Peregrine – Hakodate Birding

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April 25, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Raptors, Yakumo

A Peregrine at Yakumo yesterday…

Late Winter Trip 2022 Day 4 #1

March 22, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Mukawa, Raptors, Wildfowl

Day #4 was a quiet one…we allowed ourselves to sleep in even.

These Black Scoters were in the port at Mukawa.

And this Peregrine was atop a post wondering if it a goose was too big to nab or not.

Peregrine atop stump

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Raptors, Sawara

I bumped into someone else birding and he said he’d seen Pine Bunting and Lapland Bunting. It was a big area and although I spent 2 or 3 hours searching I couldn’t find them.

I did find this absurdly tame Peregrine. Maybe it had scared off the small birds?

What the f**k is that red thing? God knows.

Some small birds at last

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Raptors

This male Pine Bunting was one of several interesting small birds at the weekend: the Snow Bunting of course but also Long-tailed Rosefinch, a flock of 7 Asian Rosy Finch and a couple of small flocks of Siberian Meadow Bunting.

Hope they have their wits about them…

More urban raptors

January 24, 2022 by Stuart Price, posted in Oshamambe, Raptors

Some urban bokeh from the weekend…

A grey Christmas Eve

December 25, 2021December 25, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Raptors

It was a dark cold christmas eve….

We were east of town checking on the Steller’s Sea Eagle which takes up residence there every winter. It was there but sat on a tree on the mountainside doing nothing. A Mountain Hawk-Eagle put in a brief appearance at least.

The port was quiet but this Pelagic Cormorant popped up close.

We stayed at a hotel on a nearby cape…

Another wet Sunday

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 by Stuart Price, posted in Esan, Raptors, Woodpeckers

Still really mild. We were out east today: a few interesting things around but not great for photography. The above Peregrine posed nicely and there were also several White-tailed Eagle around, a lone Mountain Hawk-Eagle and 000’s of Black-legged Kittiwakes offshore.

Here’s a common local species: you can see it’s a male by the red flash on its head.