We spent a dark grey Sunday unsuccessfully looking for the Brown Bear I'd seen earlier in the week..............
We did see several Crested Kingfisher. Mandarin Duck and a White-backed Woodpecker in the same place but the bear didn't make an appearance at all.
At Yakumo and Oshamanbe there was the above lone Red-necked Stint, Pacific Swift, 3 Intermediate Egret and several Great Egret, several species of duck including Harlequin Duck, Black Scoter, Scaup, Shoveler, Pintail and Wigeon.
Quite a few raptors were around including the last Osprey, Common Buzzard, Northern Goshawk and these 2: a Sparrowhawk and juvenile Peregrine.
There were a few common passerine migrants (mainly Japanese Bush Warbler and Black-faced Bunting) including a Black-browed Reed Warbler and (I think) a female or immature Siberian Rubythroat.
Hakodate was quiet last week except for a Falcated Duck in among the commoner duck species a few days ago at Kamiiso.
"No Bear" - perhaps that's a good thing !
ReplyDeleteBut I wanted a photo of one...........
DeleteI saw a Hokkaido Brown bear in Ueno zoo when I first came to Japan. It was a good place to photograph it. Sounds like you have lots of exciting birds already in Hakodate. Great pics of the two raptors.
ReplyDeleteThanks Russell. the bear wasn't there today either.............
DeleteI like that shot of the Sparrowhawk Stu. Maybe it's best you didn't come face to face with that bear. Remember the guy in India who wanted nice pics of a Tiger?
ReplyDeleteWe were sitting in the car with the engine running...............
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