2018 Best Of #9

A final batch of photos from the last year.................

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...............

On this day (October 26th)....................

October 26th 2015.

A Varied Tit at Onuma 3 years ago today. The background is autumn leaves, not a fire..................

More birds in the gloom

Some more birds from the forest pool near Tomakomai.............

Last shots from the pool

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

More parklife

There were some common species in the park yesterday..............

The residents

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

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

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

2015 Best of #4

A last batch of shots from the past year..............

Autumn staples

Varied Tit at Onuma and Great Egret at Kamiiso, 2 common autumn birds.

Not much around, the weather was awful most of the day (and the mountain tops were draped with my first view of snow this winter). Buff Bellied Pipit at Sawara was the most noteworthy..................

Not one but two Lifers............

A Collared (or Japanese?) Scops Owl this morning, my first lifer for over a year..............

An early bath

We were up early and in one of the local parks this morning to check for spring migrants................

Siberian Meadow Bunting

A male Siberian Meadow Bunting just outside Hakodate this morning.............

Crossbills taking a morning drink

Not really happening

On Monday afternoon we were in Onuma and Sawara................

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....................

A lot of tame small birds..............

There were lots of small birds at Onuma on Monday morning.............

2104 Best of #5

 

Some of my fave shots from autumn until the end of 2014.................