This species was very common but difficult to get close to although this individual was fairly tame.
Most shots were from distance…
This species was very common but difficult to get close to although this individual was fairly tame.
Most shots were from distance…
We took a short trip to the Tokachi area last week…
The weather was not great at first; rain and thick fog…
But the fog lifted finally…
Another Hokkaido LBJ specialty…
One of the commonest birds on the capes and grasslands in east/north Hokkaido…
At our campsite and the wild flower grassland spot Siberian Rubythroats seemed a lot less common than I remember…
Still a lot of Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler at least…
A Middendorff’s Warbler showing itself at Omusaro last week……………
Kiritappu is well-known for summer fog but the first 2 days we were there the weather wasn’t too bad…………….and on the second afternoon the sun even came out.
Another common bird on the capes and grasslands in east Hokkaido is Middendorff’s Warbler. They usually skulk in the grass and occasionally energe for a short soong flight. This one at Kiritappu obviously didn’t get the memo…….