The local Steller’s Sea Eagle sat in its tree all day out east and the Mountain Hawk-Eagle made a very distant fleeting appearance only.
Several rather scruffy White-tailed Eagles came a bit closer………….
Not much in the port: a few gulls, common ducks and this Black-necked Grebe.
Some White-tailed Eagles from a few miles outside town this morning………………
There were 4 of them on a river west of town.
Also around were Japanese Wagtail, Great Egret, Sparrowhawk, Whooper Swan, Brambling and Long-tailed Rosefinch. On the sea there were hundreds of Great Crested Grebe and thousands of Common Gull………….
Out east is a good place to see Mountain Hawk-Eagles and there were 3 of them: 2 adults and 1 juvenile (above).
There were also at least 7 White-tailed Eagles around too. Not as tame or as photogenic as Yakumo………….
The road was absolutely horrible: it’s really wintry here at the moment.
Some White-tailed Eagles from Yakumo: the first two are immatures.
And this is an adult:
We stayed in Yakumo one night but the weather wasn’t so good. Not vintage photos………….
The light on Monday was not quite good enough for BIFs………….
Crows (in this case a Large-billed Crow) are constantly pestering the eagles as they feed……………
This White-tailed Eagle was almost in the middle of town…………….
It’s been extremely cold this week. Minus 14 the other night: our door froze shut!
Yakumo was very wintry today.
We got up very early on Sunday hoping for some nice eagle action at Yakumo but it was all a bit underwhelming with none really posing for the camera………….
Still quite a few Eagles around today. They are dotted randomly up and down the coast………..
Not many Eagles at Yakumo anymore but Oshamanbe had a few.
These could have been great photos but this was pretty much the only part of the day when the sun went behind a cloud and my settings were all wrong. Not even my fault: the rubber ring on the top dial of my camera is too loose meaning sometimes it is impossible to quickly change things like ISO and shutter speed. So they were way underexposed and lifting the shadows too much is never good on a photo (especially on cameras with older Canon sensors).
The 7D M2 has 2 dials and I use a grip (where the main dial is fine) but……….still, annoying.
Just before the light was great too………
