A couple more shots from my walk this morning: a male Daurian Redstart and a Long-tailed Tit.
Some neighborhood birds #2
Tag: Daurian Redstart
Birdless
A Daurian Redstart near my apartment from quite a few years ago. Some winters there are many small birds in town but not this year. I haven’t seen this species since November (it is usually a common winter visitor) and there are no Waxwings, winter finches or buntings.
No car last few days so I was stuck in town. There were 6 species of duck on the river at the weekend as well as Coot, Grey Heron and Great Egret but the only passerines of note were a handful of Dusky Thrush, several Eastern Great Tit and a lone Varied Tit. It is pretty cold (although not unusually so) and very icy underfoot: not ideal for walking around Hakodate looking to find any small birds.