A quiet dark rainy day at Yakumo today but a Garganey is always a nice find in this part of the world…
Golden Week 2022 #8
Category: Wildfowl
Golden Week 2022 #7
Getting photos of this species has become a bit of an obsession of mine. And this weekend was probably my last chance before they head north for the summer…
Some spring wildfowl
There were 3 Garganey on one of the local rivers. Always a nice find.
And this lone Bewick’s Swan was in the same place…
The last port Call
I won’t be heading up to Oshamambe/Yakumo for a couple of weeks and by then the ports will probably be empty of ducks as they will have headed north…
Yesterday both Black Scoter and Great Scaup were abundant.
Summer colours
Only 1 Long-tailed Duck remained in the port but it was in breeding plumage…
Sunset Scoters
Some closer-than-usual Stejneger’s Scoters from a couple of days ago…
Still not that close though.
More Black Scoters…
These were absolutely everywhere at the weekend…
An arrival and a passer-through
Quite a few Ospreys around now.
Only a few swans passing through:
I got my first Mandarin Duck of the year and other seasonal arrivals included Bull-headed Shrike, lots of Skylarks and Oriental Turtle Doves, groups of Eastern Buzzard on their way north, flocks of noisy Common Gull…
Windy in the ports
It was a bit rough in the ports at the weekend…
But the eerie wailing of Black Scoters was everywhere.
Some more 1000mm shots
This rather scruffy partially moulted male Long-tailed Duck posed nicely…
Some 1000mm shots
Some nice light so I used the 2X teleconverter…
Still too far!
Why don’t they come close like their relatives?
