Some more birds snapped whilst waiting in vain for the Brown Shrikes to come closer…
Midsummer Trip 2024 #9
Tag: Wryneck
Golden Week 2024 #27
Dreadful day for photos in the park this morning. Quite a few interesting birds; Green Sandpiper, Eyebrowed Thrush, Common Crossbill, Oriental Cuckoo plus all the usual stuff.
This Wryneck played hide and seek with me. It won.
More birdscaping…
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #6
There were several Siberian Rubythroat singing (shame about the lighting) and as you can see this was one was ringed.
The Brown Shrikes didn’t come close again but the Wrynecks were some compensation.
Midsummer Road Trip 2023 #5
We planned to go back to the Brown Shrike location at sunrise the next day to get better lighting…
But it was foggy and we were tired after the first night in the car so we slept in at the hotel. By the time we got to the spot the harsh bright sunshine had returned.
There was pair of Wryneck at least.
Shame about the lighting. Very soft images.
A local Wryneck
A nice find near my apartment this afternoon. Although it flew off before I could get a decent pic…
Golden Week 2022 #5
A crappy record shot but only my 3rd ever sighting of Temminck’s Stint (and my first in breeding plumage). There were 2 of them at Yakumo. Other passage waders around the last couple of days included Wood Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Pacific Golden Plover and Whimbrel.
At the same place as the stints were a fishing osprey and a calling Wryneck…
A long day trip #2
There was a Wryneck nest right next to a road………….
Fizzled Out
Yesterday was a grey misty Sunday. The spring migration season has just about fizzled out: a bit of a quiet one this year.
Some muted birds on a somewhat muted day.
Other stuff around included Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, lots of Grey-tailed Tattlers, a small flock of Falcated Duck, Eastern Marsh Harrier and newly arrived Black-browed Reed Warblers.