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Golden Week 2022 #8

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Wildfowl, Yakumo
Garganey

A quiet dark rainy day at Yakumo today but a Garganey is always a nice find in this part of the world…

Garganey
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Golden Week 2022 #7

May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Stejneger’s Scoter

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…

Stejneger’s Scoter
Stejneger’s Scoter
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Some spring wildfowl

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Hokuto, Wildfowl
Garganey

There were 3 Garganey on one of the local rivers. Always a nice find.

Garganey

And this lone Bewick’s Swan was in the same place…

Bewick’s Swan
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The last port Call

April 11, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black Scoter

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.

Great Scaup
Black Scoter
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Summer colours

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long tailed Duck

Only 1 Long-tailed Duck remained in the port but it was in breeding plumage…

Long-tailed Duck
Long tailed Duck
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Sunset Scoters

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Wildfowl, Yakumo
Stejneger’s Scoter

Some closer-than-usual Stejneger’s Scoters from a couple of days ago…

Stejneger’s Scoter

Still not that close though.

Stejneger’s Scoter
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More Black Scoters…

April 4, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black Scoter

These were absolutely everywhere at the weekend…

Black Scoter
Black Scoter
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An arrival and a passer-through

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Raptors, Wildfowl
Osprey

Quite a few Ospreys around now.

Only a few swans passing through:

Whooper Swan

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…

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Windy in the ports

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Black Scoter

It was a bit rough in the ports at the weekend…

But the eerie wailing of Black Scoters was everywhere.

Black Scoter
Black Scoter
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Some more 1000mm shots

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long-tailed Duck

This rather scruffy partially moulted male Long-tailed Duck posed nicely…

Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck
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Some 1000mm shots

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Long-tailed Duck

Some nice light so I used the 2X teleconverter…

Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
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Still too far!

March 31, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Wildfowl
Stejneger’s Scoter
Stejneger’s Scoter

Why don’t they come close like their relatives?

Black Scoter
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