You have to admit they’re cute…
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #14
Category: Shikotsuko
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #13
Another common but cute bird…
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #12
Some other of the pool birds…
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #11
A family of Long-tailed Tits visited the pool…
The one above is an adult but the rest are juveniles.
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #10
We visited the forest pool in Chitose for a couple of hours…
A shy species, these are all females…
An early spring trip #9
Not many summer visitors around but there were quite a few of these…
An early spring trip #8
Noe called Warbling White-eye actually…
An early spring trip #7
Our campsite had quite a few birds. The Oriental Turtle Dove below was in front of our tent one morning.
There was also a noisy Brown Hawk Owl calling at night.
Plus various common woodland stuff…
An early spring trip #6
The most interesting species at the pool was this male Grey Bunting…
An early spring trip #5
A very common bird in Japan but it was a pool ‘tick’ for me. A male and a female…
An early spring trip #4
About a dozen species were on view…
An early spring trip #3
One specialty of the pool is Japanese Thrush. This first summer male and female both put in an appearance…
