraging in the snow free areas…

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Rosy Finches on machinery

February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

Not the greatest backdrop but there were a dozen or so Asian Rosy Finches in one the ports nearby…

Asian Rosy Finch

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Some Harlequins

February 13, 2022February 13, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara, Wildfowl
Harlequin Duck

I was trying to photograph some skittish Asian Rosy Finch with no luck.

Luckily there were some Harlequin Ducks in the area…

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The last ones

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

The final Asian Rosy Finch pics from last weekend…………..

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And again

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

The Rosy Finches put on a bit of a show…………

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More Rosy Finches

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

Some more from last weekend………..

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A lot

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Sawara
Asian Rosy Finch

I took a lot of Asian Rosy Finch pictures last Sunday………..

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