2018 Best Of #6

Some of the little birds from early summer.............

Still there, still cute...........

The Red Fox family was still around last Sunday.............

More from a grey Sunday..........

Just common stuff at this time of year..............

Stonechats in the typhoon

An early typhoon just passed by Hokkaido................

Recovery time...............

Feeling slightly better on Saturday I could spend a couple of hours birding................

2017 Best Of #7

Some more photos from earlier in the year, these are all from a trip to north Hokkaido in late June...................

North Hokkaido Summer 2017 #7

In between the Rubythroats I took a few Siberian Stonechat pictures.............

Some summer stoners

Some Siberian Stonechats from last weekend................

A couple of common summer visitors

Summer can be a slightly quiet season birdingwise in south Hokkaido................

A Late Spring Trip #8

A while ago we noticed an injured Black Scoter in a port to the north of town.............

East/North Hokkaido Summer 2016 #7

The breeding season was in full swing in the grasslands of North Hokkaido................

East/North Hokkaido Summer 2016 #5

Some birds from the grasslands of the Ohotsk coast of North Hokkaido..................

A walk around the neighbourhood

I had a free morning (for a change )so I took a walk near my apartment...........................and despite the grey overcast skies there were a few birds for my trusty old recently cleaned and fixed 100-400 lens.

Summer

Well spring is over and summer is here.................

A wild Stork chase

We just got back from a weekend camping trip..................and on the way we stopped to find an Oriental White Stork which had been seen by someone north of Yakumo.

Stilts in the gloom

There were 3 Black Winged Stilts near Yakumo as we headed home on Tuesday.................

Ujihodai #2

Some more common local species feeding on the maggots and insects in the rotting seafood detritus last Saturday.................

2015 Best Of #3

Some more of my fave shots from the last year...............

Back to Hokkaido.............

I've been back a week................

2014 Best of #4

 


 


 

 


Some more of my fave pics from 2014, these were from the summer................