Yakumo – Hakodate Birding

A failed Spoonbill chase

June 5, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Raptors, Yakumo

2 Eurasian Spoonbills were seen at Yakumo so we went for a look. I saw one standing in the middle of the river, went back to the car to get my camera (with 2X T/C attached) but the bird flew off. I snapped the above warbler and then got the portable 600 f/11 and walked around trying to relocate the spoonbill but no joy.

Quite a lot of birds around though…

A lens I struggle with for BIFs.

Other stuff around included Pacific Swift, Mandarin Duck, Garganey, White-fronted Goose, lots of singing Sakhalin Leaf Warblers, Common Cuckoo etc…

But no spoonbill pics.

Golden Week 2023 #2

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Geese, Wildfowl, Yakumo

A dreary overcast afternoon in Yakumo and hard work with the RF 600 f/11…

A pair of Garganey were present as were several Northern Shoveler, Great and Little Egret, Eurasian Curlew (presumably the same bird as 3 weeks ago) and about 200 White-fronts…

Up the beach

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 by Stuart Price, posted in Shorebirds, Yakumo

The curlew wasn’t the only wader around. There were also Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover and Northern Lapwing. Other stuff on Sunday at Yakumo included my first Barn Swallow of the year, my probable last local White-tailed eagle, lots of Whooper Swan, a lone White-front, lots of Common Gull and a few Glaucous too.