tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-870286642311084552024-03-13T11:44:10.918+09:00Hakodate BirdingA birding blog from south Hokkaido, Japan.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.comBlogger1827125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-55928736182804975312018-12-28T23:30:00.003+09:002019-03-22T19:09:43.807+09:00The Last Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So this is the end: my last ever post on this blog. My new blog is <a href="http://www.hakodatebirding.com/blog/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<a name='more'></a>After almost exactly 12 years I've decided to wind up this blog. There are various reasons for doing this: one of the main ones being I felt it was getting very repetitive. It was also turning into a bit of a chore and now seems a good time to gently put it to rest.<br />
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I'll be moving over to a wordpress site. I'll go for quality rather than quantity this time. I hope to build a decent website with blog, galleries and other pages but it'll take a while for me to figure it all out. The blog part at least should be active from January 1st 2019. I will continue with <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stellaceagle/" target="_blank">my flickr page</a> for reasonably prompt photo updates.<br />
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I will leave this blog as is, frozen in time, assuming google continues to offer it for free. So the spelling mistakes and poor grammar, ID errors as well as the low resolution photos/broken links from the early days will remain too............<br />
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Thanks to the regular readers/commenters who have visited the blog over the years. John in Hong Kong, Russell in Japan , Phil on the Fylde, Margaret in Ireland and also people who used to visit in the past like Ayuwat in Thailand, Stuart in Scotland, Mark in Ireland and others I've forgotten to mention or whose real names I don't know.<br />
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Thanks also to people who I've been birding with over the last 12 years: Especially Hideki Kato, Dan Roberts, Franck Ambrosini whose company I always enjoy and others I've introduced to my hobby and have generously driven me around on occasion like Toshio Tanaka and Tomohiro Katayama. And the people I've met through the blog like Megumi and Tony from London<br />
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Biggest thanks of all goes to my long suffering wife who has driven me around Hokkaido and let me spend lots of money on expensive gear without it all leading to divorce or worse. And also thanks to my parents back in England and other friends there who have taken me to birding places on my visits back to the UK.<br />
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Here is one photo from each of the 12 years..................<br />
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A Varied Tit at Onuma.<br />
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2008:<br />
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A Long-tailed Tit near Hakodate.<br />
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2009:<br />
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A Common Crossbill in Hakodate.<br />
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2010:<br />
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A Red-cheeked Starling in Hakodate.<br />
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2011:<br />
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A Long-toed Stint near Hakodate.<br />
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2012:<br />
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A Narcissus Flycatcher in Hakodate.<br />
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2013:<br />
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A Mugimaki Flycatcher in Onuma.<br />
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A Gyrfalcon in Sawara.<br />
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A White-tailed Eagle in Yakumo.<br />
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An Osprey in Kikonai<br />
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A Steller's Sea Eagle in Yakumo.<br />
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A Japanese Waxwing in Hakodate.<br />
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So thanks again for people who took time out to read or comment over the last 12 years.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-65864847709056876202018-12-27T20:58:00.001+09:002018-12-28T22:16:50.784+09:00Last Eagles of 2018............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was probably my last trip up to Yakumo this calendar year...........<br />
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They are visiting Japan from Hong Kong and Mike is a keen birder who wanted to see Steller's Sea Eagle for the first time.<br />
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And see them we did.<br />
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I thought I had found another lifer for Mike. Solitary Snipe. I thought I saw 2 (!) of them in the morning before we picked them up and amazingly a single (ahem) Solitary Snipe was at the same creek in Onuma on the way home............only later on to discover they were in fact just Woodcock. In my defence I though Woodcock were only summer visitors to Hokkaido. And they were flushed from a semi frozen stream..............a last birdingfail for 2018.<br />
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A Great Egret on the river today, lost in contemplation in the snow.........<br />
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Not much else around though. the Black-crowned Night Heron was cowering under a bush. No small birds anywhere except for a few sTree Sparrows.............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-9582625480787940632018-12-26T00:01:00.000+09:002018-12-26T00:01:10.831+09:00On this day (December 26th)....................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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December 26th 2010.<br />
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A Ruff at Martinmere 8 years ago today. I was back in the UK for a christmas visit and arrived to find the whole country frozen.<br />
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I've only seen this species 3 times in Japan.............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-48322260893790049522018-12-24T19:50:00.000+09:002018-12-24T19:50:21.981+09:00Some Christmas Eagles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I already feel unhealthy and bloated after a couple of heavy nights, I'll be a wreck by Boxing Day.</div>
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A final batch of photos from the last year.................<br />
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The year is almost over.............<br />
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<a name='more'></a>I took a quick walk along the river to see if the Great Egrets were still around. They weren't (today at least) but 2 of their relatives were. the above immature Black-crowned Night Heron and this very grumpy looking immature Grey Heron............<br />
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Nothing else at all.............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-83870515317923668322018-12-20T20:38:00.001+09:002018-12-20T20:38:20.403+09:00A Slav<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Slavonian Grebe just west of town this afternoon. Not much else about: a few Whooper Swans, the usual wildfowl including Black Scoter, Black-necked Grebe, Glaucous and Glaucous-winged Gulls and Great Egret............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-57928738606762745782018-12-17T20:06:00.002+09:002018-12-17T20:06:42.119+09:00Mild weather returns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a lot of snow last week it was mild again today.............<br />
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There seems to be plenty of food for them this winter................<br />
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Other stuff at Yakumo included Crested Kingfisher and the usual common winter stuff. At Onuma there was a flock of Rustic Bunting and a few Hawfinches. Ar Esan yesterday it was raining and the only birds of note were a couple of Mountain Hawk Eagles high in the sky, a few Harlequin Ducks and a lone White-tailed Eagle.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-37623283599623276772018-12-14T19:20:00.001+09:002018-12-14T19:20:52.962+09:00An early winter Friday afternoon........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There were 2 Great Egrets on the river today................<br />
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There have been quite a few Salmon in the (very) small river this year, Several were stll alive but this dead one provided a big meal for a Slaty-backed Gull.<br />
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Not many small birds about at all. Certainly no winter visitors yet............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-52000409015990154052018-12-13T17:21:00.000+09:002018-12-13T17:21:00.245+09:002018 winding down...........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Freezing temperatures and a big dump of snow in town this week. Not many birds though. The above Great Egret was still on the river but not much else.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-42694298466926334412018-12-10T17:44:00.001+09:002018-12-10T17:44:23.704+09:00An icy Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Marsh Tit at Onuma this afternoon. Another cold snowy day added to a hospital visit in the morning meant not much birding. Other stuff at Onuma included Smew and the usual wildfowl, White-tailed Eagle, Great Egret and a male Black Woodpecker..........<br />
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After a very mild few weeks winter arrived with a flourish this weekend.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-7198352038008026142018-12-09T20:16:00.001+09:002018-12-09T20:16:14.133+09:00Winter 2018 finally arrives...........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Freezing temperatures, icy roads and blizzards hit Hakodate as winter belatedly showed its face..................<br />
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The above Whooper Swan was at Onuma. Not many birds around at all today: the most interesting were a couple of Yellow-throated Buntings. No rare ducks at Onuma: just lots of Mallard with a few Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Coot and Little Grebe. A couple of Great Egret were still around but the forest was very quiet.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-64772494564768530782018-12-06T22:23:00.000+09:002018-12-06T22:23:00.758+09:00Before the snow............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the Great Egrets near my apartment yesterday. Not many birds about at all. A female Goosander and the usual sparrows and crows................<br />
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It has turned cold finally and snow flurries were in the air today. Snow and freezing temperatures are forecast this weekend. Hopefully the birds will start moving............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-77514761651857630772018-12-05T09:00:00.000+09:002018-12-05T09:00:02.980+09:00Some Eagle BIFs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The eagles are slowly getting more approachable. Though of course they still generally fly off..........<br />
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These are all Stellers Sea Eagles, the middle one is an immature.<br />
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The Stellers seem to be outnumbering the White-taileds this year. Here's an adult White-tailed at least.<br />
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We were concentrating on the eagles. Not much else around. A few groups of Whooper Swans (one of which included 2 White-fronted Geese), Crested Kingfisher, the usual ducks and gulls,Eastern Buzzard, Great Egret, Brown Dipper, Japanese Wagtail and White-backed Woodpecker.<br />
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We found fresh bear tracks in the snow upstream and the remains of the Salmon it had been eating.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-67109387081858776062018-12-04T09:47:00.000+09:002018-12-04T09:47:25.067+09:00A roadside Eagle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was very mild on Monday, warm in fact and we were up in Yakumo..........<br />
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Here's a more typical view............<br />
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<br />Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-25834764077068936742018-12-03T18:42:00.000+09:002018-12-03T18:42:25.976+09:00Another Black Woodpecker post............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Sunday we were in Onuma again................<br />
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Believe it or not that branch it was hannering against broke off and fell to the ground with an almighty crash. The Woodpecker was as surprised as me and flew off back into the forest................Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-50005413307689673642018-12-02T23:29:00.000+09:002018-12-02T23:29:32.680+09:00Quiet Ports<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The mild weather continued Sunday............<br />
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The sea was very quiet although I did see 3 Ancient Murrelet flying offshore.<br />
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It was nice to see the Red-necked Grebe at least. this is a species I don't get to photograph so often.<br />
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Shame it stayed in the middle of the port..............<br />
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Some more pics from Onuma last Friday.........<br />
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They were foraging in the leaf litter after the overnight snow had melted...........<br />
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This is the local race of Eurasian Nuthatch................<br />
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And this is a Varied Tit.............<br />
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This little group of birds has been around since before I started this blog (so over 12 years). Their forebears were extremely tame but now only 1 individual Varied Tit comes to the hand to take seeds. Probably a good thing.<br />
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In addition there were 5 species of Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Winter Wren, Hawfinch, Eastern Great and Long-tailed Tits, flocks of Brambling and Dusky Thrush on the move, large rafts of Goosander, plenty of Coot,Whooper Swan, Great Egret, Goshawk and 2 White-tailed Eagles.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-85053109951553442782018-12-01T13:08:00.000+09:002018-12-01T13:08:07.731+09:00All Five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All 5 local Woodpecker species were present in Onuma yesterday............<br />
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This is a male White-backed Woodpecker..............<br />
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And this is a female Black Woodpecker...............<br />
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And this is a Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker...............<br />
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Grey-headed and Great-spotted Woodpeckers were also around but I couldn't get any photos of them.................Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-62169064870187112872018-11-29T00:30:00.000+09:002018-11-29T00:30:07.315+09:00On this day (November 29th).................<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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November 29th 2015.<br />
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A Ural Owl 3 years ago today in Onuma.<br />
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This was taken with a full frame camera and I think it looks rather nice.............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-27533546783707645222018-11-28T00:13:00.000+09:002018-11-28T00:13:37.569+09:00An afternoon Egret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Great Egret on the river near my apartment yesterday afternoon. There are several at this time of year..............<br />
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I can remember being excited by seeing egrets of any kind. The first one I ever saw was this species: in California in 1981. My first in the UK was a Little Egret in 1987. I've seen loads around the world since then of course (and this species seems well established in the UK now) but they still seem exotic to me even now.<br />
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Not much else around. A lone female Goosander and 7 Black Kite. the latter is a very common bird in Japan but over the last few years they seem to have become much scarcer in the skies above town. These birds looked like they were heading south in what must surely be the last real mild weather of the season............Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-30426404894408002822018-11-27T09:33:00.000+09:002018-11-27T09:33:24.703+09:00Autumnal Eagles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Eagles at Yakumo are still skittish and mostly distant but at least they looked nice in the autumnal light............<br />
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It was mild. Warm even. And clear blue skies.............<br />
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At the rivermouth there were theusual 7 species of gull including the white-winged ones............<br />
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After freezing temperatures and snow a couple of days ago the weather became mild again............<br />
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I wish it had been perched on a rock or something..............<br />
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Not much else up there. Whooper Swan, Great Egret and the usual ducks and gulls.Stuart Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10103599639814558640noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87028664231108455.post-43147074456645491962018-11-25T19:10:00.002+09:002018-11-25T19:10:31.645+09:00Eagles in the mist...............<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Up in Yakumo this morning it was very misty................<br />
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It was very quiet everywhere birdwise. A female Smew at Onuma and a Red-necked Grebe in Hakodate were the most noteworthy species. Otherwise just common stuff like this Great Egret at Onuma.............<br />
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And this Glaucous-winged Gull near Hakodate...........<br />
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