Grey-tailed Tattler – Hakodate Birding

A Wader in the Wind

April 29, 2020 by Stuart Price, posted in Hokuto, Shorebirds

Still quiet birdwise and today was very windy………

Nothing interesting blown in but there was a lone Grey-tailed Tattler to the west of town. This is is the commonest spring wader in south Hokkaido.

Still slow

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Stuart Price, posted in Hokuto, Shorebirds

Spring migration is still very slow. The calm sunny weather over the last couple of weeks might have meant most of the migrants have passed straight through. Today near my apartment there was a lone Asian Brown Flycatcher and yesterday in the west of town there were 2 Grey-tailed Tattler, 1 Brent Goose, I Goosander, 1 Wigeon and 1 Vega Gull.

I’ve also done something to my leg/back that is making walking difficult. It’s been present on and off for several weeks now. Probably sciatica and hopefully time will heal it…………..

Tattlers

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamanbe, Shorebirds

There were loads of Grey-tailed Tattlers around this Sunday. This is the default medium sized passage wader in Japan………

Theye were everywhere today. I checked them all for Wandering Tattlers (a scarce bird here and a would be lifer) but nothing doing there…….