It was the tail-end of yet another typhoon...........
A friend and fellow birder was passing through town and we took a long hungover walk down the river, along the beach and finally up to the cape.
It was very windy and there were some spectacular waves. A few birds around as well.
The Northern Shoveler above was probably the same one I'd seen earlier in the week. There were 3 species of heron on the river including this Great Egret.
Other stuff included a few flycatchers (probably Asian Brown but we couldn't get a clear look) and a lone Common Kingfisher.
Sadly there were no stormblown seabirds but there was 1 interesting visitor...........
A very skittish Eurasian Oystercatcher: a fairly scarce bird in south Hokkaido and only the 3rd one I'd seen in town.
They're great birds.... I recall seeing the NZ ones standing around on traffic islands.
ReplyDeleteNice. My first bids in Australia was Caspian Tern in the middle of a roundabout........
DeleteWow! I've only seen oyster catchers in Australia. Didn't realise they would be up here.
ReplyDeleteI think they're reasonably common in Honshu actually...........
Deleteactually Oiks are pretty scarce in Honshu and indeed in E Asia in general. Just a few places where they can be seen regularly in Japan. Biggest number I’ve ever seen together is around 30 in Tokyo Bay and also Nagoya, as well as a few in Kyushu
ReplyDeleteOh I thought they were getting commoner, did I read that somewhere? I have seen small groups of them in east Hokkaido. Definitely way way less numerous than in the UK though.
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