Birds in the litter..........

Some more pics from Onuma last Friday.........

2018 Eagles arrived...............

The eagles have started arriving for the winter..................

Another early morning in Onuma...........

Another early Sunday rise saw us in Onuma again...............

Hoarding

One of the disadvantages of having cheap external hard drives with lots of space is the accumulation of thousands of photos...............

Last shots from the pool

The last batch of shots from the pool near Shikotsuko............

Another slow weekend

The wintry weather is unrelenting this December...............

An autumn camping trip

We just got back from a 2 night camping trip..................

Miscellaneous late March birds............

Some more shots from Friday...........................

Some common locals

The common local residents were present in Onuma earlier in the week...........

The residents

Some of the local residents at Onuma yesterday afternoon......................

Quiet end to Christmas..........

Crappy weather and a wife under the weather meant little birding..................

A quiet Monday

A very low-key Monday....................

A hungry Monday

I'm in the middle of a couple of rather unpleasant days..................

First quarter gone...........

Not a great picture but some kind of Marten we saw today........................

2015 ending slowly............

The weather relented a bit and we ended up at Onuma in brilliant winter sunshine.............

Still no winter

A Common Buzzard outside Hakodate yesterday............

Some more signs of winter

Groups of Whooper Swans have started to arrive......it's getting very close to the start of winter..............

A difficult one

Is there any other common bird as difficult to photograph as a Treecreeper?

Siskins and Redpolls......................

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM

A friend very kindly lent me his new 100-400 MK2 this morning....................